AbramsX Next Generation Main Battle Tank Breaks Cover

The War Zone ^ | October 9, 2022 | Tyler Rogoway

[zeugma]

I’d like a BOLO Mark XVIII please.
Keith Laumer is waiting too.

[zeugma]

The whole idea behind a hybrid is that it has an ICE as well as electric power. The electric adds torque and reclaims energy on braking, and the batteries are also charged while running on ICE power. And on a side note, it can also add absurdly quiet operation when electric only.

Hybrid diesel-electrics have been the obvious solution for a lot of applications for quite a while. Trains have done it for decades.A well-built diesel is going to be efficient as all get out. The only problem is, that the environuts hate diesel engines, so it's a non-starter.

[Datom69]

Person on the right is the loader.

[EEGator]

Thank you. I seriously had no clue.

[saleman]

Ported muzzle brake on a 300 mag is loud.

Wonder what this thing sounds like!

[blueunicorn6]

Lighter…..better mileage…..360 degree view from helmet…..

I like.

I looked at some of the connected stories.

I’m glad I’m retired.

[ro_dreaming]

How many will we leave in Ukraine for the Russians to get like we left all that gear in Afghanistan?

[dragnet2]

Tanks are death traps for the crew members...I would guess in a few more years they’ll be completely obsolete.

[pingman]

Textron/Howe & Howe is all over it.

[jdsteel]

Not an EV. Hybrid power system, which actually makes sense with all of the tech.

[GingisK]

The actual plan seems to include a drone driver in the vacated fourth seat.

[GingisK]

120mm smooth bore.

[GingisK]

It is not an EV. It is a diesel-electric hybrid, similar to railway locomotives. It sports an eight cylinder diesel engine that can be operated in 4, 6, or eight cylinder mode. That gives it a 50% reduction in fuel consumption that is badly needed. The turbine engine will not be used.

[GingisK]

It isn’t an EV machine. It is a diesel-electric hybrid that can run 100% from the diesel engine.

[GingisK]

It is just like an Abrams except the turbine engine has been dumped in favor of a diesel-electric hybrid. It uses fuel at 50% the rate of the M1A with the same performance. Using an unmanned turret eliminates the bulky mechanisms and a lot of electrical slip rings. The crew is safer because the armor can be thicker and the ammo is outside of the crew compartment. Many drive components have been eliminated due to the use of electric drive motors, increasing the weight allotment toward more armor.

It is a good design.

[GingisK]

Whatever you do, DO NOT READ the article! It is much better to people read it for you.

[Snake Skin Sonny]

It is just like an Abrams...

But without the diastema.

And little in the way of excess fat or the blue dress.

[Steely Tom]

My comment was meant to be ironic.

I hope the electronics is EMP-proof.

[Kommodor]

You take the Bolo, I wanna go hang out with Retief and the gang. Well, aside from Ambassador Magnan, that is, he can go sod off.

[Chode]

right? less isn’t more...