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Description
The second model of the EENFV (Eastern Europe-Nordic Fighting Vehicle) programme, the PCzP Mk. II (Polski Czołg Podstawowy) is a development of the TR Mk.I Balaur. Serving with the company as well as various nations, known as the PCzP T-75 “Kawaler”, TstPsv.75 “Näkki” or Tr-75 Mk. II “Dracul” in its native service, and as the Chevalier Mk.I within company service. It features improved protection and mobility, as well as new systems. Designed more like a traditional MBT, rather than the Champion III’s hybrid concept between a main battle tank and assault gun.
The chassis features the company’s traditional, trademark double hull design, much like a submarine’s, with a thinner inner hull and the thickest armour forming part of the outer hull.
The inner hull features a series of blowout panels and ducts to transfer the energy of an ammunition detonation to the space between hulls and to a second tier of blowout panels on the outer hull top sides. Bore-evacuator technology along the ducts aids in clearing lingering gases, helping prevent them from filling the fighting or driver’s compartment.
Inner Hull
50mm Spall liner (Carbon fibre infused elastomer) 20mm Durendite, 20mm of Forged
AT-450 (Coltan-Titanium-Osmium), 60mm of Titanium foam with fibre reinforced
elastomer inclusions (FRE), 15mm ClaDurCal Alloy (Clarentite, Duruendite, Caliburnite).
Angles vary, front upper glacis being at 15º from the x axis, bottom plate being 30º
with a 60º midsection. Sides are at 45º for the upper section and 60º for the lower.
Rear section consists of two plates at 60º each. Bottom and top feature v and echelon shapes, with five degree angles.
Total RHA equivalent before angles: 625mm RHA.
Bulkheads: 50mm thick, 10mm Fibre Reinforced Elastomer, 5mm AT-450, 20mm Titanium foam with FRE Inclusions, 5mm AT-450, 10mm FRE. Protecting internal fuel tanks. Separating the engine compartment from the fighting compartment. Protecting the bottom and perimeter of the magazine. Forming a protective shield around the driver's position covering the front, sides, bottom and part of the top.
Total RHA Equivalent: 250 mm RHA.
Space between inner and outer hull: 150mm
Outer Hull
Front: 180mm total. Upper Glacis at 30º and Lower Glacis at 60º. 50mm DurCal
Alloy (Durendite-Caliburnite), 80mm Titanium foam with fibre FRE inclusions, 40mm forged AT-450, 10mm ClaDurCal Alloy.
Additional ERA and ClaDur Alloy armour blocks may be added.
Total RHA Equivalent before angles: 2015mm RHA.
Sides: 100mm total. Upper plate at 45º, lower plate º60. 30mm DurCal Alloy, 50mm Titanium foam with FRE inclusions, 15mm AT-450, 5mm ClaDurCal alloy.
Total RHA equivalent before angles: 873 mm RHA
Side Skirts: 50mm total. 90º angle. 30mm Aluminium foam with FRE inclusions, 20mm AT-450. 100mm distance from track edges.
Total RHA equivalent: 100mm RHA.
Rear: 100mm total. Upper plate at 60º, lower plate º60. 30mm DurCal Alloy, 50mm Titanium foam with FRE inclusions, 15mm AT-450, 5mm ClaDurCal alloy.
Total RHA equivalent before angles: 873 mm RHA
Bottom: 80mm total. 5º v shaped sloping. 10mm DurCal Alloy, 50mm Titanium foam with FRE inclusions, 15mm AT-450, 5mm ClaDurCal alloy.
Total RHA equivalent before angles: 520 mm RHA.
Top: 80mm total. 5º echelon shaped sloping. 10mm DurCal Alloy, 50mm Titanium foam with FRE inclusions, 15mm AT-450, 5mm ClaDurCal alloy.
Total RHA equivalent before angles: 520 mm RHA.
Turret
Inner Structure: 150mm total. Half parabola curve shape if viewed from a side view, Reuleaux Pentagon shape from a top down view. 50mm spall liner, 30mm DurCal Alloy, 50mm Titanium Foam with FRE Inclusions, 10mm AT-450, 10mm ClaDurCal alloy. The inner surface features a concave dovetailed ridge design, shaped to catch spalling on the inside and disrupt shockwaves travelling through the last layer of armour before the spall liner.
Total RHA Equivalent before angles: 720mm RHA.
Space between Inner and Outer Structure: 100mm
Front: 220mm total. Half Parabola curve shape if viewed from a side view, truncated airfoil shape if viewed from a top down view. 100mm DurCal Alloy, 80mm Titanium Foam with FRE inclusions, 20mm AT-450, 20mm ClaDurCal Alloy.
Total RHA equivalent before angles: 2200mm RHA.
Sides: 100mm total. Hemispheric profile. 30mm DurCal Alloy, 40mm Titanium Foam with FRE Inclusions, 20mm AT-450, 10mm ClaDurCal Alloy.
Total RHA equivalent before angles: 730mm RHA.
Front and Side Reinforcement: 80mm total Covering the front and one third of the turret’s length down the side. 30mm DurCal Alloy, 40mm Titanium Foam with FRE Inclusions, 10mm AT-450.
Total RHA Equivalent before angles: 550mm RHA.
Side Spaced Plating: 50mm total. 90º angle. 30mm Aluminium foam with FRE inclusions, 20mm AT-450. 100mm distance from turret sides at the base.
Total RHA equivalent: 100mm RHA.
Rear: 120mm total. 60º slope with conical joints at the corners. 40mm DurCal Alloy 60mm Titanium Foam with FRE Inclusions, 10mm AT-450, 10mm ClaDurCal Alloy.
Total RHA Equivalent before angles: 1108 mm RHA.
Top: 150mm total. 5º slope. 40mm DurCal Alloy, 80mm Titanium Foam with FRE inclusions, 20mm AT-450, 10mm ClaDurCal Alloy.
Total RHA Equivalent: 1500mm RHA.
Top Reinforcements: Front third of the turret top, turret bustle, Remote Weapons Station and commander’s cupola. 80mm total. 30mm DurCal Alloy, 40mm Titanium Foam with FRE Inclusions, 10mm AT-450.
Total RHA Equivalent: 550 mm RHA
Bulkheads: 50mm thick, 10mm Fibre Reinforced Elastomer, 5mm AT-450, 20mm Titanium foam with FRE Inclusions, 5mm AT-450, 10mm FRE. Separating the fighting compartment and a portion of the bustle from the very back portion, housing the radios, computers, heating/cooling systems, CBRN systems and primary crew water supply along with the barbette for the RWS system and magazines. Also forming the turret basket and a tertiary shield for the turret front and sides, the volume between the bulkhead and the inner surface turret front occupied by the gunner primary and secondary-panoramic sights, commander’s secondary panoramic sight, gun cradle-recoil system, coaxial mount
Total RHA Equivalent: 250 mm RHA.
Firepower
L52 5.5”/55 Quick-Fire Smoothbore Railgun. 30º elevation, 15º depresion. Rate of fire, 15 rounds per minute.
5.5“ Mk. I Universal Fin Stabilised: 45 kg projectile. Graphene matrix reinforced osmium shell with a Durendite-Clarentite cap and aluminium ballistic cap. 5kg High Density Plasticized Octanitrocubane (HDP-ONC) bursting charge. 1500 pre formed Clarentite-High Carbon Steel fragments housed within.
The projectile is designed to detonate at a distance from target, upon impact, mid-impact or after impact, with a smart fuse and sensor array, capable of sensing when the round has penetrated the target or when it’s about to.
5.5” Mk. IA Universal Fin Stabilised Incendiary: 44.2 kg projectile. Graphene matrix reinforced osmium shell with Durendite-Clarentite cap and aluminium ballistic cap. 5kg HDP-ONC bursting charge with .5 kg nanothermite-magnesium powder augmenter. 750 hollow, pre formed Clarentite-High Carbon Steel fragments housed within, with a magnesium-nanothermite filler.
The projectile is designed to detonate at a distance from target, upon impact, mid-impact or after impact, with a smart fuse and sensor array, capable of sensing when the round has penetrated the target or when it’s about to.
5.5” Mk. IB Armour Piercing Fin Stabilised Discarding Sabot (APFSDS): 28kg projectile. Solid Durendite penetrator with a Clarentite-Aluminium ballistic cap. 30mm diameter, 1050mm length. Woven Graphene sabot.
5.5” Mk. IIA Squash Head-Thermobaric Fin Stabilised (SHT-FS): 38 kg projectile, thin steel and graphene shell with a carbon fibre ballistic cap. 18kg HDP-ONC bursting charge with 2.5kg nanothermite-magnesium powder augmenter.
The smart fuse allows for airburst, impact and milli-to-microsecond post impact detonation, allowing it to work as a thermobaric-high explosive round or a HESH round.
5.5” Mk IIB Fragmentation-Incendiary Fin Stabilised (FIFS): 30 kg projectile, thin steel and graphene shell with a carbon fibre ballistic cap. 5 kg HDP-ONC bursting charge at the base of the projectile.
Fore of the bursting charge are contained 800 fragments arranged in stacked, concentric, segmented rings, half an inch thick. Each fragment is composed of a regular structure Clarentite-Steel foam with a rubber coating on the structure and a nanothermite-magnesium filler in the voids between.
The Smart fuse is designed to detonate the round a certain distance from the target, with the blast of the bursting charge projecting the fragments ahead of it in a cone pattern, the round acting much like a flamethrower.
5.5” Mk. IIIA Gun Launched Missile, Universal (GLM-U): 80 kg two-piece projectile, designed to mate the warhead and propulsion unit upon loading.
The Propulsion unit consists of a booster rocket motor designed to accelerate the missile to mach 5. Once the combustion chamber of the motor is clear, sections of the forward portion collapse inwards to form a series of air intakes, turning the motor into an air-breathing ramjet. Once ignited the missile accelerates to mach 8 for a 10 second duration before the propulsion unit detaches, leaving the warhead to glide the rest of the way to the target. The missile maintains manoeuvrability through its stages, with preset self-destruction once it has decelerated past mach 7 for armoured targets and mach 5 for airborne targets (Taking into account the minimum speed needed to defeat the reaction time of respective active protection systems.)
The warhead itself is of triple charge design. The primary charge is of self-forging projectile type, consisting of 2.5kg of HDP-ONC explosive payload and a Clarentite-Tantalum lens, designed to set off active protection systems or ERA ahead of the warhead, as well as helping crater the surface of the target’s armour.
Surrounding the primary charge’s explosive payload are five segmented rings, half inch thick, providing a fragmentation cone for anti-personnel and anti-air capability. Clarentite-Titanium composition.
The secondary charge is a traditional shaped charge, consisting of 3 kg of HDP-ONC explosive payload and a set of molybdenum liners for top-down, bottom-up and side-side attack, along with a main liner facing forwards to follow the primary charge’s effects.
The tertiary charge is of traditional shaped charge design, 5.5kg of HDP-ONC explosive payload and a Copper-Durendite liner. The explosive payload is further augmented by 1.5kg of nanothermite-magnesium thermobaric mix.
The guidance package consists of a LIDAR-RADAR-ER seeker with a flexible fuse for the missile’s various uses.
Projectile Propellant: Energy canisters adjustable in charge, with 2 levels of charge (1/2, 2/2), each canister having a diameter of 5.5 inches, with a length of 25 inches, variable colour charge indicator allows to set each canister to the release the desired amount of energy (Fluorescent Green for 1/2 and Fluorescent Orange for 2/2), this allows the gun to fire the higher velocity rounds with a 2/2 power charge, or Missiles and low velocity rounds with a 1/2 power charge.
HWS 15/20 Mk. III (x2) automatic cannons, 20mm Variants in a coaxial and in a remote weapons station.
Coaxial has 30º elevation, 15º depression.
RWS has 80º elevation, 30º depression.
Regular: APHE, APHE-T, APHE, APHE-T, APHE.
Offensive: APHE-I, HEF-IT, APHE-I, HEF-IT, APHE-I.
Special Purposes: APDS-T, SAPHE-I, APDS-T, SAPHE-I, APDS-T.
SLM (SMIRRSS Mk. II) (x16) 94mm mortars. Mounted on the turret sides. Elevation 90º-45º
94mm Mk. I HE-ThF: A High-Explosive Thermobaric shell with a fragmentation casing and additional thermobaric. Very useful against Infantry and buildings.
94mm Mk. IA Th-I: A thermobaric incendiary shell with a thin casing and a thermite-magnesium pellet sleeve and cone.
94mm Mk. II LUAV Canister: A canister for deploying light unmanned air vehicles.
94mm Mk. IIA Illumination canister: A canister shell with a flare and parachute for illumination and signalling. (Programmable colour sequence)
94mm Mk. IIB CBR Canister: A canister shell to deliver chemical, biological and radiological payloads.
94mm Mk. III Multi-Spectrum Smoke-Chaff: A canister shell to deliver a smoke payload, formulated to disrupt various light spectra and radar.
-Electro-Optical Multi-Band Dazzler: Set atop the turret’s optical suite, underneath the ball mount for the LIDIRAS assembly. The dazzler is designed to serve as the spear tip of the vehicle’s EW suite, as well as being able to give a non-lethal option against organic and synthetic targets. The effects on human targets consist of blurry vision, loss of hearing, scent and taste, as well as loss of balance. Extended exposure might also add a risk of seizure.
Microwave Emitter:
Maximum lethal range @ 360 degrees: 100 yards
Maximum lethal range @ 5 degree focused beam: 450 yards
Tesla Hull Hard-Kill System:
Maximum lethal range 25 yards from vehicle (While designed to intercept incoming threats, it can also be used on enemy targets, using a high energy discharge to inflict damage to the target)
Penetration/Range, Muzzle Velocity and maximum effective range (MER).
5.5“ Mk. I UFS: 1860mm RHA @ 45º @ 3km, 1646.4 m/s (5401.5 fps), MER 8.5km.
5.5” Mk. IA UFS-I: 1855mm RHA @ 45º @ 3km, 1646.4 m/s (5401.5 fps), MER 8.5km.
5.5” Mk. IB APFSDS: 2508mm RHA @ 45º @ 3km, 2229.5 m/s (7314.6 fps), MER 8.5km
5.5” Mk. IIA SHT-FS: 380mm RHA @ Any Angle @ Any Range, 1372 m/s (4501.3 fps), MER 10km
5.5” Mk. IIB FI-FS: 50mm RHA @ Any Angle @ Any Range, 1372 m/s (4501.3 fps), MER 10km
5.5” Mk. III GLM:-U: 2615mm RHA @ Any Angle @ Any Range, 1372 m/s (4501 fps), MER 15 km.
20mm Belts
Penetration at 100m distance on a 90º slope target: 60mm RHA (APHE), 59mm RHA (APHE-T, APHE-I), 8-26mm RHA (HEF-IT w/o-w/fuse delay), 127mm RHA (APDS-T), 30-48mm RHA (SAPHE-I w/o-w/fuse delay)
MER 4km
Magazine System
For the main gun, a semi-carousel magazine is available, divided into sectors for different ammunition types and the power charges. The selector readies the hoist with a power charge and round, before it is driven up, lined up with the breech and loaded with a single stroke for regular rounds, two strokes for missiles, taking 4 seconds and 6 seconds to load a round respectively.
For the coaxial and remote mounted 20mm weapons, a system of beltless cassettes is available with up to 4 divisions 1200 rounds each for different ammunition mixes.
Passive and Active Systems
Universal Gunnery Sight: 1x-25x sight for the gunner and remote controlled weaponry, fitted with image intensification, active/passive illumination thermal imaging. AI assisted image processing to help counter flares, IR decoys, camouflage or stealth suites.
Universal Command sight: A variant of the Universal Gunnery Sight for the commander and gunner. Mounted fore of the loader’s hatch on the right side of the turret deck.
Hunt & Command System (H&C-S): A set of 6 1-16x optics mounted in a ball mount atop the dazzler array, designed to provide the commander with a 360 degree view of the battlefield.
LASIRAS V: LAser SIghting & RAngefinder System Mk. V, mounted coaxially to the gun as well as on the remote controlled weapon, 10km maximum range.
LIDIRAS Mk. IV: LIDar-Infrared-RAdar Suite sharing the ball mount for the H&C-S (25 km max range for RADAR, 5 km max range for LIDAR and 8 km max range for FLIR, depending on target plus weather and terrain conditions). A Descendant of the IRRALIDAR array, with higher definition and AI assisted image processing to help counter flares, IR decoys, camouflage or stealth suites.
USORAS II: UltraSOnic RAnging System Mk. II. Designed for close protection, reliable out to 100m in most weather, this allows the crew proper 360 degree visibility in most environments. It also feeds the TH2KS (Tesla Hull Hard Kill System). Dotted around the hull.
Smart Camera System: Feeds the camouflage system, dotted around the vehicle.
Optic countermeasure system: Feeds the Tesla Hull Hard-Kill System, as well as providing countermeasures against enemy guidance, rangefinding and targeting systems through electronic, optic and thermal means as to further impair enemy capabilities.
Thermoadaptive-Photoadaptive Camouflage System: Allows the vehicle to mimic it's surroundings visually and thermally.
Signature Reduction System: Reduces tank's heat signature as well as dampening sound emissions at the expense of mobility (Reduces maximum speed of vehicle when in silent mode).
2 Axes Stabiliser: Stabilises the main gun through magnetohydraulic means. Updated model linked to various optic sensors to read surrounding terrain and prime the system for harsh changes.
Powertrain & Suspension
HFV-III Propulsion Pack, consisting of:
-WR12/40: 12 cylinder, 40 litre oil cooled engine with an 'WR' cylinder configuration, meaning four banks of 4 cylinders in VR configuration. 6205 horsepower, 7216 NM torque @ 1800 RPM. Fitted with two Variable Speed Ratio twin screw superchargers and two turbochargers. Multi fuel capability, no adjustments required.
-T120 APU: APU turbine, 150 horsepower, 1216 NM torque @ 1000 rpm coupled to the transmission and engine.
-8 speed, heavy duty robotic assisted transmission with preselector, 2 backwards, neutral/steer, 5 forwards.
-Advanced Triple Differential Steering: A triple differential steering system, with reduced brake slipping thanks to modern materials. Extremely efficient magnetohydrodynamic couplings allow extreme manoeuvrability and a pseudo-hybrid drive, as part of the power is transmitted through electromagnetic means. Despite it’s complexity, the system has proven paradoxically reliable.
The HFV-III Pack is considered a single unit, and thus can be removed directly without the need to separate each component.
-AEPT: Auxiliary Electric Powertrain, 16 electric motors powering the roadwheels as well as the drive sprocket, providing 610 HP and 3820 NM Torque, connected to a battery pack. Tank hull can act as a massive solar panel, as well as taking ambient and engine heat to produce further energy.
-Magnetohydropneumatic suspension: Much like a regular hydropneumatic suspension, it keeps the vehicle's hull level, absorbing the impacts of rough terrain. It is aided however by electromagnetic means, allowing for a much smoother, silkier ride, permitting the suspension to react quicker to changes in terrain, not to mention the adjustment of height with a full metre of difference between lowest and highest setting. 90 tonne weight limit. Scaled down from the Champion III’s. Linked to the various optical sensors, AI assisted to prime the suspension for rough changes in terrain.
-510 mm wide tracks ( AT-450), all-weather, can be fitted with AT-FIE pads for use on highways to prevent damage to roads.
-Milled AT-450 roadwheels, drive sprocket and front idler wheel, ESR AT-410 return rollers.
Maximum Speed On Road: 91 km/h (56.5 mph), 31 km/h (19.3mph) reverse.
Maximum Speed Off Road: 65km/h (40.3 mph), 20 km/h (12.5mph) reverse.
Maximum Speed fully submerged: 18km/h (11.1 mph)
Maximum Speed AEPT Only: 35 km/h (21.7 mph)
Maximum Speed APU Only: 20km/h (12.4 mph)
Operational range: 830km +210 km if external tanks are used.
Communications Systems
-Low/High Frequency Radio: 50km range, 128 bit encryption on the move.
-Satellite Communications Suite (SatCommS): high speed data transfer (Video/Audio capable, Command Vehicles get two)
-Low Frequency High-Security: 10 km range, 256 bit encryption on the move.
-UHF Short-Range: 5km range, 128 bit encryption on the move, designed to communicate with infantry in specific.
-Adjutant Mk. VII Command System (Command Vehicles only): Permits access to information taken in by the optics and sensors of other vehicles, allowing a platoon commander to better direct his men. 256 bit encryption on the move. The new system also helps communicate with the next system on the list.
-Courier Mk. V Coordination System: Found on all vehicles save for command ones, Courier Mk. V communicates with other Courier units and the Adjutant units on commanding tanks to allow for better cohesion after sustaining losses or in the need for individual tanks in a platoon to act more independently. Also helps in merging with other units in action.
-Morse code with the use of other systems (Position lights, lights, rangefinder)
Crew: 4
-Commander
-Loader/Operator
-Driver
-Gunner
-7 AI. Two for navigation related duties (Stabilisers, suspension, transmissions). Two for gunnery related duties (Rangefinding, sighting, radar tracking). One for Logistical work (Fuel, provisions, crew health and well being.). Two linked to an EW/PW suite to provide an EW and nonconventional warfare capability.
Command vehicles get an additional Operations AI to aid in logistics and coordination with other vehicles/infantry.
Other Features
-Compact Galley including two hot plates plus 2 and 4 litre volume microwave ovens/boiling vessels, to aid in preparing food and beverages.
-Heating and cooling, capable of keeping the crew alive in temperatures ranging from minus 120 to 460 degrees celsius (-184 to 860 Fahrenheit) in sustained conditions (The vehicle however is capable of operating in minus 220 to 550 (-364 to 1022) degrees celsius for up to 72 hours while keeping the crew alive, at the expense of risking damage to certain components.
-Storage for rations, up to two weeks worth for the 4 man crew plus emergency rations (1 week worth of food at reduced caloric intake)
-80 gallons of water in separate compartments (Two 30 gallon reservoirs, 20 gallon emergency reservoir.) Linked to a water filtration system to allow replenishment on field.
-Each crew position is designed to be as ergonomic as possible, However the tank’s reduced size compared to others like the Champion series means some rearrangement is needed for comfortable rest. A deployable tent can be set on the engine deck and a small crawl space in the turret bustle allows for the commander or gunner to lay down, allowing for the other’s seat to be moved out of the way.
-Battering Ram allows to break through walls and other obstacles without risking damage to the gun, also allows for mounting a plough, mine rollers or to act as a towing hook for other vehicles.
Dimensions and weight
-4.5 to 5.7 metres height (Depending on suspension settings) without Remote Controlled Weapon (that adds 1.2 metres to height)
-5.8 metre width.
-14.5 metre length, 18.2 with battering ram (Battering ram can hydraulically extend another metre)
-58 tonnes combat ready (65 with extra equipment such as additional armour, accessories and fuel tanks)
Vehicle pictured next to Heavy Infantry Armour suit at 2.43m (8 feet) height, suspension set to standard setting giving the vehicle a height of 4.2 metre (14.7 feet).
