KoResh-9 'Overlord'
From Xinda
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This is the latest incarnation of the Impirator with far superior firepower, speed and armour. The Punch Gun makes a return, firing its solid slug shells, though this time to prevent damage from the massive recoil, it is mounted on the hull, and uses an autoloader, it has three barrels that rotate within an armoured tube (to prevent damage to the barrels) much like a gatling gun for tanks however it only increases the normal rate of fire slightly.
This time the turret sports a new 125 mm 2A46M-1 smoothbore variant called the Auto-Cannon. This allows for greater range and power and this can use a smaller variant of the Punch Gun's solid slug, or other smoothbore ammunition. The Bren guns have been replaced with a new weapon with the same specs as the Bren, but with far greater range. The "Gladiator" Assault Cannon (the machine gun) is mounted atop the turret, and is twin linked and fixed to two manual or computer controlled sponsons that can fire 180 degrees around, allowing them to hit side targets and front or back targets too.
To prevent this tank's huge bulk from sinking this sport heavily armoured tracks slightly wider than those on the original to allow for the extra five tonnes, bring the tank to bear a massive 85 tonnes. It is transported over long distances in pieces and is assembled upon mobilisation, unless it is going into an active warzone.
This tank is designed for versatility and as such the sponsons can be replaced with Heavy Flamethrowers using high pressure fuel injection cannons allowing the tanks to fire in situations in which flamers would usually be ill advisable. The armour sponson housing also protects the tanks.
[edit] Specifications
- Crew: 4
- Weight: 85 tons
- Power: 2400 hp
- Transmission: mechanical, planetary
- Track: metallic with rmsh and rubber-tyred road wheels
- Suspension: torsion bar
- shock absorbers: hydraulic, telescopic (on 1, 2 and 6 road wheels)
- electrical equipment: 22 - 29 v DC
- starter storage batteries: 8
- Radio: receive/transmit, telephone, simplex, R-173
- intercom: for four men R-174
- ground pressure: 1.6 kg/sq cm
- road speed unpaved: 25 - 35 km/hour
- paved: 30-45 km/hour
- maximum: 50 km/hour
- fuel consumption for 100 km
- unpaved road: 600 - 790 litres
- paved road: 500 - 700 litres
- fuel endurance
- unpaved road: 335 km (main fuel tanks)
400 km (with extra fuel drums)
- paved road: 500 km (main fuel tanks)
- 600 km (with extra fuel drums)
- negotiable obstacles
- gradient: 32 deg
- side slope: 30 deg
- trench: 4 m
- fording depth
- without preparation: 2.2 m
- with preparation: 2.8 m
- with ovpt snorkel: 5 m
- Weapons
- main gun: 125 mm 2A46M-1 smoothbore
- Hull: 140 mm Punch Gun
- rate of fire: 6-8 rounds/min
- elevation/depression: +15 to -5 deg
- Ammunition
- 125 mm 2A46M-1 gun 80 rounds
- 140 mm Punch Slug 40 rounds
- combat rate of fire of 125 mm gun: 4 rounds/min
- maximum range: 10,000 m with HE-frag with time and percussion fuzes
- uhf R-163-50u radio
- range under light cross-country terrain with rod antenna 20 km
- range with combined antenna 40 km
- R-163up radio uhf with frequency modulation, transmit/receive mode of operation by telephone
- frequency bands 10
- range under light cross-country terrain with rod antenna: 10 km
- R-163-50k radio receive/transmit mode, telephone/telegraph with amplitude modulation
- frequency 2 - 30 MHz, 16 preset frequencies
- range under light cross-country terrain with rod antenna 20 - 50 km
- range with combined antenna 350 km
The armour on this tank is one foot thick, using XATMO-5 varients like its predecessor. However this time the variations are far more durable due to the addition of depleted uranium and tungsten, capable of surviving severe punishment from artillary, tank fire and other high explosives, however the armour is laced with Tungsten Carbide and sits in two slotted layers to absorb more impact.
