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Especially with a jet turbine for a power plant. Maybe they need EV tanks.

• gonzo41 4y ago
  They are already under development. The main issue is that modern anti missiles systems require a ton of power. So even going into a passive turret mode needs engines. There's a case to be made for having diesel engines so you can run the turret of a few cylinders and not have to have a all or nothing turbine.
  • dogma1138 4y ago
    It will always be a trade off between lower signature and protection/awareness. Active protection systems have radars that will light you up like a Xmas tree, tanks also have a lot of EW gear on them that even before hardkill APS became common used a ton of power and increases their signature. Silent/LowSig mode is just another tool in their toolkit. If they know that the threat landscape allows them to go into low signature mode safely and that it would improve their combat effectiveness they now will be able to do so.
    • gonzo41 4y ago
      As my CAV friends used to say. Parking in the shade is extremely effective.
• dogma1138 4y ago
  Newer tanks have big batteries for silent watch mode. This is also a feature of the new Abrams.