01-17-2007, 18:47 PM
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Military Professional
Join Date: 09-15-06
Location: Penzance, Cornwall UK
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Originally Posted by casscot
What is the next generation of MBT going to be like. Is it going to bigger than the current crop or will the be smaller. I read somewhere can't mind where that some country was experimenting with plastic armour to save weight. I havent come to an decision yet but I think bigger might be better but what do u guys think?
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Armour, mobility and firepower define any tank, and the difficult trick is to achieve the optimum balance of all three. If lighter armour can be found that offers the same protection as the best we currently have, then that would obviously be worth trying, but in general I feel we have probably reached the sensible maximum weight for MBTs. They are difficult enough to move around the globe already. It will be heresy to many, but I have seen it suggested that tanks as we know them will go the way of the military glider.
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