User blog:Oicraftian/B&K



B&K's very first armoured vehicle. Armed with a deadly 155mm L/73 Railgun the statistics are below.

Technical Description: (Prototype 2, Prototype 1 was outdated and annihilated by Prototype 2 in a series of destructive tests)

Armament

1 x 155mm L/73 Railgun Capable of 30 RPM, long term firing rate is about half. 120 rds (?)

1 x 12.7mm Coxial MG (Not Yet developed, projected upgrade) Capable of 800 rpm, 3000 rds

1 x 65mm Grenade Launcher (Not Yet developed, planned) Capable of 300 rpm, 300 rds (?) Apparently it can fire HEAT munitions. Because it destroyed an armoured car with it.

1 x 7.92mm LMG affixed to Grenade Launcher mount (NYD) Capable of 900 rpm, 3000 rds

1 x LMG mount on commanders hatch with provisions for remote control

Crew:

Commander

Gunner

Driver

Spotter (to guide close quarters fire of the secondary arms)

Space for 2 more crew members, I think you can see why it was nice and spacious...

Armor:

UFP 400mm laid back 82.5' at steepest point (from the vertical)

LFP 800mm laid back 45'

Sides 600mm

Back 400mm

Roof 200mm laid back 90' from vertical

Floor 400mm (to protect against land mines and to act as roof counterweight)

Spaced Armor Modules: 200mm

Turret Face: 1300mm

Turret sides: 1000mm

Turret back: 650mm

Gas attack Protection Ability to detect and down anti tank missiles, anti air missiles, and temporarily blind unshielded eyes Optics are ready to protect users from same attacks Able to remain operational underwater with snorkel Chemical attack protection and built in radiation attack protection

Radiator is not a weakspot. The vent is well armored screen capable of stopping anti tank munitions. The air leaves the engines and takes a left/ right 90' and then turns the opposite direction to exit a well armored and re-enforced radiator. The turns are so there can be a 400mm plate to protect the engines

Dimensions

Length 1031cm (including track guard and radiator)

Width 380cm

Hull Height 114cm

Turret Height 88cm

Turret Length 528cm (not including spaced armour modules)

Electronics

Confirmed Laser rangefinder, Full HUD display for spotter, Gun stabilization (shot a tree down from 10 km whilst doing 60 kph), electronic fire control, co operative systems (able to complete blind fire with targeting data from other vehicle), others unknown

Mass: 67 Metric Tons Empty (with 155mm L/73 version)

76 Metric Tons Combat Load

90 Metric Tons fully loaded

94 metric tons maximum load (there should be zero reason for you to weigh this much)

Powerplant:

2500 hp engine

200 hp turret drive (why B & K chose to use an auxiliary engine is unknown)

Speed

80 kph on road (B & K lists it for 65 oddly)

40-65 kph off road (B & K seems to either be dishonest or bad at counting because 30-55 kph is off by 10 kph.)

Full turn in 7 seconds

Turret full turn in 5 seconds

Suspension can service up to 95 metric tons

Production Models have been promised to use a new engine, suspension and reformed armour.