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Old 10-15-22, 04:02 PM   #5
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Yes, to me that is the prime argument for the Abrams X. Fuel reduction 50%. Wowh. The current Abrams are known jetfuel guzzlers.



But the Abrams-X also gets flak for the AI thing.

Still the question is: are MBT weapons of a past whose needs are no more valid in the face of these new weapon technologies today: ATGMs, drones, kamokaze drones, soon swarm AI weapons, autonomous AI etc. ?

Ask the Russians if they are happy with how their tanks perform. They have lost over 2500 MBTs so far. Plus over 5000 IFVs and APCs. The Ukrainians collect them like Obelix collects Roman helmets.
The Russian army losing MBTs is mainly because of design errors, and they like the USSR so much they leap backwards.
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