I’d like to know more about this Hybrid powertrain...
“ vehicle’s hybrid powertrain buried deep inside it is probably its most exciting feature. General Dynamics says this will result in a whopping 50% fuel savings — the Abrams’ kerosine-guzzling turbine engine has long been a major logistics vs performance trade-off. This hybrid system will also allow AbramsX to operate silently while sitting idle and possibly even for short durations at low speed.”
I wonder if its some sort of Hydraulic Accumulator design. I just can see a battery big enough to move a tank.
From another link, it sounds like a diesel/electric hybrid.
But I’m not sure.
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/next-generation-abramsx-tank-will-have-hybrid-powerplant
“I wonder if its some sort of Hydraulic Accumulator design. I just can see a battery big enough to move a tank.”
All-electric
“This hybrid system will also allow AbramsX to operate silently while sitting idle and possibly even for short durations at low speed.”
Possibly move at low speed. They don’t even know?
Is our confidence in electric drives so low now? And it can idle? Is it quiet? Do the tracks make noise?
This looks like a fraud.
WhenTF did they start spelling Kerosene, “Kerosine”?
I thought the Abrams was multi-fuel capable.
CC
The battery is just big enough to run the sensors and comms with the engine off, allowing the tank to sit quietly and fire without the engine being on. Maybe enough to get it to start moving while the engine is still being started, but I wouldn't count on it.