Sarzonia
27-09-2005, 03:33
Z-30 'Cheetah' Light Tank
Background: The Incorporated Sarzonian Army has been searching for a vehicle to support their armoured combat units in fast support with special emphasis placed on hit and run capability and on anti-personnel applications. The ISA previously used the Imperial Praetonian Ordnance-built Badger Light Scout Vehicle for this purpose, but saw the need to update the venerable vehicle for modern battlefield applications. The result was the new Z-30 'Cheetah' light tank/scout vehicle.
Armament: The Cheetah's 90 mm rifled gun allows it a fast-firing main gun that can be elevated up to 25 degrees or turned up to 300 degrees from a forward facing position. While this weapon is ill-suited to oppose the heavily armoured main battle tanks in standard infantry actions, the Incorporated Ordnance Company decided to employ the vehicle as a fast-attack vehicle focused on speed and rate of fire against more heavily armoured opponents and killing power against lightly- or unarmoured vehicles and personnel. As such, the Cheetah includes a 60 mm autocannon for anti-personnel and electronics warfare against the modern main battle tanks which rely very heavily on modern electronics. The newly-developed Hyperius kinetic missile, based on the High Energy Missile (HEMi) formerly used by the Royal Canadian Army, is designed to penetrate RHA values of up to 2,200 mm.
Protection: With an emphasis on speed for fast strike support, the Cheetah sacrifices the heavy protection scheme adopted by vehicles such as the Jaguar or the Phalanx, but the titanium honeycomb frame, the NxRA outer armour, and the spectra fibre protection permit a high level of protection relative to other vehicles in its class.
Propulsion: The Windham and Green Secretariat turbo diesel-electric hybrid engine used by the Z-33 Jaguar main battle tank has been adopted for the Cheetah. Using the same horsepower required to move a 76,000 kg main battle tank, the Cheetah utilises the power to give it greater speed to allow it to complete fast missions that are impossible for main battle tanks and all but the lighest armoured armoured personnel carriers or infantry fighting vehicles. Unlike those specialised armoured transports, the Cheetah is not designed to transport troops; rather, it's designed for a combat support role, and it's a role the ISA believes it can excel in.
Electronics: One problem the ISA found with the Badger LSV is the limited electronics in comparison with the Jaguar made the Badger a liability in the support role the ISA tried to force it into. With the Cheetah, the ISA's decision to adopt the same electronics suite as the Jaguar's not only provides easier logistics by allowing army engineers to simplify repairs, but it also gives the Cheetah an excellent view of its prospective foes and allows it to prioritise and establish firing solutions on targets as well as the Jaguar.
Length: 7.1 m; Beam: 3.5 m; Height: 3.2 m
Weight: 43,700 kg
Main Armament: 1 x 90 mm rifled gun
Secondary Armaments: 1 x 60 mm autocannon; 2 x 40 mm grenade launchers; 6 x smoke grenade launchers; 1 x double 'Hyperius' missile launchers; 1 x FN BRG-15 machine gun; 2 x DREAD tank CIWS.
Armour: Outer Layer: Non-explosive Reactive Armour (NxRA); Second Layer: Chobham Armour; Third Layer: Titanium Honeycomb frame; Inner Layer: Spectra fibre and rubber. RHA Values: (CE) Front 710 mm; Top: 360 mm; Sides: 410 mm; Rear: 205 mm.
Propulsion: 1 x Windham and Green Secretariat turbo diesel-electric hybrid engine, 2,100 hp
Speed: 100 km./hr. road; 70 km./hr. countryside.
Crew: 3 (Driver, commander, gunner)
Electronics: The Cheetah makes use of advanced electronics such as a millimetric radar system and a LADAR/LIDAR system tied into a Panorama electronics suite, a modernised Commander's Independent Thermal Viewer (CITV) with third generation thermal imager; commander's display for digital colour terrain maps; third generation GEN III TIS thermal imaging gunner’s sight with increased range; driver's integrated display and thermal management system including an eyesafe laser rangefinder, north-finding module and precision lightweight global positioning receiver which provide targeting solutions for the Far Target Locate (FTL) function. FTL gives accurate targeting data to a range of 9,500 metres with a CEP (Circular Error of Probability) of less than 20 metres.
Price: $4.5 million
Limit: 1,000 per order for all but staunchest allies.
Background: The Incorporated Sarzonian Army has been searching for a vehicle to support their armoured combat units in fast support with special emphasis placed on hit and run capability and on anti-personnel applications. The ISA previously used the Imperial Praetonian Ordnance-built Badger Light Scout Vehicle for this purpose, but saw the need to update the venerable vehicle for modern battlefield applications. The result was the new Z-30 'Cheetah' light tank/scout vehicle.
Armament: The Cheetah's 90 mm rifled gun allows it a fast-firing main gun that can be elevated up to 25 degrees or turned up to 300 degrees from a forward facing position. While this weapon is ill-suited to oppose the heavily armoured main battle tanks in standard infantry actions, the Incorporated Ordnance Company decided to employ the vehicle as a fast-attack vehicle focused on speed and rate of fire against more heavily armoured opponents and killing power against lightly- or unarmoured vehicles and personnel. As such, the Cheetah includes a 60 mm autocannon for anti-personnel and electronics warfare against the modern main battle tanks which rely very heavily on modern electronics. The newly-developed Hyperius kinetic missile, based on the High Energy Missile (HEMi) formerly used by the Royal Canadian Army, is designed to penetrate RHA values of up to 2,200 mm.
Protection: With an emphasis on speed for fast strike support, the Cheetah sacrifices the heavy protection scheme adopted by vehicles such as the Jaguar or the Phalanx, but the titanium honeycomb frame, the NxRA outer armour, and the spectra fibre protection permit a high level of protection relative to other vehicles in its class.
Propulsion: The Windham and Green Secretariat turbo diesel-electric hybrid engine used by the Z-33 Jaguar main battle tank has been adopted for the Cheetah. Using the same horsepower required to move a 76,000 kg main battle tank, the Cheetah utilises the power to give it greater speed to allow it to complete fast missions that are impossible for main battle tanks and all but the lighest armoured armoured personnel carriers or infantry fighting vehicles. Unlike those specialised armoured transports, the Cheetah is not designed to transport troops; rather, it's designed for a combat support role, and it's a role the ISA believes it can excel in.
Electronics: One problem the ISA found with the Badger LSV is the limited electronics in comparison with the Jaguar made the Badger a liability in the support role the ISA tried to force it into. With the Cheetah, the ISA's decision to adopt the same electronics suite as the Jaguar's not only provides easier logistics by allowing army engineers to simplify repairs, but it also gives the Cheetah an excellent view of its prospective foes and allows it to prioritise and establish firing solutions on targets as well as the Jaguar.
Length: 7.1 m; Beam: 3.5 m; Height: 3.2 m
Weight: 43,700 kg
Main Armament: 1 x 90 mm rifled gun
Secondary Armaments: 1 x 60 mm autocannon; 2 x 40 mm grenade launchers; 6 x smoke grenade launchers; 1 x double 'Hyperius' missile launchers; 1 x FN BRG-15 machine gun; 2 x DREAD tank CIWS.
Armour: Outer Layer: Non-explosive Reactive Armour (NxRA); Second Layer: Chobham Armour; Third Layer: Titanium Honeycomb frame; Inner Layer: Spectra fibre and rubber. RHA Values: (CE) Front 710 mm; Top: 360 mm; Sides: 410 mm; Rear: 205 mm.
Propulsion: 1 x Windham and Green Secretariat turbo diesel-electric hybrid engine, 2,100 hp
Speed: 100 km./hr. road; 70 km./hr. countryside.
Crew: 3 (Driver, commander, gunner)
Electronics: The Cheetah makes use of advanced electronics such as a millimetric radar system and a LADAR/LIDAR system tied into a Panorama electronics suite, a modernised Commander's Independent Thermal Viewer (CITV) with third generation thermal imager; commander's display for digital colour terrain maps; third generation GEN III TIS thermal imaging gunner’s sight with increased range; driver's integrated display and thermal management system including an eyesafe laser rangefinder, north-finding module and precision lightweight global positioning receiver which provide targeting solutions for the Far Target Locate (FTL) function. FTL gives accurate targeting data to a range of 9,500 metres with a CEP (Circular Error of Probability) of less than 20 metres.
Price: $4.5 million
Limit: 1,000 per order for all but staunchest allies.