PROLOGUE

ROLE OF MBTS IN IRAQ.

REQMT OF TRACKED VEH.

FUTURE WARS IN URBAN SCENARIO.

AIM

TO DISCUSS

MULTIPURPOSE

TRACKED VEHICLES

METHODOLOGYINTRODUCTIONBACKGROUND HISTORYFUTURE SECURITY ENVIRONMENTNEW RULES OF WARDAWN OF A MULTIPURPOSE VEHOPERATIONAL PARAMETERS BASIC CHARACTERSTICSEMPLOYABILITY IN VARIOUS OPS ROLEDESIGN CONSIDERATION OF FUTURE

VEHICLESCURRENT TRENDSINDIAN SCENARIOCONCLUSION

” “THE MAIN ENEMY IN FUTURE WAR WILL BE A TERRORIST IN A CITY OR DUG IN POSITION

 

CHANGE IN ARMD TACTICS

IMPACT OF INFO AGE.

FAILURE OF HMMWV WHEELED THIN PLATED

ARMOURED VEHICLE

THOUGHT PROCESS IN MODERN ARMIES OF

DOING AWAY WITH ALL MBT’S

CONCEPT OF TANK LESS ARMY

NEW ERA OF NEW ARMOUR MULTI PURPOSE

TRACK VEHICLE

INTRODUCTION

BACKGROUND OF TANKS

INTRO IN WW I.

DEVELOPMENT OF LT TKS IN WW II.

DEVELOPMENT OF MBTs POST WW II.

PRE-POSITIONING OF MBTs IN COLD

WAR ERA.

FUTURE SECURITY ENVIRON

ROGUE & FAILED STATE TACTICS

PUBLIC SENSITIVITY TO CASUALTIES

TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES

IMPACT OF URBAN TERRAIN

NEW RULES OF WAR

DRAWN OUT WAR OUT OF FASHION.

COLLATERAL DAMAGE TO BE AVOIDED.

OCCUPATION OF ANOTHER COUNTRY’S

TERRITORY TO BE AVOIDED.

AIR AND ANTI TANK WEAPONS WILL RULE

THE ROOST OVER MBT.

LT STRIKING FORCES TO REPLACE PRE-

POSITIONED FORCES

DAWN OF A MULTIPURPOSE VEHICLE

FAILURE OF MBTs AND WHEELED

VEHS IN LIC AND OOTW.

REQMT IN PEACEKEEPING FORCE.

SPECIAL INTERVENTION FORCE WITH

MULTIPURPOSE TASKS.

OP PARAMETERS OF MPTVs

TAKE ON EN MBT.HIGH DEGREE OF ADAPTABILITY IN URBAN OPS.SPEED MORE IMP THAN MASS.WEAPON SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS ALL AROUND ENGAGEMENT.VEH READY TO MOVE BY SEA OR JUMP FROM SKIES.MULTI COMBAT ROLES.COMMONALITY BETWEEN VARIANTS.SPACE FOR TPS, ARMT AND SUPS.

BASIC CHARACTERISTICSRETROFITTING AND UPGRADATION OF EXISTING MODELS.FIREPOWER.

105MM OR 120MM GUN FOR BOTH BUA AND OPEN TERRAIN.THERMAL IMAGING SIGHTS AND PANORAMIC SIGHTS.MILLIMETRE WAVE RADAR FOR AUTOMATIC TARGET TRACKING,USE OF ELECTROMAGNETIC GUNSHYBRID ELECTROTHERMAL-CHEMICAL GUNSTHERMOBARIC WEAPON FOR BUNKER/BLDG BUSTING.FITMENT OF BREN GUN.IFCS, BMS AND IVIS.

ENGINE POWER

USE OF SOLID PROPELLANTS.

NEW POWER PACKS.

DIESEL PREFFERRED OVER GAS

TURBINES.

MOBILITY

WT UPTO 20 TONNES.

USE OF RUBBER TRACKS.

PROTECTION

600MM AGAINST KINETIC ENERGY PROJECTILES

1300MM AGAINST SHAPED-CHARGE WARHEADS.

NBC PROTECTION.

"BELLY FLOPPER" CONCEPT WITH CREW IN LYING DOWN POSITION.

CAPABILITY TO ENTRENCH ITSELF.

TRACKS OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE HULL

NOT UNDERNEATH.

USE OF SHOTRA RUSSIAN SYSTEM.

USE OF MODULAR ARMOUR.

DEVELOPMENT IN CERAMIC AND

TITANIUM MATERIALS.

TAMS AND SLID.

USE OF SWATTING SHIELDS.

STEALTH TECH

CONFUSING TOP ATTACK ATGMs.

TUNABLE, MULTI SPECIAL COATING AND SPOOFING TECHNIQUES.

ELECTRONIC UMBRELLA WARNING.

TANK PERISCOPE.

TETHERED SENSOR BALOON AT 100 FEET.

ADAPTABILITY TO MULTI PURPOSE ROLE

OPERATE ACROSS THE FULL

SPECTRUM OF CONFLICT.

CAPABILITY TO CARRY LOGISTICS &

NONCOMBATANTS.

EMP IN URBAN TERRAINHUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE.

PEACEKEEPING OPERATION.

MID INTENSITY BATTLE.

TAKE ON INSURGENTS’ ATGMs.

USE OF TELESCOPING BOOM LADDER WITH A CAPSULE FOR BLDGs.

EMP IN AB OPS

CAPABILITY OF 2 AND 3-DIMENSIONAL

MANEUVER.

MOBILITY, PROTECTION, AND FIREPOWER TO

VERTICALLY INSERTED FORCES.

AIRBORNE BV206

GRND SP TO TPS

DOMINATE FOOT SOLDIERS FIGHT.

FIREPOWER, CROSS-COUNTRY MOBILITY,

ARMOR PROTECTION TO AIRBORNE TPS

AFTER LANDING.

SNEAK IN AND SNEAK OUT CAPABILITY FOR

HIGH VALUE TARGET. (ENTEBBE RAID)

RECCE REQMT

OVERCOMING DIS-ADVANTAGES OF UAVs.HIGHLY MOBILE AUTOMATED GROUND RECONNAISSANCE VEHICLES (FOR EXAMPLE, THE FUTURE SCOUT AND CAVALRY SYSTEM (FSCS).INDISPENSABLE IN LOW- AND MEDIUM-INTENSITY CONFLICTS, PATROL MISSIONS IN FRONT-LINE ZONES AND RAIDS.

ADV OVER WHEELED VEHS

NON-VULNERABILITY.

MORE FIREPOWER AND PROTEC.

NON-EFFECT OF IEDs AND RPGs.

NO BURNING OR BURSTING OF RUBBER TYRES.

MORE INTIMIDATION POWER.

ADV OVER WHEELED VEHS

OP IN NO-GO TRN.

PIVOTING BY NEUTRAL STEERING.

NO EFFECT OF LAND MINES.

SP 105 mm GUN.

TAKE ON EN MBT IN ESCORT ROLE.

TYPES

LT TANKS.

ICVs.

LOW AGGRESSION MILITARY OP VEHS.

ASSAULT VEHS.

GUN SP ASLT VEHS.

MINI COMBAT SECURITY VEHS.

MULTIPURPOSE TRACK LOGISTIC VEH

BATTLE FD COMBAT VEHICLES

LT TANK EQUIPPED WITH A 105MM HOWITZER AGAINST EN LT INFANTRY, MBTs AND BLDGS. (SHERMAN WW II)

ICV

REQMT OF CARRIAGE FOR INFANTRY.

ADEQUATE PROTEC AND FIREPOWER.

SUPPORT THE OPERATIONS OF DISMOUNTED INFANTRY. (M2 BRADLY)

LOW AGGRESSION MILITARY OPS TRACKED VEH

CHARACTERISTICSIDEAL TRACKED VEH FOR LIC/MOOTW.

GOOD PROTECTION AGAINST SMALL ARMS AND ANTI-VEHICULAR MINES.

NON-THREATENING" APPEARANCE.

GOOD X’COUNTRY MOB.

SELF-DEFENCE AGAINST MOB VIOLENCE.

PROVISION FOR MOUNTING A 84MM CARL GUSTAV AND 106mm GUN.

MOOTW OP ROLES

PEACEKEEPING.PEACE ENFORCEMENT.INTERNAL SECURITY/POLICE ASSISTANCE/ CIVIL DISTURBANCE.NON-COMBATANT EVACUATION OPERATIONS (NEO)HUMANITARIAN AIDENVIRONMENTAL AIDDISASTER RELIEFPOST-CONFLICT AID.DE MINING OPERATIONSBORDER SECURITY.

ASSAULT VEHs LAMO VARIANTS

CAPABLE OF OFF-ROAD MANEUVER.

SUFFICIENT ARMOUR TO RESIST RPG ATTACK.

PROVIDE ORGANIC FIREPOWER.

PREVENT COLLATERAL DAMAGE.

ASSAULT GUN CONFIGURATION FOR DIRECT FIRE SP. (HETZER AND SU-76I)

ANTI-AIRCRAFT APPLICATIONS.

DEMOLISHING OBSTACLES.

TURRETS WOULD ALSO MOUNT ATGW TUBES.

MISSILE LAUNCHER ROCKETS AND HEAVY MORTAR.

AIRBORNE AND AMPHIBIOUS CAPABILITY. (WEISEL-2)

ASSAULT GUN SUPPORT VEH(LAMO VARIENT)

RESEMBLES A IFV/APC.

CARRIES EXTRA ASSAULT GUN AMMO RATHER THAN INFANTRY.

TANK WITH A FIXED TURRET. (STG-3)

MORE LIKELY TO BE UNDER INFANTRY CONTROL.

REAR ENGINE AND A WELL SLOPED, HEAVILY ARMOURED FRONTAL ASPECT.

MAIN WEAPON WILL BE A 120MM GUN-MORTAR.

ONE-MAN LIGHT TURRET ARMED WITH A MACHINE GUN AND 30 MM CANNON.

ARMED WITH A CO-AXIAL MG, SMOKE DISCHARGERS AND FIRING PORTS.

OP ROLES : AGSV

TANK DESTROYER.RECONNAISSANCE.ESCORT DUTIES.

SP OF INFANTRY DEFENSE.

ARTILLERY AND MORTAR MISSIONS.

SUPPORT ROLE OF INFANTRY OFFENSIVES.ENGINEERING TASKS.EG ISU52 ASSAULT GUN (RUSSIAN) FOR LONG RANGE DIRECT FIRE AND INDIRECT.

MINI COMBAT SECURITY VEH (LAMO VARIANT)

INTENDED FOR OPERATION IN SIDE BY LANES ROADS.

RESIST SMALL ARMS AND MINES.

OP AS PART OF A SUPPLY CONVOY.

TWO-MAN ATTACK VEHICLE.

HIGHLY MOBILE, AMPHIBIOUS AND AIR TRANSPORTABLE. (WEISEL-2)

ANTI-HELICOPTER SYSTEM.

CONDUCT EXPLOITATION MISSIONS

AND RAIDING.

DIRECT NAVAL GUNFIRE AND AIR-

STRIKES.

MOUNT A 25 OR 30MM LIGHT CANNON

AND A CO-AXIAL MACHINE GUN.

SUPPORT LONG RANGE SOF OPS

MULTIPURPOSE TRACK LOGISTIC VEH

A SPEAR POINT IS LITTLE USE WITHOUT A SHAFT TO MOVE IT AND A BODY BEHIND IT.SIMPLIFY SUPPLY AND LOGISTICAL CONSIDERATIONS.INFANTRY CARRIER AND CARGO CARRIER.MAIN GUN OF AT LEAST 76MM CALIBRE OR A GUN-MORTAR OF 60MM.RECOVERY VEHICLES TO DETECT AND CLEAR MINES AND OBSTACLES.

SDK fz (GERMAN)

REINFORCE MECH INF OR ARMR.

TAILORED FORCE FOR FUTURE URBAN BATTLE.

EVACUATECASULTIES AND NON COMBATANTS.

AMN CARRYING VEH.

CURRENT TRENDS IN MULTI PURPOSE TRACK VEHICLES 

MTLB (RUSSIA)

TYPICAL ROLES OF THIS MULTI-PURPOSE VEHICLE INCLUDE ARTILLERY PRIME MOVER, COMMAND AND RADIO VEHICLE, ARTILLERY FIRE-CONTROL VEHICLE, CARGO CARRIER AND ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIER, ESPECIALLY IN DIFFICULT TERRAIN SUCH AS SNOW OR SWAMP.

MT-LB R6CARRIER, FULL-TRACK, IFV

MT-LB [Kurgan Upgrade]TRACKED ARMOURED

MT-LB R-137TCARRIER, FULL-TRACK, C2

 

MTLB SETRACKED ARMOURED MEDICAL EVACUATION

VEHICLE

TP-LBTRACKED ARMOURED RECOVERY VEHICLE

MORTAR CARRIER

BV206

CONSISTS OF TWO ARMOURED UNITS CONNECTED BY AN ARTICULATING UNIT.

FULLY AMPHIBIOUS, AIR PORTABLE AND PROPELLED BY ITS TRACKS.

206 CARRIER, FULL-TRACK, ARTICULATED, PERSONNEL

M113 Gavin 

LIGHTLY ARMOURED CARRIER FOR TPS AND CARGO.

AMPHIBIOUS AND AIR PORTABLE.

FIRST MODERN TAXI.

UPGRADATION & RETROFITTING OF M113 BY U.S.A

 

HIGH SPEED DIGITAL NETWORKAND DATA SYSTEM.. APPLYING APPLIQUE ARMOUR . 

MULTI PURPOSE VARIANTS ROLES OF M113 GAVIN

    

USA FUTURE CONCEPTS 

+ MTVL AIRBORNE

ESV 

 

   

    

 

IFVL

 

TANK REPAIR TEAM  

  BRITISH PLASTIC TANK

THE BRITISH ARMY CONCLUDED THAT THE FUTURE SCOUT AND CAVALRY SYSTEM (VEHICLE, THE FSCS "TRACER") SHOULD BE TRACKED IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GO CROSS-COUNTRY AT WILL AND BE ROBUST TO STILL MOVE IF TAKEN UNDER ENEMY FIRE.

          

  

WIESEL – 2 AIRMOBILE COMBAT AND FOR COMBAT SUPPORT ENABLES THE TRANSPORT OF UP TO SEVEN MEN VERSION 21 MISSILES TOW, 50 MORTAR GRENADES CAL. 55 MM OR AMMUNITION BOXES

WIESEL 2 BATTALION COMMAND POST VEHICLE

AMBULANCE VEHICLE

WIESEL 2 SHORT RANGE AIR DEFENCE (SRAD)

WIESEL 2 RECONNAISSANCE AND FIRE CONTROL VEHICLE

OZELOT SRAD

THE BMP IS A LIGHT TANK IN THE MOLD OF THE FUTURE CAN HOLD A SQUAD OF INFANTRY IT HAS A 100MM MAIN GUN THAT FIRES HE TO DEMOLISH BUILDINGS, CAN FIRE LONG-RANGE ATGMS THROUGH ITS BARREL, AND A 30MM AUTO CANNON "POP-GUN" AND MEDIUM MACHINE GUN AS ONE UNIT IN THE TURRET

BMP 3

DEVELOPMENT BY DRDO: VARIANTS OF BMP 2

CAMOUFLAGED BMP-2

MORTAR CARRIER

SARATH

AMBULANCE

RETROFITTING AND UP GRADATION OF PT 76 AND AMX 13

AMPHIBIOUS

SUITABLE LT TANK FOR AIR ASLT BDE.

   

 

 

ESTABLISHES A BEACH HEAD

AMPHIBIOUS WARFARE VESSEL

REPAIR AND RECOVERY VEH

 

   

   

LOADED ON A TRAILER,

   

SHALLOW FORDING

THE EX-TANK COMBINES THE

ADVANTAGES OF LIGHTNESS, LOW

SILHOUETTE AND HIGH SPEED

IT IS DESIGNED FOR THE “GREAT WAR” – A HIGH INTENSITY CONFLICT, WHERE BOTH SIDES EMPLOY A LARGE NUMBER OF NEWEST WEAPONS AND THE SMALLEST TECHNICAL. BMP-3 CERTAINLY IS AN ATTRACTIVE ALTERNATIVE FOR RICH COUNTRIES WHICH WANT TO POSSESS A MODERN

ARMY..

BMP3

CONCLUSION

MEET DIGITIZATION & MULTIPLE REQUIREMENT OF STRATAGIC MOBILE FORCE IN ALL SPECTRUM OF WAROTHERWISE DEMISE OF TANKS WILL SURELY PASS ON TO OUR CHILDREN LIFE TIMES.

IN A FORMER GEOGLICAL ERA THE GREAT DINOSAURS FOUND THEIR ENEMY FROM WITHIN THEIR OWN SIZE WILL THE TANKS GO THE SAME WAY !