What makes a good MBT?

Marek_Tucan · #1 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 · #2 June 30th, 2008, 09:40 AM

What makes a good MBT?
History!

Ramm · #3 July 1st, 2008, 08:49 AM

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

hoplitis · #4 July 1st, 2008, 09:33 AM

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

Randy · #5 July 1st, 2008, 03:18 PM

I think these are qualities to look for in developing a good MBT: affordability, maintenance costs, speed, armor protection, armament, range, and deployability. The Panther was a good tank, but had a complicated running gear. The T34 was cheap to build and maintain. The Sherman was easy to build but could not stand up to German armor. I think you have to have the right balance of the above in order to get what you need. The Israeli Merkava is heavy, but does not need to be deployed by air to get to its anticipated battle areas. The M1A1 is not really rapidly deployable due to its weight.

Ramm · #6 July 5th, 2008, 05:04 PM

O.K. of all the 255,000 registered users only these few brave soles will tell us what they think a "good" MBT is?

Sniper23 · #7 July 5th, 2008, 05:31 PM

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Ramm said:
O.K. of all the 255,000 registered users only these few brave soles will tell us what they think a "good" MBT is?

I'll be one of those brave soles

I think a good MBT has to have great firepower,Speeds a must,small size is good,armour has to be good but cost affective,maintenance must be quick and simple,range is a must, as for weight that is the last thing on my mind[though it has to be light enough to transport by plane], and crew protection is a must have.

I think that makes a good MBT