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fighting compartment

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fighting compartment [′fīd·iŋ kəm‚pärt·mənt]
(ordnance)
A portion of a fighting vehicle in which the occupants service and fire the principal armament, occupying a part of the hull and all of the turret, if any.


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Likewise, a high standard of combat-worthiness is enhanced by the use of solid-state electrical traverse and elevation drives to keep hydraulics out of the fighting compartment, while the relocation of the TOGS thermal imager to a position above the new L30 high-pressure rifled 120 mm gun eliminates the complicated slaving system that was necessary on the earlier Challenger.
The company's Protector Remote Weapon Station (RWS) has the capability to protect its crew by operating from a protected position inside the fighting compartment of virtually any armoured fighting vehicle (AFV).
 
 
 
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