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PT-125-30

5,329 SV  3.4 years ago

UNMODDED VERSION
https://www.simpleplanes.com/a/0vG990/Obyekt-953-UNMODDED

Fictional Background
Ob'yekt 953, later designation PT-125-30 is an amphibious reconnaissance vehicle developed by the VgTZ in late 2020s. Designed to be a multirole vehicle, with roles such as being a tank destroyer, recon vehicle, improvised tank desant platform, and as an accompanying vehicle for IFVs such as the Kurganets-25 and modernized BMP series vehicles.

The 3-man crew sat inside the hull, a driver, a gunner, and a commander. The commander's console also included gun controls, so the commander will be able to take over the gunner's task when necessary. The PT-125-30 uses an unmanned, remote-controlled turret, an unusual feature.

Within the unmanned turret, sat an autoloaded 125mm D-92TM smoothbore cannon firing at 11 rounds per minute and capable of launching 9M44C "Spinneret" ATGMs, a coaxial 30mm autocannon and a 7.62mm PKT general purpose machinegun. The turret is also equipped with a two-plane stabilizer. Two similar PKT machineguns are mounted in the hull, controllable by the commander and the driver through remote control. The armament is unusually powerful for a vehicle with the aforementioned roles, but allowed for great versatility.

Armor is relatively good for a light vehicle. The main material for the hull armor is a classified lightweight alloy coated with composite skin, 35mm thick all around. The longer hull provided more opportunity for the use of angled plates in the frontal arc, increasing resistance to fire. The vehicle's hull is immune to small arms fire up to 12.7mm bullets at 200 meters except for the frontal arc, which is immune to 12.7mm bullets at any distance. A V-hull design is incorporated, which improved its resistance to landmines. The turret is protected by 30mm of the similar alloy, reinforced internally by military-grade metal foam, providing similar protection levels as the hull, if not stronger. The vehicle is also equipped with the Afghanit-M(Mi) Active Protection System, and an engine smoke generator system. Overall, the armor and survivability of the PT-125-30 is excellent for such a vehicle.

Mobility is above average, the vehicle easily reaches 60 km/h both on-road and off-road, both forward and reverse. Two extremely powerful prototype waterjets propel the vehicle to speeds up to 45 km/h on water, however with subpar fuel efficiency. The hull design allows for much reduced drag, which allowed the high speeds.

Although these design specifications are very promising, the Russian military only adopted it to very limited service, favoring the already-in-service 2S25 Sprut-SD amphibious tank destroyer, possibly due to costs and other reasons.

Specifications:
Parts are modded to have 1000 hp, although not resistant to ice base missiles.
Top speed: 60 kmh forward, 60 kmh backwards
Neutral steering: No
Gun vertical traverse: 20/10 degrees
Stabilizer: Two-plane

Controls
Pitch : forward/reverse movement
Roll : turning
Yaw: turret traverse
Trim : gun elevation
Act. 1 for horizontal stabilizer
Act. 2 for ESS (wont work after you touch the water. Same goes for the ATGMs, but in their case they wont work only if you sink entirely)
Act. 3 to open hatches
Act. 5 for headlights
Act. 6 for "whatever it is called but it holds the gun in place for transit"
Act. 7 for trim vanes and enable waterjets
Act. 8 for tracks
LandingGear for gun gyro
Notes
The hull MG is not controllable, but you can shoot it

Gallery

Used maps:
Zenrin Fukuoka
Stork Island

Spotlights

General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 10.8ft (3.3m)
  • Length 34.1ft (10.4m)
  • Height 14.8ft (4.5m)
  • Empty Weight 34,033lbs (15,437kg)
  • Loaded Weight 43,173lbs (19,583kg)

Performance

  • Power/Weight Ratio 0.312
  • Wing Loading 453.5lbs/ft2 (2,214.4kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 95.2ft2 (8.8m2)
  • Drag Points 8637

Parts

  • Number of Parts 776
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 2,297

Required Mods

  • Tracks 2 by MOPCKOE_DNISHE
    Version 0.81 (9/8/2019 1:50:14 PM)
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