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Future Tanks?

Started by HinterWelt, April 05, 2007, 03:48:22 PM

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David Johansen

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April 06, 2007, 10:51:50 AM
The way an ogre is useful is that it can survive direct hits from strategic nukes.  The reason an ogre is so large is that it's got two or three metres of nuke proof armour.  However, keep in mind that ogres are built and fielded by governments that are willing to fight a nuclear war of attrition.  Yeah, that's right, it takes a seriously fucked up situation to justify ogres.
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Wil

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April 06, 2007, 11:13:22 AM
Quote from: WerekoalaAh, should've known it was something like that.

I don't think the link was there when I was writing my response, but the point that I made that the MBTs HAVE BEEN getting larger still stands. This is probably the last generation that it is the case. They are planning on making them smaller in the future, but there's nothing in service at the moment. The course of future war and even low-intensity conflict would seem to require smaller vehicles, for the very reason that stand-up tank battles are a thing of the past, for the forseeable future. We need the smaller vehicles for city fighting. So it makes sense to design and build such things.

I agree...but have been in this case is qualified as "were up until 10-15 years ago". Tank development has been relatively slow since the Cold War ended, with most of the contenders (Israelis, Germans, Russians) building on previous frames rather than develop completely new models. The Army's FCS is a significant break and considering that others, like the South Koreans and the Russians, are kind of following suit I think is significant. It's also interesting that we're going for cheaper to build, more off-the-shelf components, better tested for all kinds of technology - aircraft (even though the F-22 is an expensive beast to develop), naval ships, you name it. With the right designs and advanced materials technology the smaller tanks will probably be less expensive to build and maintain, and still wind up having protection just as good - if not better - than today's MBTs. Add a small array of autonomous or semi-autonomous UAVs and other drones controlled by the tank and then we'll have some cool shit.

I really like tanks...can you tell? :D
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