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The Leopard AS1 is an Main Battle Tank (MBT) used by the Australian army. It is powered by a 37.4 litre V-10 four stroke multi-fuel engine with mechanical superchargers producing 830 bhp at 2200 rounds-per-minute and 2860 Nm torque at 1500 rounds-per-minute. The engine is attached to a 4 speed planetary type power shift and steering transmission with hydraulic torque converter providing four forward and two reverse speeds. The Leopard AS1 Main Battle Tank (MBT) is fitted with a welded turret containing a 105 mm rifled gun capable of firing Armour Piercing Discarding SABOT, High Explosive Squash Head, High Explosive Plastic, White Phosphorus Smoke, Anti-Personnel, Canister, Discarding SABOT-Practice and Squash Head-Practice Ammunition. A coaxially mounted 7.62 mm machine-gun and a 7.62 mm anti-aircraft machine-gun are also mounted. Two sets of four 76 mm multi-barrel smoke grenade dischargers are mounted externally.
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A gear is a toothed wheel that transmits the turning movement of one shaft to another shaft. Gear wheels may be used in pairs, or in threes if both shafts are to turn in the same direction. The
gear ratio - the ratio of the number of teeth on the two wheels - determines the torque ratio, the turning force on the output shaft compared with the turning force on the input shaft. The ratio of the angular velocities of the shafts is the inverse of the gear ratio. The common type of gear for parallel shafts is the spur gear, with straight teeth parallel to the shaft axis. The helical gear has teeth cut along sections of a helix or corkscrew shape; the double form of the helix gear is the most efficient for energy transfer. Bevil gears, with tapering teeth set on the base of a cone, are used to connect intersecting shafts.
T is an abbreviation for Traveler
T is an abbreviation for Temperature
T is an abbreviation for Tera
T is an abbreviation for Tesia
T is an abbreviation for Three position switch
T is an abbreviation for Torque
T is an abbreviation for Tritium
T is an abbreviation for Time
T is an abbreviation for Thailand
T is an abbreviation for ton
T is an abbreviation for transit
BTC is an abbreviation for BAPTA Torque Command
BTC is an abbreviation for Bench Test Cooler
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A torque was a necklace or collar of twisted metal worn by ancient Britons and Gauls.
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