“An overlooked technology is the Gauss Gun. They made the railgun, we made the coil gun. A bit of persuation and you’ll get pretty much the same kick with less technical mumbo jumbo.”

“But what is the (non literal) cost?”

“Everything.”

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Based on the XH-10 Hull, the technology demonstrator XMT-11 Echo (Eco) is a derivative of the tank in the most recent modernization program XMT-10 Endurance. This tank is a 140mm Smoothbore Coilgun mounted on a crewless turret featuring the large RXWS and APS with dual communication and tactical network antenna. The tank has almost the same characteristics of the XMT-10 but with major hindrances to achieve the required Mach 7 velocity of the coilgun.

The tank features the same engine layout and turret ring configuration but the hull has to be modified to accommodate three crew members; Driver, Gunner, Commander. Each one can control the entire tank remotely with ease due to the quadruple redundant systems installed inspired by the Swedish STRV Tanks.

Due to the coilgun system, there is no need for a blowout panel and is replaced by an efficient autoloader capable of firing every two (2) seconds. Recorded muzzle velocities reaches 9026.5 kph or almost Mach 7. The same result as the US Navy’s railgun prototype. The coilgun system launches the HX-2038 High Explosive Squash Head/Deep Armor Penetrator (HESH/DAP), a combination of the famous HESH shells of the British 183mm gun and the APFSDS round. This provides both the large soft target kill radius and great spalling and penetration for armored targets. This plus the Mach 7 speed provides a flat trajectory ensuring accuracy of greater of five (5) kilometers, a larger operating radius compared to any other main battle tank in service. The operation is also quiet, the only audible sound when firing is the discharge of the initial pusher gas commonly described as “letting some gas off from a compressor.” Due to these characteristics and the crew’s desired tacticas, The tank is officially specified as a tank destroyer

Trials showed major disadvantages of the tank including turning off every other electrical system other than the gun sights to provide power for the gun, and the limited degree of elevation and depression of a combined twenty five (25) degrees. The tank also has to turn off the Gyroscopic stabilization unit and the ready fire unit when on the move to allow sufficient electrical energy to be provided to other components as the ready fire unit wastes a lot of energy.

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NON STANDARD TANK CONTROLS
VTOL: forward/backward
Yaw: left/right
Throttle: Start up Turboshaft Engine to provide electrical power
(Engines consume large amounts of fuel)

AG1: Activate Turret systems
AG2: Activate RXWS
AG8: Disable/Enable turret lock, turn off other electrical system
Countermeasures: APS, PPS, IR, Radar countermeasures

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