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| Tango01 | 19 Mar 2018 12:03 p.m. PST |
…Development. "Information about a cutting-edge piece of military tech surfaced in China and on social media after being shown by a Chinese TV channel. Video footage depicts Type 59 based tank, seemingly controlled via a computer terminal. Sputnik Deutschland reports, citing Chinese media Sohu, that the Chinese military are conducting tests of their first unmanned tank. In footage from a CCTV (Chinese TV channel) report, which Sohu used and was later posted by some Twitter users, a Type 59 based tank can be seen, which was supposedly being controlled by a soldier sitting in front of a computer terminal with a steering Wheel…"
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| Cacique Caribe | 19 Mar 2018 3:34 p.m. PST |
Lol. Considering how most radio controlled toys are made over there … I'm sure they think they can pull this off. Dan |
| Lion in the Stars | 19 Mar 2018 6:17 p.m. PST |
Meh. though I bet that their non-jet quality control is better, I'm not sure how a remote-control tank would be effective. |
| Pythagoras | 19 Mar 2018 7:36 p.m. PST |
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| Tango01 | 20 Mar 2018 10:40 a.m. PST |
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| 15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 20 Mar 2018 11:05 a.m. PST |
I'm not sure how a remote-control tank would be effective The fact that the robot tank is an obsolete Type 59 suggests that it's not meant to be effective in combat other than as cannon fodder with a gun. Maybe the PLA intends to seed large numbers of these expendable tanks in its armor units so that they can soak up fire which otherwise would deplete their more expensive, manned tanks. |
| Walking Sailor | 20 Mar 2018 3:40 p.m. PST |
requires a crew of four That tank was not built with an auto-loader. That's an expensive ram. |
| Charlie 12 | 20 Mar 2018 8:04 p.m. PST |
Using a Type 59 to proof the technology makes sense. You have a proven, reliable platform on which you can test out the concept without spending a gutload of money. Once you've worked out the bugs, then you go out and build your 'super tank'…. |
| Cyrus the Great | 20 Mar 2018 10:03 p.m. PST |
Sputnik as reliable as a Till Eulenspiegel tale. What's next, The Giant Robot? Triphibian Atomicar? |
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