Your Nation's Main Battle Tank (No Mechs) [Part 1]

[Dorky Islands]

Usually we use a laser-equipped tank, with heat guns on both sides to cook whoever & whatever is a threat if need be....

[Dimoniquid]

Usually we use a laser-equipped tank, with heat guns on both sides to cook whoever & whatever is a threat if need be....

Hopefully you're FT. If not, then that's a pretty basic picture of tech-wanking.

[Dorky Islands]

Usually we use a laser-equipped tank, with heat guns on both sides to cook whoever & whatever is a threat if need be....

Hopefully you're FT. If not, then that's a pretty basic picture of tech-wanking.

I guess I'm tech-wanking then! I'll turn on my heat ray guns & fry you to a crisp. Hold still for a moment.
"sizzle"

[Dimoniquid]

Usually we use a laser-equipped tank, with heat guns on both sides to cook whoever & whatever is a threat if need be....

Hopefully you're FT. If not, then that's a pretty basic picture of tech-wanking.

I guess I'm tech-wanking then! I'll turn on my heat ray guns & fry you to a crisp. Hold still for a moment.
"sizzle"

OOC: Seriously - we don't take tech-wanking here. I suggest you stop playing games, or don't post here at all. /Notamod

[Dorky Islands]

Usually we use a laser-equipped tank, with heat guns on both sides to cook whoever & whatever is a threat if need be....

Hopefully you're FT. If not, then that's a pretty basic picture of tech-wanking.

I guess I'm tech-wanking then! I'll turn on my heat ray guns & fry you to a crisp. Hold still for a moment.
"sizzle"

OOC: Seriously - we don't take tech-wanking here. I suggest you stop playing games, or don't post here at all. /Notamod

Then what tank should I create? It's boring to just talk about old stuff...maybe that's what you mean.

[The Grand World Order]

The only actual tank the GWO has is the Divine Tiger Heavy Tank, which looks like a cross between the Abrams, the K2 and the MBT-70. I'd have a picture, but frankly I suck at making pictures of tanks.

The Divine Tiger's primary armament is a modern 152mm gun/missile system, which, given the technology available today, gives the Divine Tiger some serious firepower potential. The on-board computers allow for the gunner to cycle through thermal "hotspots" (which another tank would most certainly be) for automatic aiming, though of course, manual aiming via side-stick or yoke is certainly a feature. Said computer targeting programs also permit the gunner to target signals given by friendly forces, thus allowing for much easier indirect fire. The DT's secondary armament is typically a 20mm autocannon, though a good number (dubbed Fat Mamas or Longcats) are equipped with .50BMG machine guns. Tertiary (as in, the commander's gun) armament is typically a Dillon Aerospace/M134 minigun, either on an electronic mount or with a ballistic shielding system surrounding the hatch. There is also room for a fourth machine gun, as the DT can carry an optional fourth crew member for in-field maintenance or as a reserve. This fourth gun is never one weapon in particular; it can range from an MG42 to a GMG to a TOW.

The missiles the DT can carry vary, with some of them guided by infrared, others by active RADAR homing, et cetera. One of the most commonly carried missiles is basically a 152mm tank-launched Javelin missile, with three main variants: one designed for anti-tank purposes (obviously), one as an anti-personnel beehive (flechette) munition, and one as a cluster bomb.

The DT is also equipped with an Infantry Denial System, which is to prevent the tank from getting mobbed from all sides. The general workings of it feature grenade launchers positioned to give a 360 degree field of fire, with the launchers defaulting to firing at 30 feet from the tank. As said before, this is designed to prevent the tank from being mobbed by hostile infantry. Obviously, the IDS is not to be used if the DT is supported by friendly infantry.

Armor also varies on the Divine Tiger. The DT was designed to have almost all of its armor easily removed at a proper depot, thus allowing for easier maintenance and modularity. The standard Army package (and it should be noted that the Army makes the most use of these) makes the Divine Tiger weigh 88 tons, equipped with Chobham-Dorchester composite armor, depleted uranium mesh, et cetera. The DT comes equipped with a noble gas fire suppression system and blowout panels. Newer Divine Tigers are being built with automated active protection systems, and operations are underway to equip the GWO's current tanks with them. Certain tanks that are deemed more important (i.e. commanding tanks, specialized equipment tanks), or tanks about to go into an area with an even higher danger than usual, are also equipped with ERA.

The DT's communications systems are designed to work with the GWO's BattleCOM network, displaying GPS, friendly/hostile forces (via the transmission and automated response to certain radio signals), live satellite uplink, remote vehicle slaver, and, of course, direct contact with the force's BattleCOM operators.

That's the DT in a nutshell.


Of course, for lighter purposes, we use the M1202 and, to a lesser extent, the M1128.

[Hornopolis]

Usually we use a laser-equipped tank, with heat guns on both sides to cook whoever & whatever is a threat if need be....

Hopefully you're FT. If not, then that's a pretty basic picture of tech-wanking.

I guess I'm tech-wanking then! I'll turn on my heat ray guns & fry you to a crisp. Hold still for a moment.
"sizzle"

OOC: Seriously - we don't take tech-wanking here. I suggest you stop playing games, or don't post here at all. /Notamod

Then what tank should I create? It's boring to just talk about old stuff...maybe that's what you mean.

My tank's based off WW1 era tech, yet I'm FT. If you MT, you need to stay within the bounds of MT, or get a new tech.

[Chuson]

Wut's a battle tank?

Here are a few of our tanks (OOC: The only ones that I have drawn completely, excluding the dozens of half finished prototypes)

Jolly Good Tank. Whats her Speed? And how many in service.

[Colmark]

The mighty Challenger 2- pound for pound the best MBT in the world

[Greater Rhodes]

The Type 950 of course. We've got 5 000 of the monsters in service. We've also currently have 1 000 Leopard 2-140s, but the T-950 is a beauty

--Entered service in Greater Rhodes in 1993
--Crew: 3

Dimensions and weight
Total weight in combat order 50 t
Overall length 10 m
Overall width 3.7 m
Overall height 2.55 m

Armament
Main gun Rh-M-120, 150-mm smoothbore gun
Machine guns 1 x 7.62-mm, 1 x 12.7-mm
Traverse range 360 degrees
Elevation range - 25 to + 50 degrees

Combat load
Main gun 75 - 80 rounds
Machine guns 4 500 x 7.62-mm, 660 x 12.7-mm cartridges

Mobility
Engine power 2 000 hp.
Maximum road speed 130 km/h

Maneuverability
Slope 60 º
Vertical step 1 m
Ditch 2.7 m
Ford (unprepared) 2 m

[Khytenna]

T-72 and T-90 as are main battle tanks as they are cheap and better then the t-54/55.

[Aridiya]

Aridiya builds the EE-T2 Osorio(with 120mm main gun, improved fire control, improved armor) under license,from Brazil. Most of the countries needs are handled by variants of the M-113 armored personnel carrier. They are far cheaper to run, although not as bullet proof. The ratio of tracks to tanks is about twenty to one.

[Bafuria]

Unit cost 4.5 million USD
Number built: 17.000
Weight: 37 tons fully armored and loaded.
Length: 7.5 meters with gun forward; 6.1 meter hull length.
Width 3.4 meters
Height: 2.24 meters
Crew: 3 (commander, driver, gunner)
Armor: RHA (export model), Steel/ceramic composite armor, electric reactive armor.
Primary armament: 125mm smoothbore cannon, 25+1 shell in turret.
Secondary armament: 1x 7.62x51mm Elding MB-21 Medium machinegun.
Engine: 970 Kw, 12 cylinder TDI engine.
Power/weight: 35.1 hp/ton
Transmission: 8 fwd, 2 rev.
Suspension: Hydropneumatic
Ground clearance: 0.51 m
Fuel capacity: 1500 l internal
Operational range: 630 km
Speed: 90 kph on road; Never exceed 60 kph off road.

It took me a week to design this, so if your criticism isn't constructive I'll hunt you down and strangle you with a cordless phone.

[Saurisia]

The mighty M34 Styracosaurus.



OOC: Yeah, I know, it's an Abrams, so sue me!

[Progressiae]

We have no battletanks.

[Saurisia]

We have no battletanks.

"Than you're fucked, basically..."
~General Anne Wilson, commander of the Tank Corps

[Ramsetia]

A question, before any criticism is levelled upon you.

Is that a bayonet on it's cannon?

[Chuson]

A question, before any criticism is levelled upon you.

Is that a bayonet on it's cannon?

If its a bayonet it strikes fear in the eyes of the retreating enemy!

[American MapleStory]

We currently mostly use the:
M60 Patton, M1 Abrams, Stryker, Stingray Light Tank (Ltd. use, defensive only), The M901 ITV, and the Challenger II
We will also likely have the infantry M113 by 2019/2020.

[Progressiae]

We have no battletanks.

"Than you're fucked, basically..."
~General Anne Wilson, commander of the Tank Corps

We dont have the money or the want to build a large offensive force.

[The Grand World Order]

We have no battletanks.

"Than you're fucked, basically..."
~General Anne Wilson, commander of the Tank Corps

We dont have the money or the want to build a large offensive force.

Tanks are valuable for a defensive force, almost as much as they are for an offensive force.

[Satirius]

Unit cost 4.5 million USD
Number built: 17.000
Weight: 37 tons fully armored and loaded.
Length: 7.5 meters with gun forward; 6.1 meter hull length.
Width 3.4 meters
Height: 2.24 meters
Crew: 3 (commander, driver, gunner)
Armor: RHA (export model), Steel/ceramic composite armor, electric reactive armor.
Primary armament: 125mm smoothbore cannon, 25+1 shell in turret.
Secondary armament: 1x 7.62x51mm Elding MB-21 Medium machinegun.
Engine: 970 Kw, 12 cylinder TDI engine.
Power/weight: 35.1 hp/ton
Transmission: 8 fwd, 2 rev.
Suspension: Hydropneumatic
Ground clearance: 0.51 m
Fuel capacity: 1500 l internal
Operational range: 630 km
Speed: 90 kph on road; Never exceed 60 kph off road.

It took me a week to design this, so if your criticism isn't constructive I'll hunt you down and strangle you with a cordless phone.

Well, I like the art(although tank bayonets were a lineartinc joke to begin with), but the stats seem a bit off. The fastest I've seen in a tracked vehicle is 70kph, and that's in a Wiesel tankette that weighs two tonnes. Also, $4.5 million seems to be quite cheap for what seems like a top-of-the-line tank with such fancy things as electric armor and hydropneumatic suspension, while much more conventional tanks, such as Leopard 2's and M1 Abrams, cost in the $6 million range, while the tanks that come close, the K2 and the Japanese Type 90, are the two most expensive tanks IRL.

Also, you forgot a coaxial gun.

[Lemonius]

We have no battletanks.

"Than you're fucked, basically..."
~General Anne Wilson, commander of the Tank Corps

We dont have the money or the want to build a large offensive force.

Tanks are valuable for a defensive force, almost as much as they are for an offensive force.

Progressiae, I may just have to conquer you to teach you a valuable lesson in defence...

[Bafuria]

Unit cost 4.5 million USD
Number built: 17.000
Weight: 37 tons fully armored and loaded.
Length: 7.5 meters with gun forward; 6.1 meter hull length.
Width 3.4 meters
Height: 2.24 meters
Crew: 3 (commander, driver, gunner)
Armor: RHA (export model), Steel/ceramic composite armor, electric reactive armor.
Primary armament: 125mm smoothbore cannon, 25+1 shell in turret.
Secondary armament: 1x 7.62x51mm Elding MB-21 Medium machinegun.
Engine: 970 Kw, 12 cylinder TDI engine.
Power/weight: 35.1 hp/ton
Transmission: 8 fwd, 2 rev.
Suspension: Hydropneumatic
Ground clearance: 0.51 m
Fuel capacity: 1500 l internal
Operational range: 630 km
Speed: 90 kph on road; Never exceed 60 kph off road.

It took me a week to design this, so if your criticism isn't constructive I'll hunt you down and strangle you with a cordless phone.

Well, I like the art(although tank bayonets were a lineartinc joke to begin with), but the stats seem a bit off. The fastest I've seen in a tracked vehicle is 70kph, and that's in a Wiesel tankette that weighs two tonnes. Also, $4.5 million seems to be quite cheap for what seems like a top-of-the-line tank with such fancy things as electric armor and hydropneumatic suspension, while much more conventional tanks, such as Leopard 2's and M1 Abrams, cost in the $6 million range, while the tanks that come close, the K2 and the Japanese Type 90, are the two most expensive tanks IRL.

Also, you forgot a coaxial gun.

The shape and dimensions of the tank are based on the Israeli Merkava and the Russian T-90, but the bayonet was just for fun
The speed is unusually high, but by no means impossible. The American M18 tank destroyer had a top speed of 100 kph and it weighed 18 tons!

The tank is very small compared to most western tanks, and it doesn't use any expensive metals like DU or titanium, so less materials are needed to build it resulting in a lower price.
Hydropneumatic suspension is in the cheap Arjun tank. And although electric armor is experimental, prices would drop once it is mass produced.

Oh, and that pointy, machinegun looking thingy on top of the turret IS the coaxial gun.

EDIT: I'm going away tomorrow for 2 days, so don't expect me to reply until then.

[Bafuria]

Is that a bayonet on it's cannon?

Yup!