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<> "The Future of Tanks and Armored Vehicles.

Pursuit of lightweighting.

The Army will be able to deal with more and more rapid mobile operations and low-intensity operations such as urban operations, counter-terrorism, anti-riot operations, and peacekeeping. Light armored vehicles with faster response and deployment will play a pivotal role in this, which is why wheeled armored fighting vehicles have been re-emphasized by countries with their advantages of faster reaction speed, easier deployment and more flexible operation.

Whether it is a tracked or wheeled armored vehicle, lightweight will be an important development trend. The lightweight also facilitates air transport when necessary, improving strategic mobility.

A high-power propulsion system is used.

The propulsion system mainly includes power and transmission devices, and the high-power-density engines represented by the German MTU890 series have been put into use, and more advanced high-power-density engines are also being developed in the future. Correspondingly, various high-power transmission devices have been successfully developed. In the not-too-distant future, armored vehicles will have the ability to evade direct attacks, thanks to the ability to quickly change their speed and route with high tactical mobility.

Equipped with advanced information systems.

Equipped with an advanced information system, armored vehicles will make the battlefield one-way transparent and enable troops to fight efficiently and rationally; at the same time, having information superiority will enable them to choose a favorable way to meet the enemy in battle, and make use of their strong points and avoid their weak points, which is equivalent to improving the protective capability of armored vehicles. In addition, the fire control system should be further integrated with the information system to achieve a one-stop defeat, and in addition, the target that cannot be destroyed by the friendly side can be responded to the command center in a timely manner, so as to call for artillery fire or air support.

Specialization of combat missions.

Armored vehicles should be developed on the basis of a chassis car family, different tasks can be selected different vehicles to complete, with specialized equipment to perform specific tasks, the efficiency of task completion will be greatly improved, due to the generalization of the chassis, logistics support is also easier, the equipment carried by various derivative models is also easy to maintain, in this way, it also helps to improve the speed of advancement of ground forces.

Emphasis on active protection.

The overall protection of armored vehicles is more guaranteed by non-armored factors, including active protection systems, informatization, high mobility and firepower, the development momentum of active protection systems is strong, and there are more and more targets that can be intercepted, and there will be systems that can intercept air-shot guidance ** in the future, and the survivability of armored vehicles will be greatly enhanced.

Introducing new concept equipment.

Constantly introduce some new concept equipment (such as electromagnetic guns, electrochemical guns, electromagnetic armor, etc.) into the experimental stage, and there will be many new equipment, new tactics, as long as the lifting and bending is a reasonable cost-effectiveness ratio, which is conducive to winning the battle, you can try your skills on the battlefield.

On the stage of modern warfare, the battle of tanks and anti-tank battles has been staged one after another with impressive and majestic dramas.

When evaluating the value of fighter jets, James Dunnegan, a well-known American military critic, set a single infantry as 1, machine guns as 3, anti-tank missiles as 300, self-propelled howitzers as 900, and tanks as high as 1,200, ranking first on the ground. A self-propelled howitzer may have more firepower than a tank, but its mobility and protection are still inferior to that of a tank, and its comprehensive combat value is naturally slightly inferior.

It is precisely because the tank combines firepower, mobility, and armor protection that the tank dominates the battlefield. Therefore, the future of tanks revolves around how to improve these three capabilities.

The caliber of the tank artillery under development has become more and more depleted, and the caliber of the new Russian tank FST has reached 135 mm. The United States, Britain, France, and Germany began to jointly develop 140-mm tank guns, and Germany also carried out research work on 150-mm guns. The inevitable result of the increase in the caliber of the main gun will be the widespread use of automatic loaders, when the crew of the tank was only 2 or 3 people, and the height of the entire tank was reduced.

Adding missiles to tanks is also a way, and some tanks, such as the Russian T-80U tank gun, can fire both shells and missiles, which increases the firing range and accuracy of the artillery. It can hit both far and accurately. This method of combining "shells" and "artillery" makes tank guns "all-rounders."