| T-55AM Marksman | |
|---|---|
 Finnish ItPsv 90 | |
| Type | SPAAG |
| Place of origin | United Kingdom Poland |
| Production history | |
| Manufacturer | Marconi Electronic Systems |
| No. built | 7 |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 41 t |
| Crew | 3 (driver, gunner, commander) + back-up crew |
| Armor | turret: ballistic immunity from 14.5 mm heavy machine guns and 155 mm air bursts[1] |
Main armament | 2 × 35 mm Oerlikon autocannon with 440 fragmentation rounds and 40 anti-tank rounds |
Secondary armament | 8 × smoke grenade dischargers |
| Engine | V-55 V-12 diesel engine 620 hp (462 kW) |
| Suspension | Torsion bar |
| Leopard 2 Marksman | |
|---|---|
 Finnish Leopard 2 Marksman | |
| Type | SPAAG |
| Place of origin | United Kingdom Germany |
| Production history | |
| Manufacturer | Marconi Electronic Systems |
| No. built | 7 |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 49 t |
| Length | 9.30 m (guns forward) |
| Width | 3.70 m |
| Height | 4.82 m |
| Engine | MTU MB 873 Ka-501 liquid-cooled V-12 Twin-turbo diesel engine 1,479 hp (1,103 kW) at 2,600 rpm |
| Suspension | Torsion bar |
Operational range | 550 km (340 mi) (internal fuel) |
| Maximum speed | 72 km/h (45 mph) |
| External images | |
|---|---|
| Marconi Marksman | |
 Marksman fitted to Vickers Mk 2 tank hull | |
| Fitting Marksman turret to Challenger hull |
Marksman is a British short range air defense system developed by Marconi, consisting of a turret, a Marconi Series 400 radar and two Swiss Oerlikon 35 mm anti-aircraft autocannons. It is similar to the German Gepard system in terms of engine performance, ammunition carried and effective range of the ammunition.
The turret can be adapted to many basic tank chassis to create a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun. The only known major operator of the system to date is the Finnish Army, which ordered seven units in 1990. The turrets were fitted on Polish T-55AM tank chassis. The system is known as the ItPsv 90 in Finnish service (Ilmatorjuntapanssarivaunu 90, Anti-Aircraft tank 90, the number being the year the tank entered service). It is considered a very accurate anti-aircraft artillery system, having a documented hit percentage of 52.44%.[2]
In 2010, the Marksman systems in service in Finland were moved to war-time storage.[3] In 2015 work began to install the system on the Leopard 2A4 chassis in order to make up for the loss of mobile anti-aircraft coverage when the Marksman was originally retired.[4]
The new Leopard 2 Marksman was scheduled to enter service in 2016.[5][needs update]
- ^ "Brochure" (JPG). i16.photobucket.com. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ Ilmatorjuntaupseeri: Panssari-ilmatorjuntakoulutus Hämeen Ilmatorjuntapatteristossa Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Helsingin Ilmatorjuntarykmentin ilmatorjuntapanssarivaunut viimeistä kertaa Lohtajan dyyneillä Archived 2014-02-01 at the Wayback Machine. Puolustusvoimat, 19 November 2010. Retrieved 2013-05-18.
- ^ Armeija ottaa vanhojen Marksman-vaunujen tykkitornit uuteen käyttöön. Helsingin Sanomat, 25 March 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-25.
- ^ "MAAVOIMIEN LIIKKUVUUDEN JA TULIVOIMAN ROLL OUT PANSSARIPRIKAATISSA 5.8.2015 – Esiteltävä kalusto" (PDF) (in Finnish). Finnish Defence Forces. 5 August 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2016.