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To: The Pack Knight
Auto loaders are mechanically cranky and, as we see now in Ukraine, require rounds to be stored in the turret, causing catastrophic detonation that kills the crew. So you save 1 to kill 3.

In this, the turret is unmanned, and I assume it would blow off if there were a detonation.

I guess the remaining crew are in the chassis somewhere with video links providing guidance to the gunner and commander.

No way to see if those are disabled I suspect, and the optic mounts look very vulnerable. A larger number of embedded cameras with the video merged like bug eyes would be preferable, so one or more can be disabled or obscured but still get a full field of view.

19 posted on 10/11/2022 10:48:03 AM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: pierrem15

And all we need is a bunch of rare earth minerals controlled by China to build and operate this thing and keep out of the rain do t want the batteries to explode lol


21 posted on 10/11/2022 10:50:33 AM PDT by blitz128
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To: pierrem15

And all we need is a bunch of rare earth minerals controlled by China to build and operate this thing and keep out of the rain do t want the batteries to explode lol


25 posted on 10/11/2022 11:09:34 AM PDT by blitz128
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