PROLOGUE

ROLE OF MBTS IN IRAQ.

REQMT OF TRACKED VEH.

FUTURE WARS IN URBAN SCENARIO.

AIM TO DISCUSS

MULTIPURPOSE TRACKED VEHICLES

METHODOLOGY
INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND HISTORY FUTURE SECURITY ENVIRONMENT NEW RULES OF WAR DAWN OF A MULTIPURPOSE VEH OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS BASIC CHARACTERSTICS EMPLOYABILITY IN VARIOUS OPS ROLE DESIGN CONSIDERATION OF FUTURE VEHICLES CURRENT TRENDS INDIAN SCENARIO CONCLUSION

INTRODUCTION
THE MAIN ENEMY IN FUTURE WAR WILL BE A TERRORIST IN A CITY OR DUG IN POSITION

CHANGE IN ARMD TACTICS IMPACT OF INFO AGE. FAILURE OF HMMWV WHEELED THIN PLATED ARMOURED VEHICLE THOUGHT PROCESS IN MODERN ARMIES OF DOING AWAY WITH ALL MBTS CONCEPT OF TANK LESS ARMY NEW ERA OF NEW ARMOUR MULTI PURPOSE TRACK VEHICLE

BACKGROUND OF TANKS
INTRO IN WW I.

DEVELOPMENT OF LT TKS IN WW II.

DEVELOPMENT OF MBTs POST WW II. PRE-POSITIONING OF MBTs IN COLD WAR ERA.

FUTURE SECURITY ENVIRON

ROGUE & FAILED STATE TACTICS

PUBLIC SENSITIVITY TO CASUALTIES

TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES IMPACT OF URBAN TERRAIN

NEW RULES OF WAR

DRAWN OUT WAR OUT OF FASHION. COLLATERAL DAMAGE TO BE AVOIDED. OCCUPATION OF ANOTHER COUNTRYS TERRITORY TO BE AVOIDED. AIR AND ANTI TANK WEAPONS WILL RULE THE ROOST OVER MBT. LT STRIKING FORCES TO REPLACE PREPOSITIONED FORCES

DAWN OF A MULTIPURPOSE VEHICLE

FAILURE OF MBTs AND WHEELED

VEHS IN LIC AND OOTW.

REQMT IN PEACEKEEPING FORCE. SPECIAL INTERVENTION FORCE WITH MULTIPURPOSE TASKS.

OP PARAMETERS OF MPTVs
TAKE ON EN MBT. HIGH DEGREE OF ADAPTABILITY IN URBAN OPS. SPEED MORE IMP THAN MASS. WEAPON SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS ALL AROUND ENGAGEMENT. VEH READY TO MOVE BY SEA OR JUMP FROM SKIES. MULTI COMBAT ROLES. COMMONALITY BETWEEN VARIANTS. SPACE FOR TPS, ARMT AND SUPS.

BASIC CHARACTERISTICS
RETROFITTING AND UPGRADATION OF EXISTING MODELS. FIREPOWER.
105MM OR 120MM GUN FOR BOTH BUA AND OPEN TERRAIN. THERMAL IMAGING SIGHTS AND PANORAMIC SIGHTS. MILLIMETRE WAVE RADAR FOR AUTOMATIC TARGET TRACKING, USE OF ELECTROMAGNETIC GUNS HYBRID ELECTROTHERMALCHEMICAL GUNS THERMOBARIC WEAPON FOR BUNKER/BLDG BUSTING. FITMENT OF BREN GUN. IFCS, BMS AND IVIS.

ENGINE POWER
USE OF SOLID PROPELLANTS. NEW POWER PACKS. DIESEL PREFFERRED OVER GAS TURBINES.

MOBILITY
WT UPTO 20 TONNES. USE OF RUBBER TRACKS.

PROTECTION
600MM AGAINST KINETIC ENERGY PROJECTILES 1300MM AGAINST SHAPED-CHARGE WARHEADS. NBC PROTECTION. "BELLY FLOPPER" CONCEPT WITH CREW IN LYING DOWN POSITION.

CAPABILITY TO ENTRENCH ITSELF.

TRACKS OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE HULL NOT UNDERNEATH. USE OF SHOTRA RUSSIAN SYSTEM. USE OF MODULAR ARMOUR.

DEVELOPMENT IN CERAMIC AND TITANIUM MATERIALS. TAMS AND SLID.

USE OF SWATTING SHIELDS.

STEALTH TECH
CONFUSING TOP ATTACK ATGMs. TUNABLE, MULTI SPECIAL COATING AND SPOOFING TECHNIQUES. ELECTRONIC UMBRELLA WARNING. TANK PERISCOPE. TETHERED SENSOR BALOON AT 100 FEET.

ADAPTABILITY TO MULTI PURPOSE ROLE OPERATE ACROSS THE FULL

SPECTRUM OF CONFLICT.
CAPABILITY TO CARRY LOGISTICS & NONCOMBATANTS.

EMP IN URBAN TERRAIN

HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE. PEACEKEEPING OPERATION. MID INTENSITY BATTLE. TAKE ON INSURGENTS ATGMs. USE OF TELESCOPING BOOM LADDER WITH A CAPSULE FOR BLDGs.

EMP IN AB OPS
CAPABILITY OF 2 AND 3-DIMENSIONAL MANEUVER. MOBILITY, PROTECTION, AND FIREPOWER TO VERTICALLY INSERTED FORCES.

AIRBORNE BV206

GRND SP TO TPS
DOMINATE FOOT SOLDIERS FIGHT. FIREPOWER, CROSS-COUNTRY MOBILITY, ARMOR PROTECTION TO AIRBORNE TPS AFTER LANDING. SNEAK IN AND SNEAK OUT CAPABILITY FOR HIGH VALUE TARGET. (ENTEBBE RAID)

RECCE REQMT
OVERCOMING DIS-ADVANTAGES OF UAVs. HIGHLY MOBILE AUTOMATED GROUND RECONNAISSANCE VEHICLES (FOR EXAMPLE, THE FUTURE SCOUT AND CAVALRY SYSTEM (FSCS). INDISPENSABLE IN LOW- AND MEDIUMINTENSITY CONFLICTS, PATROL MISSIONS IN FRONT-LINE ZONES AND RAIDS.

ADV OVER WHEELED VEHS

NON-VULNERABILITY. MORE FIREPOWER AND PROTEC. NON-EFFECT OF IEDs AND RPGs. NO BURNING OR BURSTING OF RUBBER TYRES. MORE INTIMIDATION POWER.

ADV OVER WHEELED VEHS

OP IN NO-GO TRN.

PIVOTING BY NEUTRAL STEERING.

NO EFFECT OF LAND MINES. SP 105 mm GUN. TAKE ON EN MBT IN ESCORT ROLE.

TYPES
LT TANKS. ICVs. LOW AGGRESSION MILITARY OP VEHS.
ASSAULT VEHS.
GUN SP ASLT VEHS. MINI COMBAT SECURITY VEHS.

MULTIPURPOSE TRACK LOGISTIC VEH

BATTLE FD COMBAT VEHICLES

LT TANK EQUIPPED WITH A 105MM HOWITZER AGAINST EN LT INFANTRY, MBTs AND BLDGS. (SHERMAN WW II)

ICV
REQMT OF CARRIAGE FOR INFANTRY. ADEQUATE PROTEC AND FIREPOWER. SUPPORT THE OPERATIONS OF DISMOUNTED INFANTRY. (M2 BRADLY)

LOW AGGRESSION MILITARY OPS TRACKED VEH

CHARACTERISTICS
IDEAL TRACKED VEH FOR LIC/MOOTW. GOOD PROTECTION AGAINST SMALL ARMS AND ANTI-VEHICULAR MINES. NON-THREATENING" APPEARANCE. GOOD XCOUNTRY MOB. SELF-DEFENCE AGAINST MOB VIOLENCE. PROVISION FOR MOUNTING A 84MM CARL GUSTAV AND 106mm GUN.

MOOTW OP ROLES
PEACEKEEPING. PEACE ENFORCEMENT. INTERNAL SECURITY/POLICE ASSISTANCE/ CIVIL DISTURBANCE. NON-COMBATANT EVACUATION OPERATIONS (NEO) HUMANITARIAN AID ENVIRONMENTAL AID DISASTER RELIEF POST-CONFLICT AID. DE MINING OPERATIONS BORDER SECURITY.

ASSAULT VEHs LAMO VARIANTS

CAPABLE OF OFF-ROAD MANEUVER. SUFFICIENT ARMOUR TO RESIST RPG ATTACK. PROVIDE ORGANIC FIREPOWER. PREVENT COLLATERAL DAMAGE. ASSAULT GUN CONFIGURATION FOR DIRECT FIRE SP. (HETZER AND SU-76I)

ANTI-AIRCRAFT APPLICATIONS. DEMOLISHING OBSTACLES. TURRETS WOULD ALSO MOUNT ATGW TUBES. MISSILE LAUNCHER ROCKETS AND HEAVY MORTAR. AIRBORNE AND AMPHIBIOUS CAPABILITY. (WEISEL-2)

ASSAULT GUN SUPPORT VEH (LAMO VARIENT)

RESEMBLES A IFV/APC. CARRIES EXTRA ASSAULT GUN AMMO RATHER THAN INFANTRY. TANK WITH A FIXED TURRET. (STG-3) MORE LIKELY TO BE UNDER INFANTRY CONTROL.

REAR ENGINE AND A WELL SLOPED, HEAVILY ARMOURED FRONTAL ASPECT. MAIN WEAPON WILL BE A 120MM GUNMORTAR. ONE-MAN LIGHT TURRET ARMED WITH A MACHINE GUN AND 30 MM CANNON. ARMED WITH A CO-AXIAL MG, SMOKE DISCHARGERS AND FIRING PORTS.

OP ROLES : AGSV
TANK DESTROYER. RECONNAISSANCE. ESCORT DUTIES. SP OF INFANTRY DEFENSE. ARTILLERY AND MORTAR MISSIONS. SUPPORT ROLE OF INFANTRY OFFENSIVES. ENGINEERING TASKS. EG ISU52 ASSAULT GUN (RUSSIAN) FOR LONG RANGE DIRECT FIRE AND INDIRECT.

MINI COMBAT SECURITY VEH (LAMO VARIANT)

INTENDED FOR OPERATION IN SIDE BY LANES ROADS. RESIST SMALL ARMS AND MINES. OP AS PART OF A SUPPLY CONVOY. TWO-MAN ATTACK VEHICLE. HIGHLY MOBILE, AMPHIBIOUS AND AIR TRANSPORTABLE. (WEISEL-2)

ANTI-HELICOPTER SYSTEM.
CONDUCT EXPLOITATION MISSIONS

AND RAIDING.
DIRECT NAVAL GUNFIRE AND AIRSTRIKES. MOUNT A 25 OR 30MM LIGHT CANNON AND A CO-AXIAL MACHINE GUN. SUPPORT LONG RANGE SOF OPS

MULTIPURPOSE TRACK LOGISTIC VEH

A SPEAR POINT IS LITTLE USE WITHOUT A SHAFT TO MOVE IT AND A BODY BEHIND IT. SIMPLIFY SUPPLY AND LOGISTICAL CONSIDERATIONS. INFANTRY CARRIER AND CARGO CARRIER. MAIN GUN OF AT LEAST 76MM CALIBRE OR A GUN-MORTAR OF 60MM. RECOVERY VEHICLES TO DETECT AND CLEAR MINES AND OBSTACLES.

SDK fz (GERMAN)

REINFORCE MECH INF OR ARMR. TAILORED FORCE FOR FUTURE URBAN BATTLE. EVACUATECASULTIES AND NON COMBATANTS. AMN CARRYING VEH.

CURRENT TRENDS IN MULTI PURPOSE TRACK VEHICLES

MTLB (RUSSIA)
TYPICAL ROLES OF THIS MULTI-PURPOSE VEHICLE INCLUDE ARTILLERY PRIME MOVER, COMMAND AND RADIO VEHICLE, ARTILLERY FIRE-CONTROL VEHICLE, CARGO CARRIER AND ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIER, ESPECIALLY IN DIFFICULT TERRAIN SUCH AS SNOW OR SWAMP.

MT-LB R6
CARRIER, FULL-TRACK, IFV

MT-LB [Kurgan Upgrade]

TRACKED ARMOURED

MTLB SE
TRACKED ARMOURED MEDICAL EVACUATION VEHICLE

MT-LB R-137T
CARRIER, FULL-TRACK, C2

TP-LB TRACKED ARMOURED RECOVERY VEHICLE

MORTAR CARRIER

BV206
CONSISTS OF TWO ARMOURED UNITS CONNECTED BY AN ARTICULATING UNIT. FULLY AMPHIBIOUS, AIR PORTABLE AND PROPELLED BY ITS TRACKS.

206 CARRIER, FULL-TRACK, ARTICULATED, PERSONNEL

M113 Gavin
LIGHTLY ARMOURED CARRIER FOR TPS AND CARGO.

AMPHIBIOUS AND AIR PORTABLE.

FIRST MODERN TAXI.

UPGRADATION & RETROFITTING OF M113 BY U.S.A

HIGH SPEED DIGITAL NETWORKAND SYSTEM.. APPLYING APPLIQUE ARMOUR . DATA

MULTI PURPOSE VARIANTS ROLES OF M113 GAVIN

USA FUTURE CONCEPTS

+

MTVL

AIRBORNE

ESV

IFVL

TANK REPAIR TEAM

BRITISH PLASTIC TANK

THE BRITISH ARMY CONCLUDED THAT THE FUTURE SCOUT AND CAVALRY SYSTEM (VEHICLE, THE FSCS "TRACER") SHOULD BE TRACKED IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO GO CROSS-COUNTRY AT WILL AND BE ROBUST TO STILL MOVE IF TAKEN UNDER ENEMY FIRE.

WIESEL 2
AIRMOBILE COMBAT AND FOR COMBAT SUPPORT ENABLES THE TRANSPORT OF UP TO SEVEN MEN VERSION 21 MISSILES TOW, 50 MORTAR GRENADES CAL. 55 MM OR AMMUNITION BOXES

WIESEL 2 BATTALION COMMAND POST VEHICLE

WIESEL 2 SHORT RANGE AIR DEFENCE (SRAD)

OZELOT SRAD

AMBULANCE VEHICLE

WIESEL 2 RECONNAISSANCE AND FIRE CONTROL VEHICLE

BMP 3
THE BMP IS A LIGHT TANK IN THE MOLD OF THE FUTURE CAN HOLD A SQUAD OF INFANTRY IT HAS A 100MM MAIN GUN THAT FIRES HE TO DEMOLISH BUILDINGS, CAN FIRE LONG-RANGE ATGMS THROUGH ITS BARREL , AND A 30MM AUTO CANNON "POP-GUN" AND MEDIUM MACHINE GUN AS ONE UNIT IN THE TURRET

DEVELOPMENT BY DRDO: VARIANTS OF BMP 2

SARATH

CAMOUFLAGED BMP-2

MORTAR CARRIER

AMBULANCE

RETROFITTING AND UP GRADATION OF PT 76 AND AMX 13

AMPHIBIOUS

SUITABLE LT TANK FOR AIR ASLT BDE.

AMPHIBIOUS WARFARE VESSEL

ESTABLISHES A BEACH HEAD

REPAIR AND RECOVERY VEH

SHALLOW FORDING

LOADED ON A TRAILER,

THE EX-TANK COMBINES THE ADVANTAGES OF LIGHTNESS, LOW SILHOUETTE AND HIGH SPEED

BMP3
IT IS DESIGNED FOR THE GREAT WAR A HIGH INTENSITY CONFLICT, WHERE BOTH SIDES EMPLOY A LARGE NUMBER OF NEWEST WEAPONS AND THE SMALLEST TECHNICAL. BMP-3 CERTAINLY IS AN ATTRACTIVE ALTERNATIVE FOR RICH COUNTRIES WHICH WANT TO POSSESS A MODERN

ARMY..

CONCLUSION

MEET DIGITIZATION & MULTIPLE REQUIREMENT OF STRATAGIC MOBILE

FORCE IN ALL SPECTRUM OF WAR OTHERWISE DEMISE OF TANKS WILL SURELY PASS ON TO OUR CHILDREN LIFE TIMES.

IN A FORMER GEOGLICAL ERA THE GREAT DINOSAURS FOUND THEIR

ENEMY FROM WITHIN THEIR OWN SIZE WILL THE TANKS GO THE SAME WAY !