Ok, off the top of my head; That thing can't possibly compete in armor against a modern day MBT. No chance, well, I just can't see how something
partly plastic is going to outdo a few cm of steel. Also just curious but if something that's partly plastic is exposed to high temperatures
wouldn't that make it much more vulnerable?
It's hight...I like how the T-72, for example, is low to the ground but this tank is VERY low, maybe a bit too low?
I personaly think they could turn this into a great infantry fighting vehicle. Put a 30mm cannon or something creative on it. That combined with it's
speed and all would work I think.
As for an airdropped tank...you don't need to have it made out of plastic. The Russian BMD is what i'm talking about. Well, it's not a tank, it's
an APC - but it's still the only piece of armor that drops from the sky that I can refer to. The BMD carries troops, can be paradropped, has a 30mm
cannon, and is also amphibious. And it's not plastic.
Regards,
Maestro
[edit on 2-4-2007 by maestro46]
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Hi all, sorry to revive this thread, but I when I attempted to source the video on the first page in another discussion, I found that it doesn't seem
to be working anymore. Does anyone know where I might find it elsewhere?
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reply to post by BlackWidow23
hi, i'm the one who provided that source vid and i'm a bit saddened to see that it isn't working anymore. so what i did... was search for another
one.
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reply to post by toreishi
My searching skills are certainly not what they used to be  *sigh*
Thank you! Just out of a matter of complete curiosity, what did you search to find this vid?
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reply to post by BlackWidow23
i searched google for "fcs tank video"
i also did a search on youtube for "fcs tank"
it came in 3rd in the search results
[edit on 1.15.08 by toreishi]
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yep i saw a story on this tank roughly 5 years ago. it is a composite plastic, easily repaired, fast and extremely strong...never underestimate
composites. anyways was meant to be flown into battle easily, low to the ground for cover, very fast off the start as well. one of the main points of
this tank was that the driver being low, under turret and wearing a helmet connecting him virtually to sats in orbit giving him a game view over
looking the battle field...thats all i can remember lol was actually looking for something on this exact artical tonight
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yea i could'nt say which is better, im sure they had a purpose in mind maybe urban warfare or railgun apps? but this tank could be lifted in on
heli's. been reading lately about electromagnetic armor plating...anyone seen or heard of it? have any info on it? seems to be old technology
reworked...
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