The BI Indian Contract Tank is a Paternian main battle tank employed by the Indian Army as the T-90. Designed by Sergei Antonov, who participated in the design of the T-72, he sought an improved T-72. His project was halted when he moved from the Soviet Union, as the Paternian Army was unintereseted. However, the project was revived when the Indian Army wanted a vehicle with similar characteristics. Armed with a 125mm cannon, Soviet-style protection systems, and a carousel autoloader, it is a powerful, highly mobile tank suitable for Indian Army operations.
Specifications
General Characteristics
- Successors 1 airplane(s) +7 bonus
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 14.4ft (4.4m)
- Length 35.1ft (10.7m)
- Height 8.0ft (2.4m)
- Empty Weight 23,216lbs (10,530kg)
- Loaded Weight 31,580lbs (14,324kg)
Performance
- Wing Loading 11,045.4lbs/ft2 (53,928.5kg/m2)
- Wing Area 2.9ft2 (0.3m2)
- Drag Points 5768
Parts
- Number of Parts 215
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 973
@Pilotmario Oh yes I understand now, I forgot about the way soviet cupolas work
@TemDesBur In Soviet doctrine, the commander remains buttoned up. This is why the hatch opens forward instead of backwards like on other tanks I designed. A forward-opening commander's hatch would double as a shield when open, useful if bailing out of a burning vehicle.
Seeing over it would mean the commander would be excessively exposed to fire. However, doing so would usually be done in a non-combat environment, where getting shot at is a non-issue.
The only purpose for the commander's MG would be for anti-aircraft purposes. Even so, such a weapon's presence in this role would largely be psychological; modern attack helicopters can engage tanks at distances much farther than a 12.7mm machine gun, and are generally protected against such weaponry.
Its only use would be against tactical observation aircraft, although such is generally not done since firing simply reveals your position for them to bring something that will make your day pretty bad.
No commander's HMG?
*pun
That's the worst pin I've made all day...
Your tank is BI. Literally. (What did I even try to say???)
@DankDorito Thanks!
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