Re: MBT's
A continuation of my last last and yes I did read the whole thing if you will for both a "reality" and "relevance" check against what's currently going on. Some of this is already in the field now with the USN already operationally mounting a laser on a ship and advanced development of a "rail" gun. Why bring up the NAVY? If the NAVY is doing it what do you think DARPA is doing for the ARMY? So about ARMOR magazine, well it's focus is to keep the USA Armored forces informed on various topics related to armor as PROCEEDINGS keeps the USN community informed on Naval issues. Again considering it's almost twenty years old they were pretty much on the mark and should give you an idea how long these things take from the thought, R&D, testing, procurement, low rate production, op eval, acceptance, full rate production to fielding. I think that pretty much covers what's involved. Here's your article...
http://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/docs/5fcs97.pdf
Where we're at now...
http://www.army.mil/article/98946/Ar...MP_tank_round/
http://www.army.mil/mobile/article/?p=124313
If you go to where I submitted the M1A2 SEP V2 in the Fastboat Patch Page or this Thread one of the refs has more details in it about this round and one other I believe. I believe the source was the Picatiney Arsenal in PDF format.
Regards,
Pat
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