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To: ThunderSleeps

If this is Arena III or IV, it has multiple sensors including IR and millimeter wave radar. Arena III has been shown to be able to resist jamming well enough to protect the tank despite that.

Pod of rockets is interesting, but it can see those and one optional function at the track commander’s discretion is basically counterbattery. You show up with a helicopter gunship and start rippling off FFAR rockets at the tank, the turret will snap around and the gun will elevate and track your helicopter, faster than the normal gun traverse which was already quick. All the gunner has to do is pull the trigger and send a 120mm greeting card to ruin your day.

Did I mention that Arena networks between multiple tanks operating together and can assign countermeasure targets for each tank in the unit? And it can fire at least 26 times before the system needs to be reloaded on each tank.


15 posted on 06/01/2017 6:50:21 AM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Spktyr

Remember the neutron bomb? Designed specificaly to deal with the USSR’s tank superiority. Carter took it out, nothing in return.


17 posted on 06/01/2017 6:56:06 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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To: Spktyr

Sounds like a great tank.
We need to duplicate it, or maybe start our own revolution using similar tanks supported by a small fleet of robots.


36 posted on 06/01/2017 7:18:21 AM PDT by Little Ray (Freedom Before Security!)
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