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T-100HT Superheavy

However, before that, it is necessary to talk about the advanced technologies used in both MBTs.
SpecMat
Laka has long been inspired by the alpha alloy created in the UF - the strength indicators shown by this material were more than amazing, while maintaining an acceptable weight - is it not a dream for a pilot and tanker? Finally, after a decade and a half of work, the Laka analogue of the alpha alloy was finally created, which was named SpecMat (Special Material). Let's figure out what it is and what it is eaten with. In fact, SpetsMat is a "ordinary" material with nanothin superconductors passed through it. Unique here is the use of magnetic flux and superconductors to create an extra strong structure. The entire structure is held together by a flow that is stronger than the physical material, and at the same time can be deformed and replaced without permanent damage. Two objects can be held in relative position by invisible lines of an electromagnetic field, as strong as the force you can apply to magnify it, using electromagnetism to displace or recover from any external force. This is usually passive in that the force of one object, which makes it move relative to another, will induce electric currents in the superconductor that generate forces to compensate and reverse motion. Thus, the force trying to tear the object apart is used against itself to resist separation as long as the superconductor can buffer it. True to reality, we need to add some force to overcome the loss and make it "return", instead of completely resisting the force with the infinitesimal movement produced, which would lead to the destruction of the object
The result is an unbreakable stream of almost unlimited power. For a networked grid of elements, it can be elastic (allowing them to move and accumulate energy in superconductors or in the form of magnetic fields), or rigid, or move from one to another, or reconfigure on command by replacing the presented magnetic flux tubes and capturing a point.
This is a material that is relatively easy to produce with unlimited strength, much more than you would expect from normal atomic bonds even with what we get from fullerenes! In total, NIIKF managed to create a material that, although it requires a constant supply of electricity, is even superior in strength to alpha-alloy, especially at maximum operating conditions.
The T-100HT really lives up to its name - it's a fairly large tank. Very big. The designers, in pursuit of the goal of creating the most protected vehicle, went along the path of combining and increasing the power of various protection systems, which is why the mass of the tank increased to an astronomical 150 tons, which is why, in order to maintain adequate ground pressure, it was necessary to equip the tank with a four-track propulsion system (damn I love Obj-279), which made it possible to balance the pressure on the ground, causing however, a significant complication in the repair and maintenance of the machine. The solution was found in simplifying the design by simplifying a number of technical solutions used to strengthen the undercarriage of the tank - SpetsMat allowed not only not to lose the undercarriage in the service life, but also, on the contrary, to significantly increase it - is it a joke, the tank has a motor life of as much as 3000 kilometers. So, let's go through the systems of the tank.
The undercarriage of the tank is a four-track belt propeller, as well as the legacy of the some of its predecessors- an adjustable hydropneumatic suspension. The tank uses tracks made partly of high-strength alloy, which provides it with an increased service life - earlier this would have been too expensive, but the savings on a number of computing systems made it possible to balance the costs of the device. The chassis is mounted on two beams running along the machine body. The chassis control computers are located inside the beams, as well as a backup generator connected to the chassis. Thanks to such an unusual design, the tank has a small pressure on the ground, as well as the ability to overcome protruding obstacles - hollows, holes, stumps, as well as move along a snow-covered and swampy surface - just suitable for the huge flood plains of Laka! The transmission is automatic, hydromechanical, but manual control is also provided. The drive wheel of the tank is located at the rear. The active suspension is mounted on shock absorbers, which makes it possible to reduce the swinging of the tank by several times and to almost double the time it takes a tank to hit a target of the "tank" type.
Engine.
The DT-Z-21-A-EF engine developed by VNIISKBDDGT is a diesel engine with a built-in generator (auxiliary) made of a material partially reinforced with SpecMat, which has reinforced buckshot, a connecting rod-piston group, an exhaust system that dissipates exhaust, a turbocharger and others gaiety. The tank is equipped with a unique system that allows it to move for some time at the expense of the stored electricity - since it has a backup electric motor, it is capable, if the diesel engine is damaged, to move “on a wing and the prayer” and with weakened protection on electric traction, "taking" energy from auxiliary systems, including the SpetsMat... Although this system caused an increase in the size of the tank, this increase is very insignificant and fits more or less into the overall, rather large dimensions of the tank. The engine is equipped with an independent fire extinguishing system, as well as a retractable snorkel that allows the tank to cross water obstacles up to 20 meters deep along the bottom of the reservoir - it has no other option due to the fact that most bridges simply do not hold a heavy vehicle. The tank "downhill" reaches a speed up to 36 kilometers per hour, the normal speed of movement over rough terrain is 25 kilometers per hour.
The fuel tanks are non-removable and recessed into the armor. They are also equipped with anti-cumulative screens. At the same time, the tanks protect the engine, absorbing deformations in the event of a breakdown.
Armor and survivanilty
The turret of the tank is uninhabited, with the main armament of the tank and ammunition for it located in it, the crew is placed in a rounded shape of an armored capsule in the hull of the tank and consists of 3 people. This arrangement made it possible to further reduce the armor volume, and the armored capsule, which reliably protects the crew from any modern anti-tank weapon, allows it to survive previously fatal damage. The engine, standby and main generators and ammunition are also equipped with its isolated armored capsules. This allows the tank to continue the battle even after being pierced multiple times - most modern anti-tank weapons are designed to defeat the crew and tank systems with fragments of destructible armor and high-explosive action. If in the MBT-19-P, when one system was damaged, the entire tank failed, then the T-100HT is able to continue the battle until the ammunition is destroyed - a backup generator located will be able to power it if the main and backup main ones fail. Thus, tankers will be able to survive in a situation where any other tank would become their grave. Considering that the armor of the tank is located at favorable angles and has, with the SpetsMat turned on at normal power, a hardness of as much as 304 according to Rockwell (the density of the IRL 44C-sv-Sh armor is 54 units). By adjusting the SpeMat, it is also possible to adjust the plastic indicators of the armor, which is also important. In addition to the usual armor, the tank is also protected by reactive armor, and this is where the fun begins. The tank is also equipped with "standard" explosive reactive armor, which are hinged blocks with boxes that contain explosives and shrapnel, which are supposed to disperse the cumulative jet of the enemy's projectile. Usually, ERA detonates on contact with a projectile, which significantly reduces its effectiveness, and also increases the possible reaction time. In our case, dynamic protection is capable of detonating both upon contact with a projectile and on a command from the APS radar, which makes it possible to detonate ERA boxes at the most effective time with the greatest effect. Alternatively, the remote sensing device can be triggered by a command from the superconducting inductors located in each "box". As you know, a projectile or ATGM, flying up to a tank at great speed, sharply changes the u of the magnetic field, which is fixed by the inductor coil - the data obtained are verified with data from the APS, after which the dynamic protection is fired. However, these are not all the trump cards in the sleeve that our tank has! Directly under the upper layer of armor steel there is a thin layer of built-in towers built into the cast structure, built-in superconducting elements, to which, on command from the APS radar and other tank systems, a rather large voltage can be applied in a matter of fractions of a second - thus a powerful electromagnetic field is created that deflects or slows down flying into tank shell or ATGM. Similarly, the voltage in the SpetsMat of the fired part of the tank can also increase - for example, when firing at the rear of the tower, current can be redirected there from, say, the lower frontal plate which, according to the onboard computer, cannot currently be fired on, and so on and so forth. Thanks to all of the above tricks, the armor of the tank is capable of withstanding APDS with armor penetration up to 1200 mm in the forehead and on the sides, and also provides the tank with almost complete protection from light ATGMs during all-round shelling (even into the roof, hello Hellfire), even at an angle of 60 degrees, at the same time protecting the crew from ammunition of the "Impact cannonball" type. Also, the tank is protected by the APS, which is no less a work of art than the ERA. APS is a multifunctional complex, which includes both active and passive jamming systems (soft-kill) and direct removal of a threat moving towards the tank (hard-kill). The radar of the APS is a duplicated, pulse-Doppler radar with an active-phased array, capable of working both in the tank's control system and as an EW weapon.
Mine protection of the tank consists of an optionally installed mine trawl, remote mine destruction systems and V-shaped bottom armor.
Armament.
The main armament of the tank is a smooth-bore 152mm. a gun. The artillery system has an auto-fastened and partially chrome-plated barrel. Thanks to better materials, the gun is able to withstand more pressure, which is why it has a better muzzle pressure. The gun is capable of firing APDS, HE shells, as well as anti-personnel shrapnel projectile with a remote explosion programming, smoke projectile and ATGM. ATGM is capable of both semi-active guidance on command from a tank, and autonomous guidance by radar / IR seeker. There are also reconnaissance missiles (ATGM with a camera and an autopilot, somewhat like IRL barrage ammo) and anti-aircraft missiles (ATGM aimed at air targets - against helicopters and drones, and the case of a tank's MANPADS failure. On the roof of the tank is the secret of the tank - a semi-automatic gasodynamic cannon with a 37 mm cartridge. This gun is used by the tank against lightly armored targets at distances when the 30 mm auto cannon is not effective, as well as against enemy infantry at long distances. It can fire both manually and automatically, independently selecting targets and hitting them. To the right of them, on the tower, there is a block of 2x6 short-range SAM missiles, which are a missile from MANPADS, capable of being guided both by the IR-signature of the target and by the command from the radar of the tank.Finally, a 14.5-mm machine gun with remote control is mounted on the turret, intended for zeroing guns in case of failure of other possible zeroing complexes, as well as for the elimination of enemy infantry. Instead of it, an installation with ATGMs, an easel flamethrower, additional MANPADS units, and so on can be installed. A mortar system is installed on the sides of the turret of the tank, which makes it possible to fire shells, smoke and flash-noise shells, as well as shrapnel-directed anti-personnel grenades. The armament of the tank is completed by a laser complex of active counteraction mounted on a turret, on a telescopic retractable tube. It is a laser, combined with the APS of the tank, which, when the APS detects a launch on the tank, promptly extends and turns in the direction of launch, then, using the power of the tank computer, determining, from the database of possible targets, as well as using the cognitive analysis of the data obtained where the enemy has guidance devices (for the infantry, guidance devices are "Me-1 daytime all-weather guidance and targeting device" (literally translated as eye-1) ", burning the enemy's optics at best, and at worst eyes and preventing aiming at the tank ATGMs of 2 generations and below, as well as further shooting, aim without eyes and optics.As a result, the roof of the tank is a rather occupied space, as the designers usually assume with 1-2 auxiliary weapons installed - it is not recommended to install a larger number for understandable reasons.
Special equipment / tank equipment. This is where the funniest part begins. Considering that the T-100HT is developed for the "Great War", during which the enemy can use all known weapons, the question of protecting the crew from the negative effects of weapons of mass destruction and strategic offensive weapons was raised. It is logical that the simplest protection would be to give the crew the opportunity not to leave the combat vehicle for a long time - and since cosmonauts have been the best experience of working in limited conditions for a long time, NIIPromTyazhMash turned for help to OKB-1, the main space developers of Laka, who developed for a tank a unique system that allows tankers not to leave their car for a record time - up to a month! It was possible to achieve such a long autonomy by implementing a number of systems borrowed from the Soyuz orbital transport ship, as well as from the decommissioned Agat-4 biofeedback system, into the tank. To lengthen the autonomy of the tank in one armored capsule with the crew, there are equipment for processing carbon dioxide into oxygen, a "farm" with genetically modified grasshoppers so that the crew always has access to nutrient-rich food, a toilet with a built-in mechanism for converting urine into drinking and industrial water, an air conditioner and heating system. Separately, there is a system for protecting a tank from a nuclear or thermonuclear weapon. It consists of passive sensors for a sharp increase in gamma radiation, which immediately at the time of a nuclear explosion issues a command to a chain of pyro-cartridge systems for sealing the tower and hull, which finally seal the entire internal space of the tank. Individual armored capsules have their own sealing system. Along with this, the system issues a command to de-energize the main electronic systems of the tank, as well as to stop the engine. Only the tank's backup computer remains to work, the architecture of which is specially based on lamps. The engine also stops - this avoids damage to the tank from the EMP explosion. After the passage of the shock wave, reserve air cylinders are opened inside the tank, pumping air into the inner space of the tank and thereby creating an excess pressure that prevents the penetration of radioactive dust into the tank. The MBT is also equipped with repair equipment that allows the crew to perform basic repair functions without leaving the vehicle. For this, in the rear of the turret of the tank, there are several robots - "flight mechanics" created by NIIER for remote repair of the vehicle. Robots, moving on five legs, are able to carry objects weighing up to 100 kilograms and also operate with complex tools, for example, repairing a tank's onboard radar, changing a track, and so on. Also on the turret of the tank is a folding manipulator with a replaceable tip, which has a frightening length of 8 meters. Replaceable tips include soldering iron, manipulator, knife, chemical analyzer, beacon, and so on. Finally, the T-100HT is equipped with an automatic control and guidance complex. This allows it to act effectively even with the loss of some crew members, at the same time allowing him to more effectively dodge enemy shells (retreat to cover). Also, the tank is equipped with equipment that allows you to determine where it is being fired from, which allows it to work as a pointer for counter-battery firing, as well as a scout.
So, with the monstrous T-100HT, which received the unofficial name "Apocalypse", we figured it out. Quite a monstrous vehicle, eh?
(If you’ve read this far, I am sorry for not adding pictures because I am really bad at drawing things. Sorry.)

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