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    Army Plans New Tank After Abrams - 2030s

    Army Plans New Tank After Abrams - 2030s

    Looks like the eggheads are starting to think up the next thing in tank tech. It will be interesting to see what they come up with.

    The Army is now performing concept modeling and early design work for a new mobile, lethal, high-tech future lightweight tank platform able to detect and destroy a wider range of targets from farther distances, cross bridges, incinerate drones with lasers and destroy incoming enemy artillery fire – all for the 2030s and beyond.

    The new vehicle, now emerging purely in the concept phase, is based upon the reality that the current M1A2 SEP Abrams main battle tank can only be upgraded to a certain limited extent, senior Army officials explained.


    The Army’s Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center, or TARDEC, is now immersed in the development of design concepts for various super high-tech tank platforms, Maj. Gen. David Bassett, Program Executive Officer, Ground Combat Systems, told Scout Warrior in an exclusive interview.


    Bassett emphasized the extensive conceptual work, simulation and design modeling will be needed before there is any opportunity to “bend metal” and produce a new tank.
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    The Army should consider making the tank a pair of vehicles. Split capabilities across two platforms. Fight the pair as a single unit.
    Call your state legislators and insist they approve the Article V convention of States to propose amendments.


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    Quote Originally Posted by MisterVeritis View Post
    The Army should consider making the tank a pair of vehicles. Split capabilities across two platforms. Fight the pair as a single unit.
    Expand on that.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter1469 View Post
    Expand on that.
    I think we have an opportunity to fight pairs of tanks as single units. We can have some common capabilities for the pair but have "A" and "B" capabilities for the pair. We could link them together electromagnetically.
    We could have one tank with a primary antitank strength with the other anti over-the-horizon capabilities. Divide the sensor responsibilities between them with some overlap.
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