Leyland L60

The Leyland L60 was a British diesel engine of 19 liters displacement, with six vertical cylinders arranged as an opposed piston, two stroke design that could burn several fuels. Leyland Motors designed it in the late 1950s and early 1960s for the Chieftain main battle tank. It was also used in the Vickers main battle tank and in the Vijayanta, the Indian built derivative of that tank. Opposed piston two stroke diesels of this kind are unusual, and the L60 is a notable example of a multi fuel engine built specifically for armored fighting vehicles, so it sits at the edge of the atlas's story of how heavy tracked vehicles were powered.