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Designation: AIFV-01 Manticore (Advanced Infantry Fighting Vehicle variant 01)
Type: IV
Role: Troop Transport
Hull: 6.5 m
Width: 2.8 m
Height: 2.1 m
Weight: 10 short tons
Armor:
100mm Nano-weave Carbon Armor
10 mm Depleted Uranium Strike Plates
Kevlar Undermesh
Armaments:
NATO 30x170mm Coaxial Autocannon
Jericho Multi-strike Missile (Anti-tank variant) x4
OSV-96 Anti-material Rifle (Dismountable)
Engine:
SparkleTech Microfusion Engine Mark VI 3,500 HP, 2,500 kilowatts (standard)
Speed:
On-road- 100 mph
Off-road- 79 mph
Deployment range: Virtually unlimited
The AIFV-01 Manticore Infantry Fighting Vehicle is an infantry fighting vehicle being developed for the Equestrian Armed Services. The EAS emphasizes affordability, rapid deployment and low risk technology for the Manticore, as well as the ability to carry 12 soldiers, operate in all forms of combat, and have significant protection. The IFV will be modular and networked and offer improved survivability, mobility and power management functions.
The Manticore features a commander’s weapons station, coaxial autocannon, and an anti-tank guided missile system utilizing Jericho Multi-strike Missiles. All of these weapons are operable via remote control from the commander's weapons station, which incorporates an extra shield. The weapons suite is also manually operable when damaged. Additionally, a dismountable OSV-96 Anti-material Rifle is carried on board. The weapon suite emphasizes modularity, be able to defeat other IFVs and provide non-lethal capability to enable use in civilian environments.
The Mounted Soldier System (MSS) was developed for "Manticore" crew members. The Mounted Soldier System (MSS) or Ground Warrior is a combat vehicle crewman ensemble integrating advanced gear as an effective force multiplier in combat theater. The MSS consists of a heads-up display, cordless communications, micro-climatic cooling, and force protection items. These subsystems will provide platform commanders and vehicle crew members increased effectiveness on the network-centric battlefield in areas of command and control, situational awareness, communications, and force protection.
The original design for the weapons system was somewhat hard to decide upon. Solutions ranged from 25 mm to 50 mm, but 30x173mm was identified as "the most likely" design to meet lethality and stowed kill requirements. Specific requirements were for airburst capability to defeat infantry targets (with high explosive incendiary recognized as a “less effective alternative”), and armor-piercing rounds to defeat material threats.
Thermal management and acoustic noise reduction will be utilized to avoid detection. The vehicle will be able to avoid threats by laying obscurants. An array of hit avoidance systems will be leveraged and the EAS has offered the various active protection systems developed for the manned ground vehicle program. The Manticore is also capable of detecting and disarming mines from a "standoff distance." The vehicle is also equipped with an engagement detection system, which is linked to a SATCOM relay that will allow the troop's HUD to display where the enemies' relative positions are.
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It's a wacky mix-up of FT (armor, engine) and MT (everything else).