Armoured fighting vehicle with frontal protection - has armoured chamber walls and front armoured plate forming isosceles triangle in plan view

摘要

The armoured fighting vehicle has an armoured fighting chamber with transverse armour in front of it for frontal hitprotection. Seen in plan view, the sides of the fighting chamber (3) form an isosceles triangle, with its base corners at the ends of the transverse armoured plate (4). Its sides (7,8) are at between 20 and 45 deg. to the vehicle long axis. A rear access door (10) can be provided, while fuel tanks (18,19) can be mounted on the outside of the side walls, The engine etc being in front of the transverse armoured plate.