![]() ![]() ![]() The vehicle had a combat weight of 14.5 tonnes or up to 17.0 tonnes when equipped with an appliqué armor package. The height was only 2.414 m including the equipment on the turret roof, being 1.994 m to the top of the turret and 1.422 m to the top of the hull. The vehicle had a length of 8.528 m with gun forward and the hull had a length of 5.918 m. All 3 crew members had the ability to fire the gun and both the gunner and driver's position could drive the vehicle. The HSTV-L had a crew of 3, with the driver and gunner side by side in the hull front and the commander in the left side of the turret, all of whom sat semi-reclined. The HSTV-L design was based around an incredibly low profile hull and turret with very shallow angles on the frontal portion, in order to deflect projectiles fired at it. ![]() It was later developed into the Rapid Deployment Force Light Tank (RDF/LT). The HSTV-L was not chosen for production by the Army or the Marine Corps and was cancelled in 1981. After the field trials the HSTV-L was used for testing of the fire control system (FCS) with different stabilization algorithms tested as well as the hunter-killer sights. The prototype was completed in September 1979 and began field trials soon after. It was funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and built by the AAI Corporation. The High Survivability Test Vehicle - Lightweight, shortened to HSTV-L, was a light tank project that was developed in the 1970's and 1980's. ![]()
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