CCVL

CCVL

CCVL

Description

The Close Combat Vehicle Light (CCVL) was developed as part of the United States Army's Armored Gun System (AGS) competition in the 1990s to design a light tank to replace the M551 Sheridan and the TOW-equipped High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV; colloquially: Humvee) to equip new light divisions. It was the culmination of various development initiatives conducted in the 1970s to provide air-mobile light infantry squads with the firepower required for success on the battlefield. The three companies that were designed for the demand were Cadillac Gage Company, Teledyne Continental, and FMC Corporation. Cadillac Gage Company designed the Stingray light tank in the standard four-man configuration. The FMC Corporation designed the CCVL in a three-man configuration due to the installation of an autoloader. Teledyne Continental designed the Expeditionary Tank in an unusual two-man configuration, featuring an unmanned turret and autoloader. In 1992, the FMC design was chosen, readjusted, and renamed the M8 Armored Gun System. However, the entire AGS project was ultimately cancelled in the mid-1980s due to funds being withdrawn due to the Gramm-Rudman Act, and procurement of the M8 Armored Gun System terminated in 1997.

Introduced in Update "Drone Age" as a reward for the 2022 Project "Overpowered" Event, the CCVL is equipped with a Rheinmetall modified 105 mm cannon M68A1 in a soft-recoil, autoloading main gun turret-mount, as well as a co-axial 7.62 mm M240 machine gun. The three-man crew configuration included the commander and gunner in the turret, as well as the driver in the front centre of the hull. The armour provides limited protection against heavy machine gun (HMG) fire and small artillery shrapnel. The CCVL, which is two-plane stabilized and equipped with a laser rangefinder (LR) and thermal imaging equipment for the gunner, provides outstanding firepower as well as exceptional mobility, fulfilling its historic intended duty as a light mobile gun that can be easily airdropped and deployed.

General info

Survivability and armour

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Armour type:

Armour	Front (Slope angle)	Sides	Rear	Roof
Hull	___ mm	___ mm Top ___ mm Bottom	___ mm	___ - ___ mm
Turret	___ - ___ mm Turret front ___ mm Gun mantlet	___ - ___ mm	___ - ___ mm	___ - ___ mm
Cupola	___ mm	___ mm	___ mm	___ mm

Notes:

Mobility

Game Mode	Max Speed (km/h)		Weight (tons)	Engine power (horsepower)		Power-to-weight ratio (hp/ton)
	Forward	Reverse		Stock	Upgraded	Stock	Upgraded
Arcade				891			__.__
Realistic				509			__.__

Armaments

Main armament

105 mm M68A1					Turret rotation speed (°/s)					Reloading rate (seconds)
Mode	Capacity	Vertical	Horizontal	Stabilizer	Stock	Upgraded	Full	Expert	Aced	Stock	Full	Expert	Aced
Arcade	43	-10°/+20°	±180°	Two-plane	40.0	55.3	67.2	74.3	79.1	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00
Realistic					25.0	29.4	35.7	39.5	42.0

Ammunition

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
		10 m	100 m	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	2,000 m
M456A2	HEATFS	400	400	400	400	400	400
M393A2	HESH	127	127	127	127	127	127
M735	APFSDS	292	291	284	275	266	257
M833	APFSDS	395	392	387	381	375	369

Shell details
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Fuse delay (m)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (kg)	Ricochet
							0%	50%	100%
M456A2	HEATFS	1,174	10.5	0.05	0.1	1.27	65°	72°	77°
M393A2	HESH	732	11.2	0.1	4	4.31	73°	77°	80°
M735	APFSDS	1,501	3.72	-	-	-	78°	80°	81°
M833	APFSDS	1,485	3.7	-	-	-	78°	80°	81°

Smoke shell characteristics
Ammunition	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile mass (kg)	Screen radius (m)	Screen deploy time (s)	Screen hold time (s)	Explosive mass (TNT equivalent) (g)
M416	732	11.6	16	5	25	50

Ammo racks

Ammo racks of the CCVL

Full ammo	1st rack empty	2nd rack empty	3rd rack empty	Visual discrepancy
43	33 (+10)	20 (+23)	1 (+42)	No

Notes:

• Shells are modeled individually and disappear after having been shot or loaded.
• Rack 3 is a first stage ammo rack. It totals 19 shells and gets filled first when loading up the tank.
• If you pack 20 (+23) shells or fewer, it will keep the front hull empty of ammo.
• Simply not firing when the gun is loaded will move ammo from racks 1-2 into rack 3. Firing will interrupt the restocking of the ready racks.

Machine guns

7.62 mm M240
Mount	Capacity (Belt)	Fire rate	Vertical	Horizontal
Coaxial	4,600 (200)	941	N/A	N/A

Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

Pros:

• Fairly quick - useful as a scout vehicle at higher BRs
• Can deploy a personal UAV
• Ammunition combined with a powerful main armament creates a deadly combination
• Much easier to aim due to two-plane stabilization

Cons:

• Lacking in armour protection - lightweight vehicle means less protection
• Can be picked off by sustained arms fire
• Transmission and engine can easily be knocked out
• Ammunition cooking is painfully common, especially when trying to rush a point

History

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Media

Skins

• Skins and camouflages for the CCVL from live.warthunder.com.

See also

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• reference to the series of the vehicles;
• links to approximate analogues of other nations and research trees.

External links

• [Devblog] Project "Overpowered": light tank CCVL