japanese futuristic main battle tank model kits from the 80s

M1 in Combat Mission is absolutely game breaking asset that literally overpowered boyond any reasonable simulation or realism standards. Seems like the number is somewhere near 400, maybe slightly less. 380, 400 and less than 500 against KE sounds pretty coherent. Strange, that you call you findings 'inconsistent'. Thank you, a lot of interesting information. The firepower and armor protection results for the Future Main Battle Tank EvaluationĪ British MOD brochure from around the same time (the very early 80s). Slightly less than 500 would also imply the '79 Abrams would have been tested to withstand West German DM-13 (penetrates 450mm at 1km) which was more powerful than the Soviet BM-22 we have in game.Ī CIA document from 1982 ('PROPOSAL FOR INTERAGENCY INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM ON SOVIET ARMOR PROGRAM') rates one version of the Abrams as '400mm rha vs ke and 750mm rha vs heat'.Īnother CIA document from 1987 ('NEAR EAST AND SOUTH ASIA REVIEW') rates the M1A1 as 380mm ve ke attack and 900 vs heat. The vehicle in the British evaluation is just called M1 Abrams. We know this wasn't an M1IP or M1A1 prototype because before those entered service (the IP entered service in '84 and the A1 entered service in '85), both of those carried the prototype designation M1E1. If this is true, then the Abrams would be slightly less than 500mm vs ke. A British Army evaluation from 1982 ('Future Main Battle Tank from 1-3-82 to 3-28-83) rated the '79 Abrams as 'slightly less than the Challenger 1' in ke protection. This is especially true pertaining to their ke protection values. Its a good thing the devs probably used the Steelbeasts '79 M1 Abrams armor values instead of using real life documents because I've looked at real life documents and using real life documents would have been inconsistent as hell.

Japanese futuristic main battle tank model kits from the 80s