M-7 Stonewall Tank

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Are you tired of spending millions on tank battalions, only to have a strike fighter blow up an entire battalion. Or have your adversaries develop better armor than your dinky 105mm cannon can handle. Well with the M-7 tank you can shoot through all of these problems simultaneously.

The M-7 Tank is a bid for the Abrams tank replacement. It features a 155mm magnetic autocannon with the ability to switch ammo types on demand, optimized for the M712 copperhead anti tank round or the M795 general purpose shell utilizing the xm231 mac bag. A 12 tube multipurpose launcher capable of launching AGM-114's, drones, or counter measures. The remote weapons station features a 50 cal machine gun and an auto grenade launcher. The highlight of the countermeasure system is the pulse laser designed to melt drones or missiles, and the additional lenses designed to mimic guiding lasers or blind sensors.

There are 3 sights, 2 sensor packages, and 2 laser designators for the AGM-114's on the vehicle. The driver's sight is on a gimbal and motor, it has one adjustable lense with a gen 3 night vision camera, a thermal camera, and a 4k camera. It also has a laser designator and 3 different infrared flashlights with different lenses. The gunner's station site is similar except there is a laser range finder and smaller camera sensors inside the assembly. The main gun sight has a bigger laser range finder, And a independent thermal camera. On the laser platform there is a long distance lidar system and a radar system. On the laser itself there is a thermal/visible light camera combo. The crew capsule contains various radios and space for an optional satellite uplink.

The powertrain of this platform consists of two large electric motors and their gearboxes, splitting the power between two gears under the tracks. There are battery packs located in the track cavity, under the motors, and in the turret. The tracks are made of rubber and can be swapped out one at a time. The electrical system and the laser coil are also located near the motors. Additionally, there is a diesel generator and 880 gallons of diesel storage in tanks behind the electric motors.

There are 4 crew seats and their controls in the crew capsule. The capsule has a bottom and top hatch, NBC system, oxygen recycler, 2 oxygen tanks, full glass cockpit, a black box to record mechanical failures, and crew storage under the seats.

The vehicle itself is made of two cast aluminum blocks to save money. The armor plates consist of 4 25mm AR500 steel plates. Between the top two plates is a layer of bulletproof glass which forms electric reactive armor. (The two plates have an extremely high voltage current running from the laser, that if penetrated will complete the loop and incinerate any armor piercing explosive or soften any penetrator.) Under that is a large explosive charge sandwiched between more steel that forms explosive reactive armor. The outer aluminum body and the outer side of the armor plates is covered in iron ball paint, which is a radar absorbent material.

The vehicle is also designed to reduce thermal signatures. The gun's muzzle has a hydraulic shroud and the barrel has thin layers of steel near the edge. The exhaust and intake manifolds have hydraulic shrouds to keep out water or hide the thermal signature of the generator.

P.S. some skins were changed in the renderings so the working could be more visible.

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