clash of steel fv215 heavy armoured troop csb11As tanks became heavier and increasingly well armoured, commanders demanded heavier and heavier designs to counter them. For the British this meant the introduction of the Conqueror tank and then on to the even heavier FV215. The FV215 adapted the Conquerors heavily armoured chassis and mounted a huge 183mm gun in a large boxy turret. The gun fired a massive High explosive Squash Head (HESH) shell that weighed 72. 5kg (160 lbs). Explosive Shells The