The Abrams X is a technology demonstrator, so it won't be its own tank, its best features will most likely be used in the next Abrams variant.
@gryphon9507 Жыл бұрын
I hope that they are moving away from the jet turbine and going to this new diesel electric system.
@boblawblaw892 Жыл бұрын
Most people have misconceptions about it's powerplant. It's not a jet engine, it's a helicopter turbine engine. They are far more efficient than a diesel engine in a working environment. But less so when idling. Most tanks use two engines , one main one and a smaller auxiliary one. Same as a over the road tractor trailer.
@boblawblaw892 Жыл бұрын
The auxiliary engine is basically a small generator for used to run all the electronics and subsystems when the main engine is off.
@gryphon9507 Жыл бұрын
@@boblawblaw892 One of the smartest ideas in tanks since Sherman was the aux engine. For the Sherman it was so they could power systems and the turret rotation when at stop or a hull down defensive position, or if the engine was knocked out. Some German tanks you only had main power and the hand wheels.
@TheCool_Guy23 Жыл бұрын
AbramsX isn't an actual prototype, its own creators said it's just a tech demonstrator platform, meaning it just shows off tech that could potentially go into a future tank platform
@Klipschrf35 Жыл бұрын
Concept vehicle in other news
@frankfedison5203 Жыл бұрын
"It's only meant to show what America could have...if it shut down a few schools and gave the money to General Dynamics." - Lazerpig
@CheapSushi Жыл бұрын
I mean, that's not gonna stop a KZbinr from sensationalizing the heck out of it to bring in clicks ($$$).
@wisenber Жыл бұрын
A. You don't use depleted Uranium rounds on soft targets. B. A mine capable of knocking out the crew would also be able capable of knocking out sensors and computers. C. Remote crew (and AI counter-measures) can be blocked with Electronic Warfare leaving an under-crewed vehicle. D. The current Abrams is speed limited to prevent damage. It's already capable of going faster.
@rafael2499 Жыл бұрын
Wrong in all your assumptions 🤦🏻♂️. Won’t even bother to elaborate
@wisenber Жыл бұрын
@@rafael2499 You won't bother, because you're wrong.
@spartancrown Жыл бұрын
@@rafael2499 explain how he’s wrong on D.
@thefew.theproud.19Kilo Жыл бұрын
@@rafael2499 what is he wrong about? You don’t need DU for soft targets so why use them that way? The Abrams does have a governor on the speed. Mines have knocked out the systems in the past. And EW would work on parts of the Abrams, that’s why the SEPs had a overhaul to try to prevent that. So unless I missed something I can’t think of how he is wrong
@Neeboopsh Жыл бұрын
all i use on people is depleted uranium. ;)
@jdogdarkness Жыл бұрын
U do realize APFSDS is NOT for anything but anti-tank roles right? Firing them at infantry in a building would be supremely ineffective.
@scubasteve3032 Жыл бұрын
🎯
@spartancrown Жыл бұрын
Wouldn’t sound nearly as cool in your story telling though. 😉
@dylan-yf8zg Жыл бұрын
Pretty sure it would def scare the shit out of people in the building, so maybe not effective in terms of killing but perhaps effective in psychological applications
@CapitanGreenhat Жыл бұрын
And illegal
@jimrussell-wl9pc Жыл бұрын
Canister round 👍😎
@squarewave808 Жыл бұрын
And it should be noted that Chobham armor comes courtesy of our British friends 🇺🇸🇬🇧
@davidhowell1415 Жыл бұрын
And the British don’t speak German because of their American friends. Yes I know some people speak German but that’s by choice
@jarink1 Жыл бұрын
And the gun comes courtesy of our German friends.
@T_81535 Жыл бұрын
Who cares, it's an American tank that's all that matters
@ddfann Жыл бұрын
@@davidhowell1415 And Americans don't speak German or Japanese because of your British friends
@davidhowell1415 Жыл бұрын
@@ddfann if it wasn’t for Pearl Harbor the United States would not have joined ww2 the German and Japanese wouldn’t have made it to the United States our English was safe back then
@VechsDavion Жыл бұрын
0:27 Not to nitpick, but where, exactly, has the T-14 Armada been deployed? So far that tank is a ghost.
@TheMichaelBeck Жыл бұрын
One observation from an actual M1A1 tanker. Before I was a gunner I was a driver. Those cameras mounted along the edge of hull better have a way of being cleaned from the inside. The mud in Europe would obscure them in about 5 minutes. They better have good old vision blocks to fall back on or the driver won't be able to see squat.
@gryphon9507 Жыл бұрын
Mk. 1 eyeball always has to be the final back up.
@TheMichaelBeck Жыл бұрын
@@gryphon9507 100%! ✌
@The67wheelman Жыл бұрын
Yeah i was thinkin with a old school catapult and a five gallon bucket of paint would wreck havoc on all those sensors and lens🤣
@alexandertaylor1225 Жыл бұрын
Love it. My Dad was a Platoon Tank Commander in the 1950's and he loved tanks so he's smiling somewhere at the moment. :D
@josephchristman578 Жыл бұрын
Depleted uranium sabot rounds are great against other tanks, but otherwise like using a grenade to kill a field mouse.
@sharpshotjoe_ Жыл бұрын
Something to say is, the abramx is certainly not a replacement for the abrams, its a technology demonstrator but it does show what a future replacement could look like
@schlirf Жыл бұрын
Target!
@fiftycal1 Жыл бұрын
The Abrams was an overmatch when introduced - and continues to pull ahead! During Desert Storm - one Abrams sighted an Iraqi Tank through a berm. The crew fired an early series M829 series APFSDS Round - flying through the berm - destroying one Iraqi Tank - and retaining enough Kinetic Energy to destroy a second!
@jimmylight4866 Жыл бұрын
Dayum!
@campbellmorrison8540 Жыл бұрын
Sounds like an Ad to be honest, I love the scenario where the tank is disabled and the crew are shocked so the AI takes over then the crew get their sensors back and the tank seems to have been miraculously fixed so the crew can get back to the duties. Im surprised the AI didn't take over the automatic machine gun and shot back, oh that's right AI will never be allowed to kill
@Michael_Smith-Red_No.5 Жыл бұрын
*Steve Jackson Games has entered the chat*
@michaelhowell2326 Жыл бұрын
The Abrams is a hammer. It can be modernized but the basics stay the same.
@TamagoHead Жыл бұрын
Yup! You nailed it!
@MechDragon108 Жыл бұрын
@@TamagoHeadI see what you did there
@bigchungus1848 Жыл бұрын
Don’t fix what isn’t broken.
@Tommy-ym7vu Жыл бұрын
I would think that the electric motor would double up as a generator and turn diesel into a very high capacity electrical power supply and allow the future upgrades of the new 50Kw + palletized laser systems and whatever new tricks they are working on. With enough batteries in the base of the tank, it may even be able to run totally silently and or eliminate the thermal target of the hot diesel engine.
@EsotericDrifter Жыл бұрын
Would most likely be the 15Kw one.
@danielwalston9666 Жыл бұрын
Yeah! LMAO!
@kevinfreeman3098 Жыл бұрын
LoL, apparently you don't realize something called residual heat, can't hide that.
@Tommy-ym7vu Жыл бұрын
@@kevinfreeman3098 the device you used to post this has a heatsink, they can be much bigger. basic phys
@wisenber Жыл бұрын
@@Tommy-ym7vu He didn't post from a device made out of heat retaining armor...or a diesel engine block.
@LukeShort1854 Жыл бұрын
Wasn't Ai the thing that took over all the machines in Terminator?
@devinclements2313 Жыл бұрын
Bro living under a rock
@bespokestylingu.k4199 Жыл бұрын
No that was Ali the friendly robot. Easy mistake
@redstar8226 Жыл бұрын
@@bespokestylingu.k4199Ali and his 40 drone's 😂
@wulf7463 Жыл бұрын
Wasn't terminator a movie and not real life?
@LukeShort1854 Жыл бұрын
@@wulf7463 surprising how life can imitate fiction.
@kevinfreeman3098 Жыл бұрын
When you can play pop goes the weasel from two miles away and shake off anything they throw back, that's American design and power.
@zano187 Жыл бұрын
Major note, it's not a hybrid, it's only the one system of an electric drive train with a diesel generator and batteries. (Always uses electric motors, and it has a diesel generator to charge batteries or send electricity directly to motor)
@kylealexander7024 Жыл бұрын
So its drive train is run by electricity or diesel? Or r both used in tandem maybe?
@tachyonzero Жыл бұрын
Its has 2 power source for propulsion, its a hybrid
@Acrophobia2 Жыл бұрын
@@tachyonzerono. The diesel engine generates electricity which then runs the electric motor.
@HubertofLiege Жыл бұрын
Like trains
@kentuckyken6479 Жыл бұрын
If it has batteries,it’s not like a diesel electric locomotive. It’s a hybrid. Sounds like it runs diesel usually and has enough battery storage for the last short leg close to assault to run electric power only (from batteries) for quietness. For example a PHEV (plug in electric vehicle) like a Honda Clarity or GM Volt, has a gas ICE to either charge the batteries or run the electric drive train. Both have enough battery capacity to run approximately 50 miles on battery only. I just wonder how they mitigate fires if the Li-ion batteries take a hit. Combustibles like ammo can be mitigated by a fire suppression system, but LI-ion batteries will keep burning due to continuing to output energy. We’ll have to see the final design.
@eugeneoreilly9356 Жыл бұрын
Chobham armour was first used on the Chieftain back in the 70,s.
@ChristopherSloane Жыл бұрын
It needs a non LOS weapon system, or at least a AT missile system that can hit enemy armor from 2 to 4 km. It should also coordinate and or control suicide drones to eliminate the enemy from range.
@hughgrection3052 Жыл бұрын
Sure, give the AI the ability to kill when it wants. That can't go wrong lol I agree tho and get what ya mean. Just keep a meatsack on the kills witches tho for now lol
@comfortablynumb9342 Жыл бұрын
@@hughgrection3052doesn't have to be AI. Drones are driven by remote pilots, for now. I'm with you though, I don't want AI controlled drones.
@Joe_Friday Жыл бұрын
You and I think a lot a like when it comes to new, heavy armour. I too have called for a long range non los atgm system. I'd also enjoy seeing the main gun upgraded to an electrothermal-chemical gun. I think the tank, if given a 4th crew member, could benefit from extra capabilities. Drones is something else I'd like to see. The 4th team member could not only be an extra set of eyes and hands for situational awareness and field maintenance but he could operate tertiary systems such as said drones and atgm. Maybe the lead tank in the platoon would have a surveillance drone while the other 3 tanks would have hunter killer drones. I'd like to see a .50 mounted at the base of the turret like so many others are doing nowadays. They still may need that heavy mg at times.
@hughgrection3052 Жыл бұрын
@Joe_Friday Yeah its curious to watch it all play out. Seems like adding more gizmos and tech, the more likely stuff is to break and malfunction. But they're already pretty techy. So more may not hurt lol Seems like a new version at some point will be forced to start moving the side armor to the top, then just sloping the sides more to save weight. Now you're alot more likely to be hit from above. Seems to me like it's time to yeah stay back further and pray those countermeasures take care of side dangers.
@hughgrection3052 Жыл бұрын
@comfortablynumb9342 Yeah. I wonder how big they'd be and if they'd be launched from outside the tank hull or require them to be launched by men outside, or a local airbase. We may see a day where they drag sleds behind the tanks again. Just take a drone launcher a few men with ya inside the sled and drag them safely thru the mine fields and drop them off at a safe distance. That would be cool. I kinda always wondered why they stopped doing the troop sleds. Seemed like a good idea to drag them in the tanks tank tracks and know no mines would get them. At least directly. Then just have all that tech separate and detachable. It may free up alot of weight and room that way. But yeah deffo keep a human in the loop for the final kill decision at the very least. We've seen how even manned ones Biden messed up and bloated a bunch of kids up. God knows what AI would do lol
@ThisOneAgain246 Жыл бұрын
How will this deal with Lancet & FPV top attack drones ?
@flying_khiwi Жыл бұрын
Best guess would be hardkill APS and the 30mm RWS has programmable ammo, meaning airburst rounds. Also important to note, that US tanks wouldn't be operating alone, and have assets to protect them too
@theprotagonist8755 Жыл бұрын
Also us has energy weapons that can fry drones in split second with unlimited ammo. And that's just one layer of defense against drones
@T_81535 Жыл бұрын
Electronic and frequency jammers
@ryankc6623 Жыл бұрын
Spiderman web shooter
@GC-ee1ct Жыл бұрын
There’s nothing like the sound of the engine spooling up on the Abrams! I really miss that!
@CaptainCalculus Жыл бұрын
"take on the T-14..." ALL 12 of them???
@abikeanditsboy3449 Жыл бұрын
Yes, but will it win the turret toss or will Russia hold the record?
@bigchungus1848 Жыл бұрын
The Abrams would just run them over 🤷🏻♂️
@johncee853 Жыл бұрын
I'll give it one thing...the Abrams X looks awesome!
@johnfarrow5873 Жыл бұрын
If that thing could survive a javelin hit I would be impressed
@kamorah5931 Жыл бұрын
Even if it couldn't it wouldn't matter because the javelin is an american weapon, so we dont need to design the tank to withstand a javelin, and if it can, tech will advance anyway, and the next version of the abrams will still be vulnerable to new weapons, but tanks are always facing problems like the javelin, but they are still relevant in modern battles if they're used correctly.
@Klipschrf35 Жыл бұрын
Not with the way I throw them
@kamorah5931 Жыл бұрын
@@Klipschrf35 💀
@caeli5532 Жыл бұрын
some ppl says that shit panicaly scare simple sand...
@DOI_ARTS Жыл бұрын
It has a Trophy system, it will not survive a Javelin but it could shoot it down
@hughgrection3052 Жыл бұрын
Soldier to commander: "Sir!... why did the AI shoot one of our just 3 anti armor depleted uranium rounds at a tin hut!? It went right thru and didn't kill jack shyt!" Commander: "I dunno this dam artificial idiot (AI) did it, not me!!"😂
@seanwiley558 Жыл бұрын
Well I guess the Terminator movie will happen eventually.... because this is how we get terminators 😂😂
@RedSinter Жыл бұрын
I assume that due to the tech advances they feel it's unnecessary to increase Bore size. Though I'd have thought they'd go with great er range. But then the new RAM Shells may be part of their inventory in which case they could see a 5-10 fold in that distance ability. If they don't have one or the one I read about isn't Abrams compatible they should look into development of same.
@kevinfreeman3098 Жыл бұрын
That radio they have, yeah that increases their range from visual to the other side of the globe...
@RedSinter Жыл бұрын
@@kevinfreeman3098 lol, nice but I'd still be curious about a scaled version of the RAM-Jet shells they unveiled for the newer Howitzers.
@kevinfreeman3098 Жыл бұрын
@@RedSinter they have some self propelled shells, and are developing more.
@matthewbanta3240 Жыл бұрын
When it comes to the Russian T-14, I think you need to put giant quotation marks around the word deploy.
@witchdoctor1394 Жыл бұрын
I think there are almost as many T-14 Armatas as there are AbramsX's...
@RickySpanish12344 Жыл бұрын
lol yeah. Russia has proven to be an inferior power in conventional warfare.
@flyboy38a Жыл бұрын
I was under the impression that the Abrams goes as slow as it does only because it has governors on the engine to prevent it from reaching it high speed limit of somewhere around 70 mph to prevent damaging the tank. Was this information that I received a long time ago wrong???
@McRizzle23 Жыл бұрын
It's correct. It's to limit track pad damage from on road driving . It's capable of a higher speed but restricted.
@flyboy38a Жыл бұрын
@@McRizzle23 Thanks for the confirmation. I thought it was for the track pads but said "tank" to cover everything just in case I got it wrong.
@bigchungus1848 Жыл бұрын
Almost 50 mph for a 70 ton tank is not slow by any means 😂.
@jakeku2662 Жыл бұрын
I don't think the T-14 has anyone at The Pentagon worried anymore.
@Tam0de Жыл бұрын
I like the look of the AbramsX - from its large turret to those zig-zag sides.
@99PMoon Жыл бұрын
What did they do about the track? The reason the M1 family's transmission was governed @45 MPH is because of the heat expansion of the track. W/o the governor, the track would would fly off the sides and rip off the skirts.The driver has a "combat override" which will disable the governor and the M1 can go much faster than 45 MPH. This is only used when being overruned and the only choice is running.
@josephpacchetti5997 Жыл бұрын
Impressive, I'm subscribed to all the Dark Channels and watch them daily! THX. 🇺🇸
@paulskopic5844 Жыл бұрын
This new tank is a big win for the Military Industrial Complex.
@shanesanders2255 Жыл бұрын
But the Russians or Chinese will claim they have. A hypersonic tank with stealth, that Flys and crosses the ocean.
@DukeCannon Жыл бұрын
But can it turn into a giant robot on the battlefield?
@galatians-2.20 Жыл бұрын
And would it be an autobot or a decepticon?
@DukeCannon Жыл бұрын
@@galatians-2.20 Yes.
@DOI_ARTS Жыл бұрын
Definitely a Decepticon Leader
@bigchungus1848 Жыл бұрын
@@DOI_ARTSmegatron incarnate
@byronharano2391 Жыл бұрын
I love the more universal and neutral blue-gray paint scheme which the human eye doesn't recognize easily.
@mm650 Жыл бұрын
The AbramsX is set up to use a hybrid diesel-electric system. Conversely one of the selling points of prior Abrams tanks has been the flex-fuel capability of the Gas turbine engine. I would very much like to know the reasoning behind abandoning the fuel flexibility feature. Was it because fuel flexibility was considered not useful? Was it because why a neet feature, it is one that never gets used in practice? Was it because the power to weight savings were just that good to be willing to simply accept the cost of losing that feature? Was it because any theater that the AbramsX is anticipated to function in will have enemy armor running off of diesel so that by definition, enemy fuel supplies will be available for capture?
@riverman-mk8pn Жыл бұрын
I believe I read Elon Musk, saying that electric motors and a diesel powered generator were the way to go. This system eliminates the need for a transmission. Meaning a quicker and lighter tank. Less maintenance also. He is in on this too, I think.
@InTTruder Жыл бұрын
1:23 I’ll point out the T-14 is not deployed anywhere meaningful. And, from the long view, the Abrams was always designed with upgradabity in mind. The ability to change the armor package, mount a gun up to 140mm, and accept frequent electrical and optronics upgrades, is representative of the American tank industry since the M4. AbramsX is a capability demonstrator. I think we’ll be talking about SEPv whatever past 2040.
@georgecoons6872 Жыл бұрын
The Russians can't afford a damaged T14 to fall into American hands.
@dougmoore5252 Жыл бұрын
Yes thank you for your help, as a matter of fact we owe you gratitude for our whole original culture that formed our country.
@valmikabeneteau7229 Жыл бұрын
Yes but how would it handle some plastic paintballs coming in and covering its sensors in paint?
@colt10mmsecurity68 Жыл бұрын
The USMC made a terrible mistake by recently getting rid of ALL of their Abrams tanks in inventory. Foolish, what were they thinking?
@flackcat5928 Жыл бұрын
They should upgrade the main gun to the 130mm gun used on the German KF-51 Panther.
@jeffreyspinner9720 Жыл бұрын
Holy cow, this is another channel with the "Dark" prefix. Honestly, do me a favor and list all your channels somewhere in your description, so I can finally check out all your channels. You're killing me man, this recommendation was by chance...
@tbom9644 Жыл бұрын
GD needs to look at including “drones” to fly from the new M1’s for early detection and comms including infrared for all weather/night-days visual????
@waitingforanalibi2224 Жыл бұрын
T-14 Armata...(spits tea) 😆😆😂😂🤣🤣
@l8tapex Жыл бұрын
If it can be defeated by TOW and drones........... it wont matter how good its offense is. Lack of defense against modern personal anti tank will be the issue of the future. Mobility within mine field is also limiting and makes it a kill box with treads.
@Sandhoeflyerhome Жыл бұрын
There is no T14 Armata …. No manufacture, no presence .. No front line appearance, may as well go straight to a museum
@bodyboardingchronicles602 Жыл бұрын
We are looking foward to seeing AX2 that can move after track is damaged. Roll wheels that roll without track? 🙊🙉🙈
@themenace4017 Жыл бұрын
Hopefully as WW3 looms the prototype is being tested and ready for production
@bowdonwheeler6359 Жыл бұрын
So should we suggest that if they put it into service they call it the Abrams Bolo it sounds like the first model.
@nickmail7604 Жыл бұрын
"It's that quiet that it's earned the nickname the whispering death" I take you never heard how loud that fucking turbine is, Chobham armour is well out of date now, the British use Dorchester armour now.
@kiketve2 Жыл бұрын
if these tanks want to survive the next gen battles, they have to incorporate drone swims, directed energy weapons to neutralize incoming rounds and kamikazeee munitions (drones) or helicopter and even planes, plus be able to handle anti tank mines using Tesla force field or Scalar Wave Technology the turbine could be replaced with rotation detonation turbine engines and/or even fusion reactors like the one Lockheed patented recently, also implement predator type camouflage
@501Mobius Жыл бұрын
When you say 3 hull mounted machineguns aren't they mounted in the turret not the hull?
@williammorales-gonzalez1637 Жыл бұрын
On paper, that ALL sounds great! But under FIRE, real-time, WHOLE different scenario!! And all those sensors on the turret, can be knocked out by heavy machine gun fire. TOO much dependency on technology can be, detrimental when it doesn't work!!
@NineInchTyrone Жыл бұрын
We don’t have a defense dept. We have a war dept
@razony Жыл бұрын
Thank you Dark Tech!
@comcastjohn Жыл бұрын
I don’t like that some of it”s weapon stations will controlled remotely by removing some crew from the tank. What if they lose signal or connection or have a malfunction? Then the guys inside the tank are screwed!
@oO0Xenos0Oo Жыл бұрын
I am pretty sure remotely mans that the crew is sitting in an armored compartment deep inside of the tank and controlls the guns from there.
@theprotagonist8755 Жыл бұрын
It's called triple redundancy bruh
@watsonlitchfield2306 Жыл бұрын
Hopefully they have kept the ammo storage and the batteries for the electric motor far apart. The batteries will be made by the lowest bidder so I expect that they will have a tendency to burst into flames, and they are very difficult to extinguish.
@PeterPaoliello Жыл бұрын
Take a drink every time he says "Moreover"
@rhinotec72 Жыл бұрын
What is that time going to do when all the electrons get knocked out due to an EMP? And I don't necessarily mean by a nuclear weapon either.
@jstring Жыл бұрын
So the hybrid design, is it more like a locomotive where the diesel engine makes electricity for reactive effort? Or is the diesel going to be a direct drive
@MtnBoar Жыл бұрын
Sounds good, I hope It has a manual override feature if the AI gets taken down and vice vera.
@TCW838 Жыл бұрын
While it's fantastic that the advanced armor may come with help of the Brits and the gun from the Germans, it took US engineering to bring everything together into one unit with a fantastic chassis and engine while giving it to extremely well trained and competent crews.
@roam_free Жыл бұрын
One of the most frightening infomercials I've ever watched.
@blublum7916 Жыл бұрын
As long as the rounds aren't circled along the turret. Russian style popping that top.
@meditationsoundscapes5203 Жыл бұрын
cost not mentioned
@Joe_Friday Жыл бұрын
Upgrade the gun to an electrothermal-chemical cannon.
@David-wk6md Жыл бұрын
I have a T-14. I love it.
@johnjosephfontaine2712 Жыл бұрын
Sounds great!!!So how much per each 🤔
@claudethibaudeau2714 Жыл бұрын
Just imagine what they'll build in the future 😮
@chrislong3938 Жыл бұрын
This almost sounds like something the Russians said about the Armata... The difference is that these or something close will actually be deployed!
@rael5469 Жыл бұрын
Look how thin the driver's hatch is. That thing won't last a day on a battlefield.
@romes9465 Жыл бұрын
Take everything on this channel w a grain of salt, the M1A2 Abrams isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.
@8076A Жыл бұрын
This was a tech demonstrator, not a proposal.
@douglastodd1947 Жыл бұрын
British Chobham Armour is used in its protection , so secret that it's made in the UK & shipped to the US. i believe.
@Kreln1221 Жыл бұрын
*If I were an enemy foot soldier shooting an automatic machinegun at an Abrams-X tank, I would aim for all the sensors and camera lenses on the top of the tank.* 🤔
@T_81535 Жыл бұрын
Don't engage a tank with a machine gun
@jimdorsett Жыл бұрын
The video states that the tank is outfitted with a .50 cal machine gun and two M-40's??? Sniper rifles??? I think they meant to say two M-240's what do all think?
@scottmccloud9029 Жыл бұрын
An electric motor!? Seriously?? You've got to be kiddin!!
@John_Redcorn_ Жыл бұрын
*hybrid electric. This is nothing new. In fact the current abrams has an auxillary electric motor that can run all the systems while its not moving. They can turn off the diesel and save fuel/be silent. This new system just adds the ability to drive short distances on battery power if needed
@Acrophobia2 Жыл бұрын
It’s the same system that trains use
@GauntletKI Жыл бұрын
Can we put the land Phalanx weapon system on top? The C-RAN
@taxpayer239 Жыл бұрын
The defense contractors will go frigging nuts getting rich.
@mrjmorovis Жыл бұрын
The Abrams can hit 6-70 miles per hour with the governor disabled.
@paulbalogh4582 Жыл бұрын
A.I. to out maneuver a Lancet??? Doubt it…. So yer saying you have some aspect of Iron Dome technology? The you know who’s let you have that?
@krazykilljoy7180 Жыл бұрын
Unlike most tanks of the world the Abrams has been battle tested and improved in the field. Making it not the most advanced tank but definitely the most formidable. The us military doesn't operate in a vacuum tho there's always support elements weather it be infantry, air, artillery and so on. A tank by itself is useless.
@titus2120 Жыл бұрын
Hmmm.. So finally the first Bolo is born. This is the start is something big. Very big.
@rexmann1984 Жыл бұрын
Show me an auto loader that can still function with half of it covered in shrapnel and then Ill believe its better than having a human load.
@erltyriss6820 Жыл бұрын
So the Abhrams X if it ever becomes the wave of the future could be the Bolo Mark I
@ronaldbiavaschi Жыл бұрын
They got to do something about their vulnerability on the top
@sweenie58 Жыл бұрын
Do you have a way to defeat Russian Lancet dromes?
@bipolarspock6145 Жыл бұрын
T14 😂😂😂😂 even Russian generals think it’s trash..
@judgeomega Жыл бұрын
if you have ai, you dont need so much defense. much more cost effective to have cheap small fast moving threats
@txvet7738 Жыл бұрын
45 mph….lol, I love how the government tells its combat vehicles specs! The current M1 is more like 55-65 mph. It’s like the Bradley’s 35-40 mph “rated” speed, ungoverned it’s more like 45-55 mph. We had no problems keeping with the M1’s during maneuvers, just saying from an old crew dawg!
@johngeverett Жыл бұрын
I enjoy the content, the information in your posts.
@GM-fh5jp Жыл бұрын
Looks good I must admit. Bit more Transformer looking and the armor must be good to drop the weight by so much. What's this prototype weigh..57 tonnes or so?
@DeliciousDeBlair Жыл бұрын
"Impossible Feats" = firing on innocent civilians without remorse.
@kolinmartz Жыл бұрын
Technically none of those machine guns are hulk mounted dice they’re all on the turret.
@comfortablynumb9342 Жыл бұрын
Depleated uranium projectiles? Haven't we learned that lesson yet?!
@johnriddington9514 Жыл бұрын
Why doesn't Abrams-X have stealth tech like the Russia T-14? You can't even see those things coming off the production line... xD xD
@BratuB Жыл бұрын
The Abrams is cool and all, but it hasn't faced any modern threats....let alone near peer. And it being nicknamed "whispering death" ...cmon. Yeah, would love to see it in combat, but before that, this feels just like a sales pitch.
@johnmichael7586 Жыл бұрын
A couple cans of spray paint and sensors are disabled. 🤦🏻♂️