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One on the other side of the turret as well. They are fairleads used when the tank is picked up by a crane. With the gun in the clamp the four legged sling is attached to the four large lifting points on either corner of the hull. Because the bulk of the turret is forward of the centre of the vehicle the two front legs of the lifting sling foul the turret. These fairleads keep the legs in position as the vehicle is lifted.

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Not very often these days as they are usually driven on andoff the modern car transporter ships. But the option is always there to put theminto conventional cargo ships by crane. On Chieftain the rear bins have to be removed to lift by crane because they are set too close to the rear lifting eyes. All fairly simple, all you need is a big crane but weighing in at just over fifty tonnes the average dockyardcrane would have little problem.

 

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