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The United Klingdom: FV7031 Champion
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 5:24 pm
by Valiant
ABS Defence Systems* proudly presents the latest iteration of a long line of MBTs, the FV7031-3 Champion. Since its inception in late BR 2,014, the Champion has undertaken only slight modifications to the gun and turret, while the chassis has remained relatively untouched.
One of the more recent upgrades, which saw the addition of stowage boxes, Trophy MK 2 and a .50 cal remote weapons station.
From the left: Commander, Gunner and Driver.
A day in the field, not in any way hampered by the weather.
That's all for now! More info about this vehicle will be made available as time passes, or when I can post on the wiki.
*From here on out, ABS Defence Systems is a trademarked and registered company located in the United Klingdom.
Re: The United Klingdom: FV7031 Champion
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 7:06 pm
by Vami IV
This is a pretty great Abram clone.
Re: The United Klingdom: FV7031 Champion
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 7:11 pm
by Valiant
Thanks mate, took a while to get it right!
Re: The United Klingdom: FV7031 Champion
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 7:31 pm
by Silent-sigfig
daaaaaaaang that's sexy.
Re: The United Klingdom: FV7031 Champion
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 10:57 pm
by Silverdream
This is awesome. I like how it's both sleek and detailed.
Re: The United Klingdom: FV7031 Champion
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 12:09 am
by loafofcheese
Silent-sigfig wrote:daaaaaaaang that's sexy.
This is basically our god of tanks speaking here, just so you know, Mr Valiant.
Re: The United Klingdom: FV7031 Champion
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 3:07 am
by ikensall
I'm pretty excited to see more of your stuff, and although I'm a bit sad you didn't make a challenger-based moc (20% scarier) the fact that you have flags on this tank makes me incredibly happy in my pants.
Re: The United Klingdom: FV7031 Champion
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 9:40 am
by stubby
And I love that photo staging.
Re: The United Klingdom: FV7031 Champion
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 12:27 pm
by Valiant
ikensall wrote:I'm pretty excited to see more of your stuff, and although I'm a bit sad you didn't make a challenger-based moc (20% scarier) the fact that you have flags on this tank makes me incredibly happy in my pants.
I do in fact have a Challenger 2 model under way, however I've been having trouble with getting the turret right.
Re: The United Klingdom: FV7031 Champion
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 12:36 pm
by ikensall
Great, just make sure your focus on making the turret suitably intimidating doesn't take away from the amount of flaggage.
Re: The United Klingdom: FV7031 Champion
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 12:39 pm
by Valiant
Rest assured, the flags are for keeps.
Re: The United Klingdom: FV7031 Champion
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 12:54 pm
by Trent099
That's pretty awesome, personally I like the looks of the BrickArms .50s but yours it pretty neat!
Re: The United Klingdom: FV7031 Champion
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 1:02 pm
by Valiant
Honestly, I prefer them too, but I have yet to place an order on them. I'll probably include them in my next brickarms shipment.
Re: The United Klingdom: FV7031 Champion
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2015 4:27 pm
by Trent099
Sweet! I just got my M60s in, love them!
Re: The United Klingdom: FV7031 Champion
Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2015 7:15 pm
by Valiant
Here's the rest of the Champion photos, enjoy

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Turret removed,for those of you who want to see the modest interior.
Fresh from the factoy.
This is the standard loadout of an FV7031-3:
OT .50 CAL AMMO BOX, Trophy MK 2, X2 grenade launchers, X2 .50 cal ammo boxes, X1 120mm smoothbore gun, X2 .50 cal machine guns, Flags(!), X2 jerry cans, X2 smoke rounds, X1
OT APFSDS ROUND, X1 LBT APFSDS round(there are more rounds stowed in the rear of the turret.), binoculars, wrench, spare bogie, spare tracks.
OT TEST FIRE
Ready for operations.
The UK military will be commencing operations in aprox. two weeks.