Automated loading system for tank guns, reducing crew workload.

High-Explosive Fragmentation: ammunition that explodes on impact, releasing fragments.

Hydropneumatic suspension employs hydraulic fluid and compressed gas in sealed chambers to provide variable damping and ride height, allowing tanks to adjust ground clearance and improve cross‑country mobility.

A tank with reduced armor and weight for increased mobility.

Manual: a tank transmission in which the driver selects gear changes manually, typically using a clutch pedal and gear lever to engage gears.

A refined product derived from crude oil, used as a fuel for internal combustion engines. A volatile, flammable liquid mixture of hydrocarbons.

A rifled gun has spiral grooves cut into its barrel.

Armour made from steel plates joined by rivets.