![]() ![]() ![]() Of course, given that production T-14s have yet to actually be seen it is uncertain just how much of this they will actually have-how much of this has been claimed prematurely, and even if it does appear, how much it would matter. The vehicle is also supposed to incorporate stealth technology. Thus far the best claimant to that title would seem to be the Russian T-14, with its crew riding in a capsule inside a very thickly armored hull, leaving an unmanned turret up top, while that crew is aided in its work not only by advanced sensors but a high level of automation extending beyond the now-familiar auto-loaded gun to a computerized control system supposed to monitor the vehicle's systems, assess the combat situation, and recommend action to the crew (like a tank equivalent of KITT, I suppose). Yet a full-blown next-generation tank would be something else. ![]() Such a detail as the last can seem next-generation-ish. Of course, they have all seen numerous upgrades-sharper sensors, more computers, and most conspicuously, "active protection systems" that respond to incoming projectiles by detecting and shooting a projectile back at them. Third-generation main battle tanks emerged in the 1970s, and are still what the world's armies field-as the respect commanded by tanks like the M1 Abrams, the Leopard 2, the British Challenger, the Soviet T-80 all demonstrate. ![]()
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