Sometimes its an IFV, sometimes its less of an IFV and uses that room for ATGM ammo stowage, sometimes it uses that room to store drones, as a kind of land mobile drone carrier, sometimes its a kind of… land mobile ELINT drone/comms jamming/snooping thing, sometimes its a … medium MBT?
It seems to have an actual active defense system, as opposed to the bullshit the Russians tried to sell to the Chinese a year or so back, which they eviscerated in their media when it was found that none of that Russian shit worked at all.
China appears to have invented a new class of fighting vehicle to go along with a new doctrine of armored combat.
TBF, the Israeli Merkava is also kind of an IFV, but it doesn’t have the native ‘drone carrier’ capabilities, afaik, nor an atgm oriented variant.
ok so hear me out- M10 Booker but with MANTIS and a TOW lawnchair.
I like your way of thinking but sadly the M10 has been a victim of budget cuts.
Perhaps you’d be alright with…
https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/china-ztz201-medium-tank-hybrid-ai-drone-killer/
https://defence-blog.com/china-develops-new-modular-tank-and-fighting-vehicle/
Modular platform.
Sometimes its an IFV, sometimes its less of an IFV and uses that room for ATGM ammo stowage, sometimes it uses that room to store drones, as a kind of land mobile drone carrier, sometimes its a kind of… land mobile ELINT drone/comms jamming/snooping thing, sometimes its a … medium MBT?
It seems to have an actual active defense system, as opposed to the bullshit the Russians tried to sell to the Chinese a year or so back, which they eviscerated in their media when it was found that none of that Russian shit worked at all.
China appears to have invented a new class of fighting vehicle to go along with a new doctrine of armored combat.
TBF, the Israeli Merkava is also kind of an IFV, but it doesn’t have the native ‘drone carrier’ capabilities, afaik, nor an atgm oriented variant.