Search for Japanese SUPER TANK underway

I actually really like The Beast.  Great film!

@Gargantua:

When you can spend $92,000 pocket money on a tank, the cost of petrol is no longer a concern. :)

Good point.  It all depends on what “disposable income” means to a given person.  Reminds me of the old joke about the very wealthy guy who’d buy a new Mercedes whenever the ashtray of his current one got full.  :-)

Really? I think I am happy to hear one fly by though!

@Jermofoot:

@DarthShizNit:

No, even if we assume it’s their “oh my god” type thing, it’s still annoying as hell how many damn times they say it. Also, in the second video that’s a T-55 and they actually don’t hit it, they hit the truck behind it, so really, that tank survived many allah snackbars.

Not the exact same, but same principal.

If it’s annoying then don’t watch the video?  Not sure what to tell you, but you’re an adult and should be able to figure it out.

Well that’s just some ground breaking advice right there. Or I’ll still watch them and complain about it. But it doesn’t bother me half as much as the amount of hip fire that goes on in these conflicts does lol  :-P

The Bears fan were not booing Muhsin Muhammad they were yelling Muuuussssss!!!

The gap in the turret IS the issue.

Most notably the overhang of the turret cokmbined with the gap.  Shrapnel, debris from moving through obstructions, etc. are going to be an issue, especially while in transverse since things can catch the bottom of the overhanging turret and be dragged into the tighter space between the main body and teh turret as it transverses back.

The skirting issue is 2 fold.

The first is that the back appears to have a different skirting configuration than the front, with a much longer skirt over the tread than is true in the front.  It has also been squared off instead of angled as it is in the front.  While this is good for treat protection (voering more tread with the skirt), it creates movement problems in uneven or boggy terrain when operating in reverse.

Second, the skirting is too squared off.  There is no deflection angle in the skirting.  This means you are either going to have to go with VERY heavy skirting in order to protect the treads, or you might as well leave the skirting off since it is vulnerable to even low-grade weapons like a LAW that could penetrate the skirting more easilly since the rounds can hit 'square" and penetrate to damage the treads beneath.  If you add a deflection angle, you reduce the force of impacts on the skirting by an order of magnitude, increasing your tread protection at no cost of weight.

Lastly, following up on the transverse overhang…  Imagine a simple IED going off next to the tank while the turret is transversed and the underside of the turret is exposed to the ground below…  Explosive force going UP and hitting what is certain to be a very thinly armored portion of the vehicle.  I’d call this an Achilles Heel on the modern battlefield.

My recommendations:
Angle the skirting
Re-engineer the rear skirting to allow for reverse movement in rough terrain (same config you used in the front would work)
Shorten the turret to elliminate the transverse overhang issue

If you want to check out some real German airplane projects try www.luft46.com  that guy has compiled everything from diagrams to pics to photos of real models and test planes.

@ncscswitch:

Now all I have to do is remember more of my Russian than just being able to say “Good morning Major, class ready for instruction” in order to make it practical for me :-P

Its an LCD keyboad……meaning you can use it for WHATEVER you want.  You can always change it too.  If you want it to remind you that the spacebar is jump in an FPS, then you can do it!!  Or if you want a quick shortcut to open firefox on your keyboard.  I never thought id actually be excited for a farkin keyboard to come out, but with this one is like WOW!  :-P