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ACS-401 Tank Enhancement Kit (TEK)
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Intent: To modernize Vehicles and Tanks for Combat
Development Thread: As Needed
Manufacturer: ArmaTech Combat Systems and MandalHypernautics
Model: Mk1
Affiliation: Galactic Republic, Mandalorians
Modularity: It is a Modification and can be altered to fit almost any vehicle
Production: Mass
Material: Duranium, Rubber, Bronzium
Classification: Multipurpose
Special Features:
Filling the second tier of defense, things that do not pierce the outermost layer of the hull do not destroy the vehicle; the TEK is designed to reduce the risk of projectile weapons achieving optimum detonation. This package consists of fairly basic forms of technology designed to help vehicle, specifically tanks, survive in combat environments. Bronzium Slat armor is designed to disrupt incoming RPG’s. It does so by crushing the shaped charge of the warhead, preventing optimal detonation, damaging the fuzing mechanism preventing damage outright, or by catching the warhead in between the slats. Slat Armor has the issue of providing a good place for grenades and other small explosives to be held against the hull.
Reactive armor consists of two 2.5 centimeter slabs of duranium sandwiching a rubber liner. When the rubber is penetrated it absorbs some of the kinetic energy, causing the weapon to loose velocity as well as causing a localized increase in pressure at the point of penetration. This causes the inner duranium plate to bulge, increasing the effectiveness of the armor against that round. This is normally simply melted away by energy weapons.
Track Girders are simple sheets of armor, normally covered in reactive armor that protect the mechanisms that propel a tracked propulsion system to a greater degree. It is by no means perfect and has gaps and spaces where grenades, mines, and other anti-tank rounds can find purchase.
Images: Here, Here, and Here
Image Source: Google Images
Intent: To modernize Vehicles and Tanks for Combat
Development Thread: As Needed
Manufacturer: ArmaTech Combat Systems and MandalHypernautics
Model: Mk1
Affiliation: Galactic Republic, Mandalorians
Modularity: It is a Modification and can be altered to fit almost any vehicle
Production: Mass
Material: Duranium, Rubber, Bronzium
Classification: Multipurpose
Special Features:
- Slat Armor: Prevents laterally fired missiles from optimal detonation (50% effective on armored Locations)
- Reactive Armor: Provides added protection from Kinetic Penetrator rounds and anti-vehicle shaped charges (Each Plate can prevent 1 Kinetic Round; tandem or otherwise of medium and light strength anti-tank rounds, and some high strength rounds)
- Track Girders: Protect the threads and track mechanisms with a solid piece of Duranium plating, often covered in Reactive Armor
- Slat Armor: Can catch and pin grenades against the hull allowing for optimal detonation
- Reactive Armor: Completely ineffective against energy based weaponry
- Track Girders: Despite adding protection to the mechanisms there are still plenty of gaps and offer no protection from mines or planted explosives, in fact they allow planted explosives to be placed more optimally in order to damage tank treads
Filling the second tier of defense, things that do not pierce the outermost layer of the hull do not destroy the vehicle; the TEK is designed to reduce the risk of projectile weapons achieving optimum detonation. This package consists of fairly basic forms of technology designed to help vehicle, specifically tanks, survive in combat environments. Bronzium Slat armor is designed to disrupt incoming RPG’s. It does so by crushing the shaped charge of the warhead, preventing optimal detonation, damaging the fuzing mechanism preventing damage outright, or by catching the warhead in between the slats. Slat Armor has the issue of providing a good place for grenades and other small explosives to be held against the hull.
Reactive armor consists of two 2.5 centimeter slabs of duranium sandwiching a rubber liner. When the rubber is penetrated it absorbs some of the kinetic energy, causing the weapon to loose velocity as well as causing a localized increase in pressure at the point of penetration. This causes the inner duranium plate to bulge, increasing the effectiveness of the armor against that round. This is normally simply melted away by energy weapons.
Track Girders are simple sheets of armor, normally covered in reactive armor that protect the mechanisms that propel a tracked propulsion system to a greater degree. It is by no means perfect and has gaps and spaces where grenades, mines, and other anti-tank rounds can find purchase.
