Well, the fact that the armor is worthless is one thing, it needs to be strengthened and dynamic protection units installed, that’s one point, but regarding the engine, the D17A780 engine is a 780 hp with 3800 Nm, 17.3 liters,but in a modified version, reduce the height as much as possible, that is, a version with a dry sump and the most flat cylinder head,the result is an engine that has excellent liter power and acceptable fuel consumption and, most importantly, very small dimensions, especially if it is made together with a transmission unit.
The casing length of the ammunition is too short. In this form, the weapon will not find a place in today's world. To solve the problem, 2-stage ammunition can be used, but the reload time will be longer. Or, larger ammunition can be used by increasing the turret diameter, but this time the size of the tank increases. In addition, something else can be done to prevent the crew from being grilled in case of a possible explosion of the ammunition depot. For me, it's a really good autoloader mechanism and a good concept.
I wish militaries would explore the '3 crew in the front of the hull' concept more, you can save so much weight by removing volume in the turret. It's also probably not impossible to implement a carousel autoloader in a separate compartment with blow out panels (through the bottom of the hull).
What if you put the ammo inside the turret like a Russian tank and insert the crew into the hull under the front of the turret where the driver is and then your crew would be almost impossible to kill using murder drones unless it is a kamakazi drone with a shallow angle of attack. Modern nato tank guns like the 105 and 120mm are already etc compatible guns which allows just the cap to be remaining after firing to free up space but this also allows for ammunition types that dont blow up when shot which are often used. Obviously not all rounds are the etc rounds which is why export leopards with their non etc ammo always get blown up very easily but the guns are compatible so for this concept lets just say it is etc ammo. This would make the tank even more survivable in a hull down position and the crew very difficult to kill via drone which is pretty much one of the biggest threats on the modern battlefield.
Cool concept, kinda _artillery style_ in that it has a transfer arm that enables the gun to be loaded in any position. As far as suggestions go, I feel like moving both the gunner and commander to the hull would be a good idea, as well as making the turret wider to enable access from the inside of the vehicle (something that's really important in case of any malfunction).
the reload would take way longer due to the amount of torque thats required to lift a shell like that meaning the speed of the reload will decrease i wouldnt call this design very viable since the upright shells make the ammo rack easier to hit and i guess the only advantage is its an autoloader and can reload without having to position the gun at 0 deegrees
I feel it would be nice if it had a lock mechanism it would be more effective as if the tank needs to reload on the move it is very likely that the mechanism will fail due to movement but the The system itself is not bad but there are several problems to solve, but taking in count the system it would take about 5 seconds to reload
hmm it is kind of expected with a cramped compartment but wouldnt it be better to put the turret crew in an inclined posistion to reduce the height needed for the turret? that way it would leave less volume for potential hits. other idea is maybe to put a larger engine. even tho the V8 is capable it wouldnt hurt to have a V12 with atleast 1,400hp to give it the extra kick for high mobility. and maybe reduce the weight by switching to aluminium for the engine covers. keeping a Steel Front, Aluminium rear. just ideas tho.
