Schützenpanzer Lang HS.30
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Schützenpanzer Lang HS.30, formally Schützenpanzer, lang, Typ 12-3, or SPz lg 12-3 for short[1] (German for "Infantry-tank, long, Type 12-3"),[lower-alpha 1] was a West German infantry fighting vehicle developed from 1956 to 1958.[2] It was a Swiss Hispano-Suiza design, with a Rolls-Royce engine. After some early mechanical problems, only 2,176 were built of the 10,680 planned. It was armed with a powerful 20 mm autocannon, a common choice for infantry fighting vehicles of the period.
Schutzenpanzer Lang HS.30 | |
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Type | Infantry fighting vehicle |
Service history | |
In service | 1960–1980s |
Production history | |
Designer | Hispano-Suiza |
Designed | 1956–1958 |
Manufacturer | Hispano-Suiza Hanomag Henschel |
Unit cost | DM 238,000 |
Produced | 1958–1962 |
No. built | 2,176 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 14.6 tonnes |
Length | 5.56 m (18 ft 3 in) |
Width | 2.54 m (8 ft 4 in) |
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) |
Crew | 3 |
Passengers | 5 |
Armor | 30 mm at 45° |
Main armament | 20 mm HS 820 autocannon 2,000 rounds |
Secondary armament | 7.62 mm MG3 machine gun |
Engine | Rolls-Royce B81 Mk 80F 8-cylinder petrol 220 hp (164 kW) |
Power/weight | 15.3 hp/tonne |
Suspension | Torsion bar, three bogie, five road wheels |
Operational range | 270 km (170 mi) |
Maximum speed | 58 km/h (36 mph) |
Its design proved to have many flaws and drawbacks, and the construction was followed by a major political scandal in West Germany in the 1960s. 2,176 SPz HS.30 and variants were built until 1962, for which the German government paid 517 million DM; about 238,000 DM per vehicle. The HS.30 first entered service with the Panzergrenadier battalions in 1960[3] and was replaced by the Marder infantry fighting vehicle from 1971.