What makes a good MBT?

Ramm · #1 June 30th, 2008, 08:32 AM

For me a good MBT has,

The advantages of being cheap and packing enough punch to kill any other tank.

The disadvantages are it can be slow/inaccurate/paper armour/complete lack SDF smoke, no TI. Baisicly a tank that you would make penal soldiers drive.

But the tasty cost and power justify this as my fav.

Wdll · #2 June 30th, 2008, 08:42 AM

IMO you can surpass any disadvantages of a MBT in your arsenal as long as it has enough armour. If it is not very good on that, then why waste your money on them when you can buy cheaper tanks or IFVs or even infantry.

Marek_Tucan · #3 June 30th, 2008, 09:21 AM

Depends on mission and use - and potentional adversary. M60A3TTS may be a deadly MBT around the Gulf War despite it having weak armor and already relatively weak gun, but it has TI so can generally use smoke cover to blast enemies with impunity unless it faces some other Western MBT with TI.

hoplitis · #4 June 30th, 2008, 09:40 AM

What makes a good MBT?
History!

Ramm · #5 July 1st, 2008, 08:49 AM

hoplitis, sorry for being dense but what do you mean?

hoplitis · #6 July 1st, 2008, 09:33 AM

Eventually a good MBT is judged on how it performs in real battle.