Gas, coal, hydro, and nuclear can serve as reliable base load power sources, while solar and wind cannot (at least not yet but I hope that day comes). You need at least one of these other sources at all times, not just during demand peaks. It isn’t as simple as turning on the gas or coal plant when demand is high and then shutting them off or ramping them down when demand falls off, although as you state gas plants are better at this. Europe will be reliant, as will the rest of the world, on fossils fuels for the foreseeable future although wind and solar will increase in use.
The drive train was tested in the rigorous Parade environment and appeared to be less than ideal.
LazerPig is a faggot, a furry, a wet brained drunk, and utterly retarded.
If a turret is electronically/hydraulically driven, has electronic thermal sights, is auto loaded, and a remote topside weapon already, why put people in it? It's not like the damned thing is any useful when hand cranked.
That door would have to inches thick to provide meaningful protection and rotate with the turret. Severally hampering the speed of rotation and making auto follow and balance a much bigger problem.
The driver engaged the e-brake. That tank drove itself away under it's own power during the parade.
It generally helps to have people in the turret if something goes wrong with the autoloader, if i'm remembering what people with more experience in the matter have said correctly. That way you can, you know, access the gun without having to flee combat to get it fixed.
Then the question is what goes wrong, and can it be addressed reliably. If it can be, see engineering time and money, then it is no longer a problem.
I am surprised that fully robotized tanks haven’t appeared in this conflict yet.
I know the Marines have been testing a lot of RC ground combat platforms.
Because tanks, even old ones, are expensive and humans are cheap. For the low price of 3 mobiks you can give your tank self-repair, advanced intelligence and resistance to jamming. For a country like Japan or the USA it might make sense to save on manpower, not for the poorest country in Europe.
Agreed to a degree - this ties into the idea of BRICS as an entity in general, but India is a terrible country for exporting things to. As recently as May, Russia and India suspended trade because India wants to buy in Rupees and nobody wants to be stuck holding Rupees because India's largest export is...Refined Petroleum, which they buy from Russia to resell. India has a horrible export economy and their currency is garbage.
I appreciate knowing that I am not the only one on this weirdo gossip site that knows a thing or two about international trade. I know some horror stories about trading with both China and India— thankfully not my own.
Doing business with developing BRICS nations like China reminds me of this 4chan thread back in 2016, when an anon describes the horrors of dealing with the Chinese, even as a Mandarin-speaker. They are even able to outscam Russians:
The AbramsX will have both an autoloader and an unmanned turret, making it a three-crew tank, over the current Abrams' four-crew setup.
Oh it will definitely be different. The X is basically just General Dynamics taking all the shit they've heard the army is considering in a future tank and slapping it in one hull to demo how they work. Even they admit it's not an actual proposed variant as is. It'll be interesting to see how the Ukraine stuff shapes it, especially once we have combat data from Western tanks against Russia's nominal best.
110%, Russia is/was by far the easiest on this list to do business with. I generally have found they were trustworthy, reliable, and held true to their contracts. Russian courts would even, in some cases, rule against Russian businesses in disputes which is totally unheard of in places like China and to a lesser extent India. Never dealt with Brazil and don’t want to.
I don't think the Ukrainians are getting the latest models of Western tanks. I heard the extra DU armor for the M1 was taken off before being sent to Ukraine. That might have an impact on the data. The Russians might get a chance to see one of them. Maybe send it back to Russia and see how a real tank is made.
I don't do the "shoot the messenger" thing. It doesn't really matter what lazerPig is. Yes, I know he is a fag and weirdo. But he was still right. The T-14 is a garbage tier tank.
Especially when you are literally running out of people young enough to stick in a tank that can operate it.
The US doesn't use autoloaders because they are shit. If the autoloader stops working they are screwed. You saw what happens to Russian tanks with autoloaders and ammo carousels. The turrets fly up in the air. You also lose a crew member that can help with repairs and other tasks. Russian and US tank design philosophies are very different as well.
