Type 10 MBT-X - Sensors & electronics
The Type 10 tank was the first GSDF vehicle equipped with a C4I inter-vehicle data link system , which can be said to be the basic equipment of the 3.5th generation tanks such as Leclerc of France and M1A2 of the United States. By sharing information about the position of your vehicle and the positions of your allies through an outdoor computer network, this system displays real-time enemy and ally information on a digital map on the in-vehicle monitor. In the future, it would be possible to data link with OH-1 observation helicopters and AH-64D attack helicopters , and tank units would be able to act while receiving the operational environment in near real time.
The sight for the gunner is equipped with a visible light and IR camera, and the sighting device, which was conventionally only an eyepiece type, is now a large touch panel display, allowing you to directly attack the target by touching the screen as well as the shooting button. The sight for the vehicle commander is a 360-degree view type like Leclerc, and the image is displayed on the in-vehicle display. It can not only search for a target, but also aim, and can even override the gunner's aim. Also, as a main battle tank, it adopted a high-definition camera for the sighting system for the first time in the world.
The four corners of the turret are equipped with laser detectors with three windows. The laser detection device of the Type 90 tank could only detect 180 degrees forward, but the Type 10 tank can detect laser irradiation from all around.
What is installed is a laser warning system called Model 301MG manufactured by Goodrich in the United States. This system is compatible with laser ranging devices, semi-active laser guidance lasers, and laser beam riding guidance lasers, and can detect the direction of laser irradiation in a 360° range with a high accuracy of ±1°, and can be Alert the crew with an audible alarm. There are three windows to accommodate various laser types and wavelengths. A smoke grenade launcher is mounted on the front side of the turret, and it seems that it can be operated in conjunction with a laser detection device like the Type 90 tank.
Equipped with one camera on the side of the driver's periscope for the driver, and one camera on the front of the vehicle, allowing the operator to control while watching the image on the monitor with the camera attached to the rear of the vehicle, greatly improving maneuverability. are doing. The camera next to the periscope, which is usually covered, is believed to be an infrared night vision camera, and the camera on the front of the vehicle is believed to be for compensating for the blind spot of the periscope. By the way, in the 90-type tank, the driver had to use night vision goggles to operate at night.
A retractable environmental sensor is mounted at the rear of the turret, and measures wind speed, wind direction, air pressure, and temperature, and sends them to the ballistic computer to improve shooting accuracy. In addition, it is a model called Metsman made by THALES in France.
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