This art is done by the fantastic Al Crutchley, if said artist requests me to remove it, it will be.
The Rubmeda (Hoplite) Light Tank is an Oryctolagus Cuniculus version of a captured Vickers Mk3 during The Decade War. Much of the original components have been retained or otherwise built by local industries. Orycto Armaments was bought out some months ago by Haruspex International Armaments and retains the rights to develop and continually produce any and all armaments associated with OA.
The modular reactive armored rolled steel hull of the tank is divided into three compartments: driver's at the front, fighting in the centre and the engine and transmission in the rear. The driver's compartment is on the right, with a single-piece hatch cover opening to the right. Forward of the cover is a single AFV No 44 Mk 2 wide-angle periscope for closed-down driving. This can be replaced by a passive periscope for driving at night. To the left of the driver 25 rounds of 105 mm ammunition are stowed.
The steel turret has a cast front welded to armour plate to give improved ballistic protection. It has an ammunition reloading hatch in the left side and a stowage basket on the rear. The loader sits on the left of the turret and the commander and gunner on the right.
The commander's cupola has 360° hand traverse and has a rear-opening single-piece hatch cover. The commander has a Leveret Optronics Condor combined day/night sight; this has day magnifications of x 1 and x 10 and a night magnification of x 4. Using -=-the Condor, the commander can aim and fire the main 105 mm armament at night or in poor light. The sight has an injected ballistic graticule from the collimator, a range readout from the laser range-finder, and controls for operating the laser and for laying and firing the main armament. The commander also has six periscopes for observation.
The gunner has a HAD Aerospace Systems and Equipment-O2A L23 periscopic sight, with magnifications of x1 and x10, incorporating an Nd:YAG laser range-finder and a ballistic graticule. The gunner's sight is linked to the gun by a temperature-compensated link bar and to a collimator in the commander's cupola. The collimator projects an illuminated ballistic graticule image into the field of view of the commander's sight when the cupola and the turret are lined up.
The main armament is the HIA manufactured electrothermal-chemical 105 mm L7A1 gun which fires APFSDS, APDS, HEAT, HESH, HE, smoke and canister rounds. A muzzle system is fitted which allows rapid compensation to be made for barrel movement due to changes in temperature.
The tank is fitted with an EC620 gun control and stabilising system which has three modes of operation: non-stabilised, stabilised and emergency.
Optional equipment includes added passive night vision equipment, deep wading and flotation equipment, full NBC filtration and pressurisation, a heater, air conditioning, contrarotating gear for the commander's cupola, and an automatic fire detection and suppression system. A 12.7 mm machine gun can also be fitted on the commander's cupola in place of the standard 7.62 mm machine gun.
Specifications
Crew: 4
Weight (kg): 38600
Power-to-weight ratio (h.p./t): 16.83
Ground pressure (kg/sm2): 0.87
Dimensions
Length (mm): 9728
Width (mm): 3168
Height (mm): 2640
Ground clearance (mm): 406
Track (mm): 2533
Track link width (mm): 520
Length of track on ground (mm): 4280
Performance
Engine power output (h.p.): 650
Max. road speed (km/h): 88
Fuel capacity (l): 1000
Power-to-weight ratio (h.p./t): 16.83
Ground pressure (kg/sm2): 0.87
Max. road range (km): 480
Fording depth (mm): 1143
Gradient (%): 60
Side slope (%): 30
Vertical obstacle (mm): 914
Trench (mm): 2438
Armament
Main weapon caliber (mm): 105
Auxiliary gun calibre (mm): 7.62
AA - Auxiliary gun calibre (mm): 12.7
Number of smoke grenade launchers: 12
Ammunition of the main gun: 25
Ammunition of the auxiliary gun: 2600
Ammunition of the auxiliary gun: 600
Traverse arc (degree): 370
Elevation (degree): 20
Depression (degree): -7
Planes of gun stabilization: 2
If interested in purchasing this vehicle, please make your orders here: HIA