Johnistan
03-02-2004, 17:23
The J1 Shiva Main Battle Tank
http://www.army-technology.com/projects/merkava/images/merkava9.jpg
The Shiva in the hull-down position
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http://www.voodoo.cz/merkava/images/mk3/mk3_12.jpg
Description
The J1 Shiva is designed to be the best MBT in the world through a combination of overwhelming firepower, strong armor, and a advanced electronics. The Shiva has two unique design features that contribute to it's survivability. First of all the turret is unmanned with the crew being placed inside an armored pod in the hull, the auto-loader and ammo are stored in the turret. Second of which is the placement of the engine at the front of the tank, the engine completely protects the crew over the frontal arc from attack. The crew of 3, a driver, commander, and gunner, are seated in that order with a top hatch and rear door exit. Each crewmember has a VR headset that allows constant 360 degree view of the surrounding terrain though each crewmember's sights. All materials used in this tank were smelted in space, giving them a lighter weight and making them strong.
Lethality
The Shiva's main gun is a 140mm electro-thermal smoothbore gun that can fire APFSDS, HEAT, and HE-FRAG rounds. The gun is fed by a rotating auto-loader that slams a fresh round every 4 seconds and holds the tank's 45 rounds. The gun's maximum effective range is 7km for direct fire and 15km for indirect fire.
The gun can also fire the J67 TERM (Tank Extended Range Munition) that uses a radar, thermal, or laser guidance package to give the tank a point target range of 15km. The round has a triple HEAT warhead and attacks top down.
The tank's secondary weapons are a independently targeted 25mm grenade launcher that fires programmable HE grenades and holds 250 of them. Also included is a .50 and a 7.62mm co-axil machine guns with 700 rounds of ammo each.
On each side of the tank are missile pods that can hold four Common Modular Missiles. The CMM is a family of warheads, guidance packages, and booster engines that are put together to form a number of different warheads. There are triple HEAT, HE, WP, and a number of different warheads. There are laser, thermal, radar, and visual guidance packages. The booster engines can give the missile a maximum range of 30km for artillery missions or 8km for direct fire. The missile can engage aircraft, tanks, and infantry.
The weapons are controlled by the J-LOCK-C fire control system. The system can auto-track 15 different targets at once and engage them all in just over a minute. The system is fed by a x50 FLIR gunner's seat with nightvision and thermal viewing and a x50 commander's sight. The driver has a x10 nightvision sight.
The tank is linked across the AKIS(Ass Kicking Information System). The system automatically transmits target and location data to all other units using the system. Each unit shows up on a GPS map and it allows instant voice or text commication to other units, aircraft, infantry, other tanks.
Survivability
The frontal armor of the Shiva is spaced and laminated 3rd Generation Dorchester with 2 inch titanium encased Depleted Uranium layers that come out to an armor package about 18 inches thick and providing 2,300mm protection vs. long rods. The flank armor is the same system but only thinner, providing 1,400mm vs. long rods. The rear and top armor is MEXAS with a titanium backing that both provide about 500mm vs. HEAT. The entire tank is covered in Carlin-5 superheavy ERA that is 20mm tungsten plates backed with SEMTEX that provides excellent protection against HEAT and long rods.
The FRWS (Fast Response Warning System) uses a laser warning receiver and a instant scan radar to detect incoming threats and destroy them. There are 40 smoke grenade launchers, 15 flares, a radar jammer, chaff and aerosol throwers, and a grenade hard kill system to kill incoming ATGMs.
Also included is a HEL (High Energy Laser) that can blind and destroy ATGMs, infantry, and the optics on tanks. A high powered one is mounted on top of the turret and a low powered one is slaved to the main gun.
Mobility
The Shiva weighs a total of 68 tons and is powered by a 2000 horsepower hydrogen turbine. The Shiva has a total top speed of 65 miles per hour and a cross country speed of 50 miles per hour.
Cost: 7 million USD
http://www.army-technology.com/projects/merkava/images/merkava9.jpg
The Shiva in the hull-down position
http://homepage3.nifty.com/tompei/MerkavaMk3.jpg
http://www.voodoo.cz/merkava/images/mk3/mk3_12.jpg
Description
The J1 Shiva is designed to be the best MBT in the world through a combination of overwhelming firepower, strong armor, and a advanced electronics. The Shiva has two unique design features that contribute to it's survivability. First of all the turret is unmanned with the crew being placed inside an armored pod in the hull, the auto-loader and ammo are stored in the turret. Second of which is the placement of the engine at the front of the tank, the engine completely protects the crew over the frontal arc from attack. The crew of 3, a driver, commander, and gunner, are seated in that order with a top hatch and rear door exit. Each crewmember has a VR headset that allows constant 360 degree view of the surrounding terrain though each crewmember's sights. All materials used in this tank were smelted in space, giving them a lighter weight and making them strong.
Lethality
The Shiva's main gun is a 140mm electro-thermal smoothbore gun that can fire APFSDS, HEAT, and HE-FRAG rounds. The gun is fed by a rotating auto-loader that slams a fresh round every 4 seconds and holds the tank's 45 rounds. The gun's maximum effective range is 7km for direct fire and 15km for indirect fire.
The gun can also fire the J67 TERM (Tank Extended Range Munition) that uses a radar, thermal, or laser guidance package to give the tank a point target range of 15km. The round has a triple HEAT warhead and attacks top down.
The tank's secondary weapons are a independently targeted 25mm grenade launcher that fires programmable HE grenades and holds 250 of them. Also included is a .50 and a 7.62mm co-axil machine guns with 700 rounds of ammo each.
On each side of the tank are missile pods that can hold four Common Modular Missiles. The CMM is a family of warheads, guidance packages, and booster engines that are put together to form a number of different warheads. There are triple HEAT, HE, WP, and a number of different warheads. There are laser, thermal, radar, and visual guidance packages. The booster engines can give the missile a maximum range of 30km for artillery missions or 8km for direct fire. The missile can engage aircraft, tanks, and infantry.
The weapons are controlled by the J-LOCK-C fire control system. The system can auto-track 15 different targets at once and engage them all in just over a minute. The system is fed by a x50 FLIR gunner's seat with nightvision and thermal viewing and a x50 commander's sight. The driver has a x10 nightvision sight.
The tank is linked across the AKIS(Ass Kicking Information System). The system automatically transmits target and location data to all other units using the system. Each unit shows up on a GPS map and it allows instant voice or text commication to other units, aircraft, infantry, other tanks.
Survivability
The frontal armor of the Shiva is spaced and laminated 3rd Generation Dorchester with 2 inch titanium encased Depleted Uranium layers that come out to an armor package about 18 inches thick and providing 2,300mm protection vs. long rods. The flank armor is the same system but only thinner, providing 1,400mm vs. long rods. The rear and top armor is MEXAS with a titanium backing that both provide about 500mm vs. HEAT. The entire tank is covered in Carlin-5 superheavy ERA that is 20mm tungsten plates backed with SEMTEX that provides excellent protection against HEAT and long rods.
The FRWS (Fast Response Warning System) uses a laser warning receiver and a instant scan radar to detect incoming threats and destroy them. There are 40 smoke grenade launchers, 15 flares, a radar jammer, chaff and aerosol throwers, and a grenade hard kill system to kill incoming ATGMs.
Also included is a HEL (High Energy Laser) that can blind and destroy ATGMs, infantry, and the optics on tanks. A high powered one is mounted on top of the turret and a low powered one is slaved to the main gun.
Mobility
The Shiva weighs a total of 68 tons and is powered by a 2000 horsepower hydrogen turbine. The Shiva has a total top speed of 65 miles per hour and a cross country speed of 50 miles per hour.
Cost: 7 million USD