lyle6 Sun Nov 07, 2021 6:44 pm
mnztr wrote:On top of that, if the tank is out of the fight the enemy is not likely to continue to pummel it and waste precious ammo. Best to stay put and play possum.
Tankers are instructed to keep shooting until the target changes shape or color, or until the crew visibly leaves the tank. Real life tanks don't have hit points to tell you the target is dead - you only know for sure if it actually looks the part.
Of course with the enemy busy shooting at your tank that's one gun occupied. Even better if the tank is so well protected that if it takes a concerted effort of multiple shooters target firing from multiple vantage points to truly take you down. That means multiple targets made available to the rest of your platoon that they can then engage and take down simultaneously, an infinitely more efficient distribution of firepower.
GarryB wrote:The Armata cannot change the laws of physics... a hit on the main calibre ammo would cause a fire and possibly an explosion... with the crew separate in their own armoured capsule then the rest of the tank including the engine section can have fire suppression systems and can be operated with a nitrogen purge so there is no oxygen for fuel to burn. Propellent and explosive provide their own oxygen, but fuel fires often lead to ammo detonations, and of course the easiest way to totally destroy any tank is to burn it out.
Modern ammo is specifically made to be as difficult to set alight or pre-detonate. With no humans in the way you can have very aggressive firefighting systems installed like flooding the whole turret compartment with vented high pressure inert gas and or chemically inhibiting aerosols.
thegopnik wrote:I find the estimated Armour rating for the malachit to be bullshit because the rating on the t-90ms happens to be higher with the additional 900mm of rha protection capsule. France is going for a 1.3 meter penetrating 140mm cannon until 2030 so I am hoping they switch to a 152mm cannon soon. Afghanit as well hopefully be upgraded 3km/s stopping speeds against KEPs and than plasma projectile shields.
Any rating for the Malachit is bull because no tank (slated for production, that is) uses it. The T-90M(S) uses Relikt, while the T-14 uses Monolit.
The French are compensating for the massively improved protection of the T-14. That there will be no equivalent to the T-14 in at least 10 years (realistically 20) allows the Russians some slack when it comes to upgrading the firepower of their premier MBT. And besides, its not as if the 125 mm gun system has reached its potential.