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Old September 25th, 2015, 07:38 AM
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Default Re: MBT's

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Originally Posted by Suhiir View Post
It's rather amusing watching the main guns on western tanks get progressively larger and larger.

37 > 75 > 90 > 105 > 120 > ?

The question is when do we hit the point where armor-mobility-internal ammo supply dictate "stop".
I think we are there now, going larger has to be a last resort.
150mm would drastically cut ammo loads & would require an autoloader due to the weight unless another workaround was found.
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