Lunatic Retard Robots
09-09-2004, 01:59
The LRRA has recently realized the need for a home defense tank, unlike the heavier fighting machines used in the dedicated armored divisions.
The MBT-7 is designed to replace the APC-7 fire support vehicle. It will not only give infantry divisions increased tank fighting capability, but it will also disperse the long range ATGMs among the APCs, giving them more anti-tank capability than they currently have with their shorter-ranged ATGMs.
http://www.bulba.eu.org/mil/free/leclerc/leclerc(11).jpg
The MBT-7 is powered by the same hybrid system as the APC-7 FSV, slightly enhanced to give a bit more power. The hybrid drive system offers high reliability, very long range, low greenhouse gas emissions, and a low thermal and acoustic signature. The vehicle uses composite bandtracks to increase reliability, speed, and drastically decrease the vehicle's maintainance costs.
The MBT-7 is a small tank compared to its potential adversaries. It uses a 105mm main cannon instead of the 120 or 125mm main cannon common on most tanks now. The 105mm projectile has a much higher muzzle velocity and therefore longer range than a large 120mm or 125mm shell. The smaller size also makes the tank much more difficult to spot, and easier to manouver and hide in LRR terrain. The MBT-7 can also keep up quite easily with the light APCs, being very light itself. The tank can actually float across rivers to follow the infantry formations it is escorting.
The MBT-7 doesn't have any hardkill APS systems, although it does carry a good ECM. The main gun can fire TM-12 anti-tank missiles (an LRR modification of the AT-16) with a range of over 9km, and the crew is equipped with a 12.7mm and 7.62mm MG, as well as Spike-NR missiles for dismounted combat. The tank is fully NBC protected.
http://www.bulba.eu.org/mil/free/leclerc/leclerc(4).jpg
An MBT-7 crossing a deep trench.
http://www.bulba.eu.org/mil/free/leclerc/leclerc(22).jpg
An MBT-7 in the fog.
The MBT-7 is designed to replace the APC-7 fire support vehicle. It will not only give infantry divisions increased tank fighting capability, but it will also disperse the long range ATGMs among the APCs, giving them more anti-tank capability than they currently have with their shorter-ranged ATGMs.
http://www.bulba.eu.org/mil/free/leclerc/leclerc(11).jpg
The MBT-7 is powered by the same hybrid system as the APC-7 FSV, slightly enhanced to give a bit more power. The hybrid drive system offers high reliability, very long range, low greenhouse gas emissions, and a low thermal and acoustic signature. The vehicle uses composite bandtracks to increase reliability, speed, and drastically decrease the vehicle's maintainance costs.
The MBT-7 is a small tank compared to its potential adversaries. It uses a 105mm main cannon instead of the 120 or 125mm main cannon common on most tanks now. The 105mm projectile has a much higher muzzle velocity and therefore longer range than a large 120mm or 125mm shell. The smaller size also makes the tank much more difficult to spot, and easier to manouver and hide in LRR terrain. The MBT-7 can also keep up quite easily with the light APCs, being very light itself. The tank can actually float across rivers to follow the infantry formations it is escorting.
The MBT-7 doesn't have any hardkill APS systems, although it does carry a good ECM. The main gun can fire TM-12 anti-tank missiles (an LRR modification of the AT-16) with a range of over 9km, and the crew is equipped with a 12.7mm and 7.62mm MG, as well as Spike-NR missiles for dismounted combat. The tank is fully NBC protected.
http://www.bulba.eu.org/mil/free/leclerc/leclerc(4).jpg
An MBT-7 crossing a deep trench.
http://www.bulba.eu.org/mil/free/leclerc/leclerc(22).jpg
An MBT-7 in the fog.