PLA Next Generation Main Battle Tank

[amchan]

About the front pointed canisters, I think it is likely that they contain a red phosphorous based smoke agent, while the upwards pointing launchers contain a brass flake obscurant. Both work in infrared, but brass flake has worse properties for blocking in the horizontal.
RP like in ROSY here has better properties horizontally as it has a curtain like effect but wont properly obscure the vehicle from above as the burning elements will fall on the vehicle and the ground, neither of which is desirable.

So the front smokes are RP for horizontal blocking while the vertical launch smokes are brass flake for better top coverage properties.

 

[tphuang]

Just saw this on my YouTube recommended list. Interesting how this XiYaZhou piece about 30t tank for next gen came to fruition somewhat a year later.

 

[yuxiaochen]

The gunsight cover finally open.
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[The Observer]

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Ok, so is it AI or not? The ability seems legit considering heli gunships already have it for ages.

The only suspicious point is the CITV head not moving when the soldier looks up/down.

Edit: Come to think of it, the ammo box container and the mystery box on the left moving is also suspicious, considering they're usually fixed with flexible ammo guide instead.

Now leaning more towards AI generated (-_-)

 

[AssassinsMace]

Ok, so is it AI or not? The ability seems legit considering heli gunships already have it for ages.

The only suspicious point is the CITV head not moving when the soldier looks up/down.

Edit: Come to think of it, the ammo box container and the mystery box on the left moving is also suspicious, considering they're usually fixed with flexible ammo guide instead.

Now leaning more towards AI generated (-_-)

The turret doesn’t fall perfectly in alignment with the operator turning his head. If it were fake, wouldn’t they make it perfect?

 

[gongolongo]

How come there's no top facing radar on the mbt like there is on the IFV? How will this tank's APS engage drones or top attack munitions?

 

[totenchan]

The turret doesn’t fall perfectly in alignment with the operator turning his head. If it were fake, wouldn’t they make it perfect?

Please use some critical thinking

 

[AssassinsMace]

Please use some critical thinking

Right back at you.

 

[valysre]

The turret doesn’t fall perfectly in alignment with the operator turning his head. If it were fake, wouldn’t they make it perfect?

Well, if the video is AI generated, it's easy to understand why the generative model wouldn't 'make it perfect'. In any case, it's possible that the turret is guided by the head movements of a crew member, but that video itself is most likely fake.

 

[plawolf]

The turret doesn’t fall perfectly in alignment with the operator turning his head. If it were fake, wouldn’t they make it perfect?

There is a little halo around the helmet, that’s the tell.

While the head tracking tech is indeed decades old, the bigger question with such a design would be the turning rate of a whole turret.

Head tracking only makes sense if you could seamlessly sync the gun to the head movements of the user. Any meaningful lag and you loose the lion share of the point of such a system as you loose the fluid human instinctive response and you also lose precious time as your gunners head is stuck needing to keep looking at just the target as he waits for the turret to catch up. How expensive would it be to make such a massive, armoured turret be able to move as fast as a human head?

Head tracking is currently only used on fighter aircraft and attack helicopters, where split seconds can be life and death. Sure, split seconds can also be life and death for armour crews, but nothing like as frequently as for pilots. Add in the vast cost difference in needing to sync a 20-30mm auto cannon verse a whole armoured turret and it’s not hard to see that the cost of implementing such a system could eclipse any benefits.

Another reason head tracking is unlikely to be use is that it would simply be a sub-optimal solution with the tools already available.

Rather than needing to sync the turret to the users head, it would be far more efficient, economical and effective to have the user designate targets using his headset, the turret can then automatically turn and point weapons at the mark, while the commander is freed to look for the next target instead of being stuck on the last one while waiting for the turret to pan. It’s nothing revolutionary, just a slight refresh of the old hunter-killer system from decades ago.

If there is head tracking, having the RWS be synced to the helmet would make infinitely more sense than the whole turret.