we go back many years, that little beast and I. In the US Army these other roles are usually performed by the M2/M3 Bradley. It can perform other roles but this is not its primary use. In the infantry support role the MBT again is there to kill other MBTs the infantry run into. In the cavalry recon role the MBT performs overwatch in support of the real scouts who go out there and find the enemy, in case they run into other MBTs. Its there to shrug off RPG rockets and cannon rounds under 100mm and bring to bear a gun that is designed mainly to kill rival MBTs. to me a modern Main Battle Tank mainly performs direct fire battle. An under 50 ton chassis, a "poor man's MBT", is acceptable but not optimal.Ĭompared to the kind of firepower an MBT is supposed to be capable of, things like the Vedette and Scorpion and even the Myrmidon (to an extent) doesn't put out enough to really qualify. To me that means at least a pair of AC10s or PPCs, or a single Gauss rifle, plus secondary weapons, on a 4/6, minimum 60 ton chassis. So what is a Btech Main Battle Tank? A Btech MBT should be a poor man's heavy Battlemech, armed with weapons any Mech or vehicle should fear. In Battletech this is the role of the heavy and assault Mech.
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