Kim must be sh*tting his drawers…
imagine a hit in the hydrogene fueltank
That is how you design a future tank…add long-range precision fires such as anti-tank missiles to go beyond the range of the main cannon, add drones, add defensive jammers and Active Protection Systems. Add a 130mm cannon that is better performance than 120mm.
I understand the implementation of hydrogen to reduce the tank’s heat signatures, but hybrid-electric drive might be able to do that just as well.
Was thinking the exact thing. But it will save on recoverytanks…
Interesting concept, wonder what it will look like at production time.
That looks like a computer generated image. Whoever designed it really likes the old video game Battlezone.
I doubt anyone in North Korea cares because no one in South Korea is willing to start a war. No. That is wrong. Someone in the North Korean military will order a computer artist to design a computer generated tank that carries a fusion reactor and 200 gigawatt LASER easily capable of defeating the tank above. It will also carry a pair of octuple, wide area leaflet projectors so that the tank can simultaneously fight and extol the virtues of Rocket Man.
(I am kidding but…I am not so sure I am kidding.)
Oh, I think most of us know that it is, as it is a concept vehicle planned for the future. According to the article “Rotem has just unveiled its vision for the future….”
I’m not the guy who confuses 3D images for the real thing. That’s someone else on the forum.
Or a foot-long concept model; the photo looks to have a diorama foreground and a generic fuzzed background shopped in to make it look like a full-size vehicle – its track runs look too perfect to be made of anything that has actual weight.
Yes, it is a 3D computer generated image with “rubber band tracks.” However, the 3D CAD image does reveal a lot. Does it have a 30mm auto cannon and a 12.7mm gun on the rooftop turret? Are those hexagons on the hull front anti-IED jammers? Does it have “Flickering skins” for camouflage color changes, or anti-thermal ceramic heat tiles on the massive side skirts? The hexagon armor tiles sure seem to mimic and suggest that. Are those three hexagons on the side of the turret ATGM jammers or Active Protection System radars? It has a FLIR/TV ball turret on the roof for a gunner or tank commander’s fire control system that can pivot independently and skyward for aerial counter-drone viewing operations. It has “See through” hull cameras 360-degrees around. It has a sideskirt like the canceled USMC’s EFV that goes all the way down to the tracks to hide the hot roadwheels from thermal imager viewing. The crew sits in the hull for greater safety and survivability.
Whoever was the 3D artist seems to know his or her stuff about the latest “High-tech whiz-bang” tank technologies in this South Korean K3 future MBT design concept. I wonder how much the K3 would cost, but it seems to be designed from scratch compared the the US Army’s M1E3.
They’re actually asking $55,000 for a Hyundai model now - they can afford it!
Looks more than passing similar to the PL-01.