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    Pentagon researches 'more mobile' hi-tech tank

    Originally posted by BBC
    Pentagon researches 'more mobile' hi-tech tank

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    The research arm of the US military is looking at designs for new hi-tech tanks, focusing less on armour and more on mobility and speed.

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) says it wants to "revolutionise" tank design.

    The body says advancements in weaponry in recent years have made heavily armoured tanks less effective.

    The next generation of tanks will instead be better able to avoid attacks in the first place.

    "It's about breaking the 'more armour' paradigm and revolutionising protection for all armoured fighting vehicles," said Kevin Massey, Darpa program manager.

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    The next generation of tanks are expected to be smaller and faster than the current armour-heavy designs

    "Inspired by how X-plane programs have improved aircraft capabilities over the past 60 years, we plan to pursue groundbreaking fundamental research and development to help make future armoured fighting vehicles significantly more mobile, effective, safe and affordable."

    The agency is planning to award contracts to companies and researchers in these fields over the coming months.

    It expects new tanks to be more mobile and agile, allowing them to dodge attacks, cover all types of terrain and avoid detection.

    The objective is to make tanks half the weight and twice as fast.

    It also wants more technology for tank crews, with aids like driver assistance and automation of some functions, "similar to the capabilities found in modern commercial airplane cockpits".

    Darpa says it hopes to start work on developing the new technology before April next year.
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-28851359

    Hmm, seems a bit odd. Surely you can't guarantee in any way that combat will be initiated at the kind of ranges that would allow you manouverability? I'd have thought on a lot of battlefields you're going to be fairly limited for space anyway, even if the new tank can cross more hostile terrain. Don't see how this replaces the need for a main battle tank, isn't it basically just acting like a souped up Bradley?

    Any tankers who can comment on this?
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    I think the next big thing in armor is going to be active defenses. This seems to assume that.

    The idea is, if you can scramble an ATGM's guidance system, or trigger an RPG before it connects with the tank, then you can be protected without weighing 60 tons.
    John Brown did nothing wrong.

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    • #3
      I have a tank design that is 100% guaranteed to avoid penetration, hits, engagement, and detection! See it over there? No ... well that's because it's just that good! :gimmemilitaryindustrialcomplexmonies:

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      • #4
        The answer is four times the size with even more armor and a couple AEGIS turrets.
        No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.

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        • #5
          I believe you'll find the real solution is..

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            Originally posted by kentonio View Post
            I believe you'll find the real solution is..

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            Walkers while cool are extremely stupid from a military POV. That picture is also an example of a military asset that has been captured by the enemy.
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            • #7
              Originally posted by DinoDoc View Post
              Walkers while cool are extremely stupid from a military POV.
              This is very true.

              Originally posted by DinoDoc View Post
              That picture is also an example of a military asset that has been captured by the enemy.
              It depends on which side you consider to be the enemy.

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              • #8
                It looks like carp which would break constantly and not hold up to enemy fire.
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                • #9
                  Carps are indeed useless for military purposes.
                  “It is no use trying to 'see through' first principles. If you see through everything, then everything is transparent. But a wholly transparent world is an invisible world. To 'see through' all things is the same as not to see.”

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                  • #10
                    They're a cheap source of protein. Military purpose.
                    No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.

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                    • #11
                      there always seems to be about a 10 year curve...

                      whatever DARPA (or group no one even knows of yet) is working on today - we will not see for about 10 years.

                      makes you wonder.

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                      • #12
                        Carp can be pretty frightening.
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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by DinoDoc View Post
                          Walkers while cool are extremely stupid from a military POV. That picture is also an example of a military asset that has been captured by the enemy.
                          Ones that tower above natural cover to become large targets are.
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                            No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.

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                            • #15
                              more useless expensive ****
                              To us, it is the BEAST.

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