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AN01 Patriot Tank
Main Battle Tank
Image: http://www.animeonscifi.co.uk/images/patriot_tank.jpg

Spec
Manufacturer: Animarnia Military Solutions Ltd
Type: Main Battle Tank
Length: 32ft 0in
Width: 12ft 0in
Height: 11ft
Weight: 80 Tons Fully Loaded (60 Tons Empty)
Speed: 45Mph
Range: 400 Miles
Crew: 3
Power plant: AGT-1500 turbine engine
Power Rating: 1500 HP
Main Turret Height: 93Inchs
Main Turret Width: 143inchs
Secondary Turret Height: 52inchs
Secondary Turret Width: 93inchs
Fuel Capacity: 500 Gallons
Armament:
120mm ETC Cannon
Dual 4-Barrel 20mm Auto cannons.
Dual 9 Shot Light SSM Missile Launchers

Overview
The Animarnia Defence Military felt it needed a new breed of tank, one that would serve the nation for many years to come on the fields of battle. The AM-01 Patriot is designed to do just that. As a duel Turret Main battle tank the Patriot can answer all your front line needs.

Armour Design
The Patriot uses a new multi-layer armour design based off the T-90's Armoured system on the hull and the primary and secondary turrets, The Patriot boasts an impressive 11inchs of Titanium ceramic composite armour, Reinforced with steel alloy and RHS. In addition to this is a layer of second generation explosive reactive armour (ERA). This gives the turrets a "Clam shell" like appearance. The Patriot is one of the best-protected Battle tanks to date equipped with an Electronic Countermeasures suit (ECM). That is comprised of Guidance Jammers, Laser Ranging detection sensors, optical countermeasures designed to scatter laser designation/range finder beams (Refereed to as the Dazzler). The Patriot also has NBC Shielding allowing it to operate in any environment. The Patriot has 900mm of RHA Front armour to protect against APFSDS and Sabot and an impressive 1,450mm against HEAT. Armour bulkheads separate the crew compartment from the fuel tanks. The top panels of the tank are designed to blow outwards in the event of penetration by a HEAT projectile

Weaponry
No Doubt this is what your hear for, how well does this tank make stuff blow up? The answer is very well, utilising its primary weapon the 120mm smoothbore ETC cannon that has a range of up to 4 miles and can fire 6 to 8 rounds via Auto loader. The Patriot can hold a total of 43 rounds with a further 22 in reserve in the carousel. The Patriot carries two 9 shot Missile launchers either side of its secondary turret. These fire high mobility Surface to Surface Missiles (SSM) to element land based threats up to 8 miles away these are targeted via a radar tracking system similar to those used in fighter jets. For anti-infantry and to aid in shooting down enemy aircraft or missiles the Patriot comes with 2 4-Barrel 20mm water-cooled auto-cannons on the secondary turret. These are laser-guided to increase accuracy and can be targeted separately from the main cannon due to the "Duel Turret" nature of the tank. these carry 5400 rounds each and usually fire in tandem.

Targeting Systems.
The Commanders Periscope allows for 360-Degree rotation and visibility capable of normal (800km) Infrared/Thermal (600km) and Night Vision (700km). This Periscope is also equipped with automatic sector scanning, automatic target cueing and marking (friendly and enemy integrated with GPS) and passes information automatically to the gunner as well as backup fire control

The Gunners primary sight is a Line of sight (GPS-LOS) system to increase first round hit probability with integration of a laser Range finder, Wind gage, Thermal sensors and Night vision. All of these integrate with the onboard ballistic computer to calculate the best firing solution to an accuracy of within 10 meters

AN/ASQ-213 HARM Targeting Systems is a radar guided tracking system for the Missile fire control this system integrates the Advanced targeting pod FLIR which allows use of GPS to further increase the accuracy of its missiles.

Defences
As mentioned earlier the Patriot has an impressive Electronic Countermeasure (ECM) suit available to it for defence purposes. The patriot is also equipped with an 82mm Grenade launcher for smoke Grenades also help protect against laser tracking and obscure visibility of the tank by creating a temporary smoke screen that lasts for about 20seconds and covers 50-70meters. It also comes equipped with Chaff and Flares launchers to defend against incoming heat seeking and radar guided missiles and for anti-mine warfare, the tank utilises the tried-and-true Zeus-HLONS system, this system uses a laser to set off a mine instead of your tank rolling over it. The patriot also comes equipped with a "Short stop" system to protect from long range artillery

Price: $4,800,000 ($4.8 Million US Dollars) Each unit.

OOC: Thanks for the sugestion Space Union.

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We the confederacy of spizania will purchase 500 of these vehicles for $2.4 billion

Money on delivery

OOC: This is more of a light vehicle, it ahsnt og the punch of an MBT, but still like the idea of twin 30mms

120mm Conventional gun ? Seems underarmed for its size, you should go with a 130mm gun instead.




(my new 76 ton tank has a 152mm EC gun)

YEah but its not its main armament, these are equipping my new 4 meduim armour untis

120mm Conventional gun ? Seems underarmed for its size, you should go with a 130mm gun instead.




(my new 76 ton tank has a 152mm EC gun)

Gun size isn't all thats important, my tank destroyers have 155mm ETC guns. However the high velocity of modern shells can still pack an equal punch.

120mm Conventional gun ? Seems underarmed for its size, you should go with a 130mm gun instead.




(my new 76 ton tank has a 152mm EC gun)

A 120mm conventional gun can punch through any most armor on NS. You may want to change that to a 120mm ETC gun though.

Also Willink, putting a 152mm EC gun on a tank ?! You must be crazy! An ETC is already power-hungry, but imagine a EC gun. That will require its own power generator. Also a 152mm! What are you going to do with that? All I see is you having a much slower rate of fire than smaller guns that can get the job done as effective if not more, a small amount of ammo (152mm ammo is monsters), and a logistics nightmare.

Unless your doing a PMT tank, I wouldn't suggest a 152mm EC gun. Instead you should go with a 140mm ETC gun, probably even smaller like 120mm ETC gun.

Just to let you know, your tank will be much more than 76 tons with a gun like that. More like over in the range of 87+ tons.

That sounds like a very interesting tank and The People's Republic of Muzchkistan is very interested .we are looking for a replacement to our old tanks mostly T-55 (200) and T62 (140) and PT-76 (12) from the Warsaw Pact. But the price is to high, for that money we could buy twice as many used T-72M1 from Russia

It uses a EC Coil system and an autoloader, along with the power generator due to a small, lightweight hybrid engine, so had more room to include the EC system. The tank will weigh around 82-83 tons, due to lightweight materials. Green Sun is making a version too.

(155mm Gun on Type 99 tank, ha (http://www.webmutants.com/strategypage/type99_1.jpg) !)

It uses a EC Coil system and an autoloader, along with the power generator due to a small, lightweight hybrid engine, so had more room to include the EC system. The tank will weigh around 82-83 tons, due to lightweight materials. Green Sun is making a version too.

(155mm Gun on Type 99 tank, ha (http://www.webmutants.com/strategypage/type99_1.jpg) !)

If you are using an EC Coil system than good luck. The power generator needs would rival a railgun. How small can your engine be with a tank that's over 80 tons. Unless you want to have below 20 mph on-road and like 5 mph on off-road, then you will need a much more bigger tank. And lightweight materials can do you so much. The gun system will be the thing that's going to give you a high weight.

Like I said before your going to be able to carry only few rounds compared to smaller bore guns along with your rate of fire suffering. But that's your loss.

Also that Type 99's gun is more for show than really anything. It's for political reasons. They want to have the bigger gun so they can feel more powerful. But in actual reality that 155mm is a total waste. A 120mm can do the same job more effective, faster, and still be lighter. If we had a Type 99 modified with a 120 mm gun, and then this one, I would put my bets on the 120mm one.

That sounds like a very interesting tank and The People's Republic of Muzchkistan is very interested .we are looking for a replacement to our old tanks mostly T-55 (200) and T62 (140) and PT-76 (12) from the Warsaw Pact. But the price is to high, for that money we could buy twice as many used T-72M1 from Russia

We sell the AVT-90M which is a slightly modified T-90. That can help replace your old tanks.

As for this tank, we'll take 2 for testing purposes. Half the money has been wired, the rest will be wired upon delivery.

We can't afford much so how about just ten for our corporate militia?

We the confederacy of spizania will purchase 500 of these vehicles for $2.4 billion


Your order has been comfirmed and will be sent out Immediately to the location of your choice, Shipping is of course Free.


We can't afford much so how about just ten for our corporate militia?


Your order has been Confirmed for 10(ten) AN-01 Patriot for a total of $48 Million US Dollars

we'll take 2 for testing purposes. Half the money has been wired, the rest will be wired upon delivery.

Your Order has been comfirmed for $9.6 Million US Dollars. we hope the tank meets all your expectations.

That sounds like a very interesting tank and The People's Republic of Muzchkistan is very interested .we are looking for a replacement to our old tanks mostly T-55 (200) and T62 (140) and PT-76 (12) from the Warsaw Pact. But the price is to high, for that money we could buy twice as many used T-72M1 from Russia

We understand your concerns especially to replace such a large force with a new tank and especially one of such a large price however think of it as an investment in your countries future and security. Perhaps we can organise a demonstration for you to show our new tanks full capabilities and that it is far superior to your current armoured divisions

A 120mm conventional gun can punch through any most armor on NS. You may want to change that to a 120mm ETC gun though.

WTF!? The Rhimetall(sp?) 120mm gun on an M1A2 Abrams, arguably the best tank in the world cannot punch threw it's own frontal arc armor, no way a 120mm conventional can beat NS armor.

WTF!? The Rhimetall(sp?) 120mm gun on an M1A2 Abrams, arguably the best tank in the world cannot punch threw it's own frontal arc armor, no way a 120mm conventional can beat NS armor.

A 120mm NS conventional gun is much more powerful than a real-world 120mm real-world conventional gun. If you take that into account, then we'll be seeing armors falling.

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