Sunday 14 October 2012

Old vehicles: M1A2 tank

In 2300AD terms this is the M1A2 MBT:


M1A2 Tank

Type: Tracked Battle Tank
Nation: America (pre-twilight war)
Crew: 4
Weight: 69.54 tons
Displacement Weight (like 2300 vehicles): 6.5 dTons
Armour: Front: 60 (90 on turret front), Rear: 24, Sides: 36, Top: 6, Bottom: 18
Armament: 120mm M256 crew served tube cannon; Aimed Fire Range: 1900m, Range Finder: +1(?), ROF: 1; Rounds Carried: 40, DPV: 37 (with APFSDSDU, doubled at close range) or EP = 15 tamped explosion (HEAT)
12.7mm machinegun; Aimed Fire Range: 1000m, Area Fire Range: 500m, Rounds carried: 900, DPV: 2.
2x 7.62mm Machineguns; Aimed Fire Range: 400m, Rounds carried: 12,000; DPV: 1
Signature: 7
Evasion: 0
Sensor Range: 3km
Cargo: none
Max Speed: 67kph
Cruise Speed: 48kph
Combat Move: 100 meters per round
Off-Road Mobilty: full
Power Plant: 1.125MW Gas turbine
Fuel Capacity: 1,460kg
Fuel Comsumption: 311kg per hour
Endurance: 4.7 hours
Cruise Range: 265 miles = 427km (Slight error shows on
my fuel consumption here)
Price: 4.3 million 1998 USD, approximately 1 million livre each for the IPM1, M1A2, due to the extra armour and electronics (the M1A2 has 9.5 tons of mostly extra armour worked in). Estimate the cost of a M1A2 is 1.3 Million Livre.