FV4034

FV4034
Vehicle Info
Operators	British Armed Forces
Maps Available	Al Basrah, Belaya Pass, Fallujah, Gorodok, Jensen's, Kamdesh Highlands, Lashkar Valley, Mutaha, Narva, Tallil Outskirts, Yehorivka

The FV4034 Challenger 2 is a main battle tank featured in Squad. Introduced in Alpha 14.0 update on 6 June 2019, the vehicle was available to the British Armed Forces.

General information

The FV4034 Challenger 2 is a British main battle tank in service with the United Kingdom. The FV4034 is an extensive redesign of an earlier variant. A major redesign of the earlier Challenger 1 tank, the tank features extensive improvements to its hull, mobility, and fire control system. A visual recognition feature is the armored housing for the TOGS thermal gunsight above the barrel. The FV4034 is equipped with a 120-millimeter (4.7 in) 55-caliber rifled L30A1, unique to the British. With the rifled gun, FV4034 can fire High-explosive squash head (HESH) rounds and armor-piercing fin-stabilized discarding-sabot rounds. The FV4034 is also armed with an L94A1 EX-34 7.62 mm chain gun. The FV4034 has a four-man crew, with loader controlling a remotely-controlled 7.62 mm L37A2 (GPMG) machine gun.

Introduced in the update Alpha 14.0, the FV4034 served as the principal armored spear of the British Armed Forces (BAF).

Statistics

Overview

Performance

Vehicle Name	Class	Ticket Cost	Available Faction
FV4034	Main battle tank	15
Crew	Passenger	Ammo point	Construction point
4	0	50	0
Respawn Timer	Max. Speed	Rev. Speed	Health
20 min	69 km/h	26 km/h	3000
Speed at 10°	Speed at 12,5°	Speed at 15°	Speed at 17,5°
17 km/h	15 km/h	9 km/h	1 km/h
Turret Rotation	Gun Elevation	Zoom	Reload Speed
50°	-10°, 20°	1,5x, 4x, 10x	8s

Protection

Protection map of "FV4034" at close range and neutral angle. Shooting from angles and longer distances may affect armor values. For reliable penetration at most angles aim for "<550mm". T62 (115 mm cannon) can only penetrate "<550mm".

Armaments

Weapon	Model	Caliber	Basic Load	Rounds
Main Armament	Royal Ordnance L30A1 120mm rifled gun	120 mm	L27A1 CHARM 3 Armor-Piercing Fin Stabilized Discarding Sabot (APFSDS)	25
			L31A7 High Explosive Squash Head (HESH)	16
			L34 White Phosphorus (Smoke)	6
Secondary Armament	L94A1	7.62 mm		2000
Countermeasure	Smoke Launcher	40 mm		2
Loader MG	L37A2 (Remote-Control, Stabilized)	7.62 mm		750

Gameplay

The FV4034 Challenger 2 is the main battle tank available to the British Armed Forces. It can hold a crew of four; a driver, gunner, commander, and a loader.

• The driver has access to smoke via a smoke generator for defensive purposes.
• The gunner's 120mm rifled cannon can fire (14) L27A1 120mm CHARM 3 armor-piercing fin stabilized discarding sabot (APFSDS) rounds, (9) L31A7 120mm high explosive squash head (HESH) rounds, and (3) L34 120mm smoke rounds. In addition, the gunner also has access to the L94A1 7.62mm coaxial machine gun with 2,000 rounds for engaging infantry and 40mm smoke grenade launchers with 2 charges for self-defense. The gun features three zoom levels. The average reload speed of the main gun is around 8 seconds per round, equating to a fire rate of 7.5 rounds per minute. Despite the tank having a rifled gun, this has no effect on in-game performance.
• The commander has access to a periscope that features hunter-killer functionality, granting the commander the ability to focus the gunner's cannon on a target. The commander's periscope features three zoom levels.
• The loader's seat features a remote-controlled L37A2 general purpose machine gun (GPMG) with 750 rounds, a highly effective anti-personnel weapon. This weapon features two zoom levels (1x & 12x). Currently, it is the only loader's weapon that is operated remotely. In fact, it is one of two MBTs where no vehicle crewman is exposed while operating: all of the 4 Crewmen are safe from outside fire. The only other tanks that do this are the T-72 tanks and T-62 of the Middle Eastern Alliance.
• The 120mm L34 smoke rounds contain white phosphorus (WP). As such, the L34 round can be used to conceal your own position, block line-of-sight, or engage enemy infantry. A direct impact or close hit will kill enemy infantry.
• The FV4034 is optimized for long range engagements, with the high performance APFSDS projectiles and the gunner's sight both reflecting this. As a result, additional care should be taken when engaging enemies at close range, making sure to properly align the gun sight.
• The FV4034 has excellent turret armor and good gun depression. As such, this MBT should be placed in a hull-down position whenever possible. The poor armor protection on the lower glacis of the FV4034 presents a major weakness from the front, with anti-tank fire being able to penetrate it even at extended distances. Likewise, the driver's view port is also a significant weakness, further emphasizing the need for these areas to be protected or positioned behind cover. Because of this, it is generally considered as the weakest of the modern MBTs in the game but makes up for it in crew protection and long range performance.
• The FV4034 is the only MBT in Squad with 3 periscopes (gunner, commander, loader–operator L37A2)

Gallery

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  An early render of the FV4034, showing the front of the hull and turret, as well as the main gun.

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  A rear view of the early render.

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  The finished vehicle in-game, patrolling the streets of Basrah.

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  View from the driver's seat

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  The Gunners targeting system.

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  The Commander gets access to a powerful set of optics, but no weaponry.

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  The loader gets access to a CROWs machine-gun for dealing with enemy infantry.

See also

• British Armed Forces
• Vehicles

External links

• FV4034 on Squad Armor Viewer
• Challenger 2 on Wikipedia