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Old June 2nd, 2024, 01:11 PM
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Fallout Re: MBT's

Hardly anything out there but, this is the best I can find.
Overall Length: Approximately 12.4 feet (3.78 meters) 1.
Overall Width: Approximately 7.4 feet (2.25 meters) 1.
Overall Height: Not explicitly mentioned in the available sources.
Specifications:
Mass: Greater than 50 tons (estimated to be around 55 tons) 23.

That being said I think that's crap. We know they are building T-62/64 hulls and have "added" on to them to get some of the recent tanks they've come up with. It is thought they can now produce a limited number of T-72 hulls.

And if you account for only the weight issues the T-72 makes the most sense here as they averaged around 45 tons to the NK M2024 is thought to be more than 50 tons with most "pointing" it at 55 tons.

You could get there with the T-64 at 38 long tonnes/42 short tonnes but looking at the pictures from one of the refs I'm looking at of the engine compartment; I'm now thinking "Hmmm" I'll post it so you can take a look and it sits better in that lower profile that the M2024 seems to also have.

See what you think and remember the Ukrainians had gotten a 1200 HP engine into their newest versions.
https://tank-afv.com/coldwar/ussr/T-64.php

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Pat
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