Re: CMD Future Wars products

> From: 	 Darren Douglas <ddouglas@vmark.co.uk>
> Reply-to:	 FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
> Subject:	 Re: CMD Future Wars products
> To:		 FTGZG-L@bolton.ac.uk
> Date: 	 Mon, 19 Aug 1996 09:30:26 +0100 (BST)

> > 
> > At 11:03 AM 8/18/96 PST, Paul wrote:
> > >
> > 
> > >Strange thing is ... Take a look at the german leopard II MBT. It
looks
> > >so TIGERish. Flat sides, flat turret ...
> > 
> > Good point. However, it DOESN'T look like a WWI tank! And I'm not
sure, but
> > doesn't the Leopard II have a lower profile than the Tiger?
> > 
> > Allan Goodall:  agoodall@sympatico.ca
> > "You'll want to hear about my new obsession.
> >  I'm riding high upon a deep depression. 
> >  I'm only happy when it rains."    - Garbage
> > 
> 
> One reason for the flat look of the leopard and other allied tanks is
> chobham armour. THe A1 the challenger and I think the leopard all
> have chobham, which can not be made into non flag shapes very easily.
> 
> Darren
> 
Chobham Delta Armor that currently equips the M1A2 Abrams MBT is 
designed to be attacked from that angle. It IS hard to form in 
anything but flat plates, but that is due to the spacing of the heat 
dissipation layers in the armor as much as anything else. Also, I was 
just inside the newest version, and besides it's new weight (69.5 
tons !) it has an anti-air function with it's MAIN GUN!!!! The gunner 
has a lever attatched to his laser ranger labeled ground-air and 
guess what? If you want to shoot at the Bad,bad helicopter skimming 
the treetops 1000m downrange, you can fire a proximity fused 
beehive round that kicks out a cone of foot long needles moving at 
rediculous velocities a few hundred meters shy of the Helo...As I 
understand it, the switch causes the laser rangefinder to pulse 
multiple times, calculating the bearing and velocity of the target..
Mike Wikan
Game Design\Conceptual Art
n-Space, Inc.