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ADATS (Bradley)

405 Gander  3 days ago

Have you dreamed of an Anti-EVERYTHING vehicle? Yes? No? Well, I HAVE. And it turns out it actually existed!

Long short story, the ADATS (Air Defence-Anti Tank System) development started in the 70s by Oerlikon-Buhrle (posteriorly Rheinmetall Air Defense) with the colaboration of Martin Marietta (now part of Lockheed Martin) from 1979. The first MIM-146 and ADATS test occoured in 1981. The Bradley variant that won the american FAAD (Foward Area Air Defence) contest included a 25mm autocannon and an M2 Machine gun for aditional equipment. However, this program got affected by long and expensive development issues, and finally got cancelled after the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Equipment:

8x MIM-146
1x 25mm M242 Bushmaster Autocannon
1x M2 MG

Controls:

Accelerate, Reverse: Pitch
Turn: Yaw
Brakes: Brake
Lights: AG2

For turret control, you can fully rotate, elevate and partly depress the turret with the "TV Targetting" Camera... you also have to lock missiles with it.
To imitate MIM-146s Beam-Riding mechanic, I've decided to use semi-active guiding, within a small, 25-degree lock on angle. Yes, you have to guide the missiles like this with your camera. The M242 can also elevate and depress with this same control.

Special thanks to:
rimiha: M2/3 Bradley Chassis

Addendum: The M242 has an unintentionally, EXTREME range, and decent power due to it's HE shells... Trust me, try to hit the USS Beast from the Wright Airport, or the North Runway, come on, I CHALLENGE YOU.

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General Characteristics

  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 11.4ft (3.5m)
  • Length 21.6ft (6.6m)
  • Height 10.5ft (3.2m)
  • Empty Weight 55,062lbs (24,975kg)
  • Loaded Weight 55,318lbs (25,091kg)

Performance

  • Wing Loading N/A
  • Wing Area 0.0ft2 (0.0m2)
  • Drag Points 7815

Parts

  • Number of Parts 372
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 1,442