This vehicle is the Field artillery component of the
FV432 family of vehicles and entered service in 1965.
The abbot is obsolescent in the main artillery role of breaking up enemy tank
formations following
experiance in the middle east conflicts, which proved that 155mm guns were the
smallest capable
of breaking up a massed armoured formation.
Primary Gun : .............1 x 105mm L13A1
armaments : 3 smoke dischargers on each side
Crew : ...........................4
Range : ......................390M
Engine : Rolls-Royce k60 mK 4g