M1A2 MBT
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i agree i'd say the French Leclerc or the Italian ARIETEOriginally posted by SingaporeTyrannosaur:I would not want to put a weight limit on any of our future armoured systems, but I am in favour of a 40 ton system with modular armor that can be adjusted to various needs. Mobility will be an issue as well, and must be enough to keep the Malaysians reeling back, and defeat their MBTs in a stand up fight as well.
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ahh. . . reactive armour and u kill your own soldiers travelling with the tank on the outside . . FIBUA will mostly be the infantry fighting, the armour can only support or blast buildings, whatever. . .Originally posted by bigballs11:Some thoughts
Based on current doctrine, 3,6,9 div organic armour brigade won't be a heavy armour brigade, so can forget anything that has an MLC load class of above 30 (approx 35 metric tons based on engineer calculation). They only play a support role to provide heavy direct firepower and thrust. Most probably replacement will be a variant of Bionix with 120mm cannon turrut or worse case stick to the current SM1. At most in close combat (FIBUA), this light tank will wear a "bra protection kit" consisting of reactive armour, additional armour plates and barang barang hangings outside the tank to soften the impact from HEAT rounds like RPG-7, AT-4, recoiless rifle etc. In this configuration, the light tank mobility will be greatly reduced but that won't be a problem as FIBUA fighting does not require cross country performance say 65km/hr.
So any thoughts of new heavy armour will be the 32 div. Maybe we can get a few of the 2nd hand M1A1 after this iraqi war
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wa lao ay
surely no troops sitting on top of the tank la, U see any troops sitting on top of a tank when in the heat of battle in bulit-up area meh
Those Israeli chap got those "bra" package, consisting of reactive armour, addon armour plates, iron chains, sandbags which helps to absorb those small arms fires, RPG, cocktails, grenades, death squad thrown on their tanks, sound SM rite
Originally posted by laser51088:ahh. . . reactive armour and u kill your own soldiers travelling with the tank on the outside . . FIBUA will mostly be the infantry fighting, the armour can only support or blast buildings, whatever. . . -
I mean those on FOOT. . .not on the tank!Originally posted by bigballs11:wa lao ay
surely no troops sitting on top of the tank la, U see any troops sitting on top of a tank when in the heat of battle in bulit-up area meh
Those Israeli chap got those "bra" package, consisting of reactive armour, addon armour plates, iron chains, sandbags which helps to absorb those small arms fires, RPG, cocktails, grenades, death squad thrown on their tanks, sound SM rite
applique armour would be better if you want your troops on foot to go in with ur tanks or near your tanks. . . -
Oh yah, another, I agree with Joe Black that Singapore will probably get a upgraded Merkava 3 or similar tank. . . Merkava 4, Leopard 2, etc are all too high profile. . .it'll make headline news in JDW. . . and then we're screwed. . .
When on earth do they intend to announce the AMX-13SM1 or give some hint at replacing it soon?!! There been no news about replacing it. . . I think they forgot or something after they announced that there MIGHT be a light tank on Bionix chassis. . .