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--- vehicles:kp4_cavalier [2025/10/30 00:32] – created admin
+++ vehicles:kp4_cavalier [2025/11/03 13:35] (current) – admin
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 ^  KP.4 Cavalier  ^^
-|  {{vehicles:kp4-cavalier.jpg?300}}\\  KP.4 Cavaliers, 2024  ||
+|  {{vehicles:kp4-cavalier.jpg?300}}\\  KP.4 Cavaliers on maneuvers, 2024  ||
 | **Type** | Main battle tank |
 | **National origin** | [[:start|Wingarde]] |
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 | **Designed** | 2015–2018 |
 | **Introduction** | 13 January 2020 |
-| **Primary user** | [[:federal_army|Wingarde Federal Army]] |
+| **Primary user** | [[:orgs:federal_army|Wingarde Federal Army]] |
 | **Produced** | 2019–present |
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+The **KP.4 Cavalier** ([[wp>German_language|German]]: //Kavalier//) is a Wingardian [[wp>List_of_main_battle_tanks_by_generation#Fourth_Generation|fourth generation]] modular [[wp>Main_battle_tank|main battle tank]] in service with the [[:orgs:federal_army|Federal Army]] since 2020. Lighter than the [[vehicles:kp3_guardian|KP.3 Guardian]], its complementary predecessor, the Cavalier is geared towards mobility, stealth and soft active protection.
 **TBX**
-===== Variants =====
+===== Specifications =====
-**TBX**
+==== General characteristics ====
-===== Specifications (KP.4 Cavalier) =====
+  ***Crew:** 3 (commander, driver, gunner)
+  ***Mass:** 50 tons
+  ***Length:** 10.5 metres
+  ***Width:** 3.4 metres
+  ***Height:** 2.5 metres
-**TBX**
+==== Hardware ====
+  ***Protection:** Modular ceramic composite armor, stealth focus; //Engelschild II// combined hard/soft-kill [[wp>Active_protection_system|APS]] + [[wp>Electronic_countermeasure|ECM]] jamming suite (radar, infrared, laser, GPS)
+  ***Main armament:** [[:companies:krauser_ordnance|Krauser Ordnance]] PK13/52 130mm smoothbore w/ autoloader ([[wp>Armour-piercing_fin-stabilized_discarding_sabot|APFSDS]], [[wp>Explosive#High|HE]], [[wp>Air_burst|airburst]] rounds)
+  ***Secondary armament:** Coaxial [[:weapons:mg49|MG49M3]] 7.92mm MG, modular high-angle [[wp>Remote_controlled_weapon_station|RWS]] with [[:weapons:mg51|MG51M2]] 13mm HMG
+  ***Engine:** [[:companies:norton_dynamics|Norton Dynamics]] NP-HAV15CH hybrid, 1,500 hp
+  ***Power/weight:** 30 hp/ton
+  ***Transmission:** Continuously variable hydromechanical transmission
+  ***Suspension:** Adaptive hydropneumatic suspension
+  ***Operational range:** 500 km
+  ***Maximum speed:** 70 km/h (road), 50 km/h (off-road)
+==== Modular options ====
+  * Extended armor package
+  * RWS: 30mm autocannon or 40mm grenade launcher
+  * [[:weapons:panzerhund|Panzerhund 4/F]] [[wp>Anti-tank_guided_missile|ATGM]] quadruple box launcher
+  * Enhanced ECM package
+  * Command & control suite
+  * Reinforced mobility upgrade