April 12, 2019
How to Build The Next Super Tank (Or a Death Trap)
“It’s not clear what the next generation of U.S. tanks will look like. The Army suggests the M-1 replacement may not even resemble a tank in the conventional sense. The scientists at DARPA are exploring tanks that look more like dune buggies or Mars rovers.â€
by Michael Peck
The Big Three features of any tank are firepower, speed and mobility.
But what feature do future tanks need most of all? The same thing that automobile owners want: a vehicle that’s easy to fix instead of being stuck in the shop for repairs.
“Maintenance drives all other components of MBT [main battle tank] lethality because the world’s most deadly broken tank is still just a broken tank,†warns Micah Clark, an Army civil affairs officer and armor platoon leader.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/how-build-next-super-tank-or-death-trap-52152
