Re: Tank vision systems

RE: Tank vision systemsOwen wrote:
> IR absorbing foam?
> The IR 'footprint' would be left by the tracks overturning the earth,
leaving exposed soil a slightly different signature to the normal top
soil.
To cover this with foam would require an enormous volume?! Even with 23C
tech I think this would be an unlikely scenario to seriously contemplate
for
full movement. maybe it could be used for a couple of kms movement but
in
armoured warfare knowing that a troop of tanks is within a 10km square
is
good enough to despatch your hunter/killer teams!
> Ah, another justification for GEV/hover; lower IR signature from
airborne/aerospace surveillance platforms?

I haven't got a camera or scanner, I could scan it and send the picture,
once I find it again. In the picture, the foam is about a meter or so
deep.
The text mentions that it can only cover tracks for a while.

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