Is Poland’s Stealthy PL-01 The Tank Of The Future?

I think there is no doubt that we are not power when it comes to constructing cars. However, if you take into account the military machine , you have to admit that comes to us is pretty good.

The evidence may be even the concept of Direct Support Car (this is the professional name of the vehicle), codenamed D-01 , which is a project of the Research - Development of Mechanical Technology. It was presented at the International Defence Industry Exhibition in Kielce.

PL-01 is 7 m long and 3.8 m wide . Its mass (depending on the type of armor) are 30 or 35 tons. The vehicle is powered by 950-horsepower diesel engine, which gives it a top speed of 70 km / h on the highway and 50 km / h in rough terrain. The range is 500 and 250 km.

The tank is armed with a gun caliber 105 or 120 mm . Will be able to fire 6 shots per minute.Interestingly, the tower is completely unmanned for the safety of the soldiers. In addition, the department's machine gun 7.62 mm , additional equipment includes a machine gun 12.7 mm caliber or automatic grenade launcher caliber 40 mm . The vehicle is so smart, that it alone can detect and destroy incoming missiles him. In addition, it has a smoke grenade launchers.

To the crew had a good idea of ​​the area, on board cameras and thermal imagers Daily 3rd generation, and laser rangefinders as well as the day-night cameras.

Is the PL-01 goes into production? Perhaps it is. however, for this you need to wait.Assuming that OBRUM receive a grant from the National Research and Development Centre, a fully functional prototype built in 2016, if all goes well, production will start two years later.then he can fund both the Polish army and the armies of NATO countries . As learned Defence24.pl portal, the tank can receive its official name "Cheetah".

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