Type 16 8x8 MCV (Maneuver Combat Vehicle) - Design
The crew of the combat vehicle is 4 people - commander, driver, gunner and loader. Weight is about 26 tons with overall dimensions of 8.45 x 2,98 x 2,87 meters. It has a 4-stroke 4-cylinder diesel engine with power of 570 hp. at 2100 rpm, which allows moves with maximum road speed of 100 km/h. The powerpack is located in the the front left part of the hull. To the right of it is the driver's compartment. The frontal armor protects from 105-mm artillery rounds. The installed turret by the silhouette resembles the turret of the Japanese Type 10 Main Battle Tank.
It is armed with a 105 mm caliber main gun, 12.7-mm large-caliber machine gun, and a coaxial 7.62-mm machine gun. To enhance the protection of the nose of the turret has a wedge shape. The 105-mm artillery gun is similar in construction to that used in the Type 74 Main Battle Tank. Manual charging ammunition is used the same. The novelty about the tank gun is the presence of a muzzle brake, which reduces the load on the body of the vehicle during firing.
To the right of the gun is a coaxial machine gun. To the left is an aperture for the laser radiation sight sensor, which signals that the vehicle is illuminated by a laser rangefinder beam of the enemy. On the roof of the turret there is a large-caliber 12.7-mm pintle mounted M2 machine gun, but 40-mm automatic grenade launcher Type 96 can be installed instead of it. The specific variant depends on the customer's wish.
On the roof of the turret, at the back of the meteorological sensor, which provides information to the onboard computer about the speed and direction of the wind and atmospheric pressure, the automatic recording of which increases the accuracy of the shooting. Sensors and controls for fire extinguishing systems, the C4I functions correspond to or exceed the analogues of the Type 10 Main Battle Tank.
The turret employs a sharp shape front has a wedge shape, the main part is fitted with armor hollow formula. The turret is equipped with a domestically-produced 52- caliber 105mm rifle and 7.62mm coaxial machine gun, and a 12.7mm heavy machine gun M2 is mounted on the top of the turret . Each side of the turret is equipped with a 4-unit smoke bomb launcher. Seen from the rear, the gunner is located in front of the right side of the gun placed in the center of the turret, and the commander is located behind it. The loader is on the left side of the gun. The rear of the turret is a shell rack.
Laser detectors are installed on the left and right of the front of the turret, but there is no warning ability for the entire circumference, and the detection area is only 180 degrees forward and a part of the side. On the right side of the turret upper center when viewed from the rear, a hatch with an all-round inspection device for the vehicle commander is provided. A gunner site with a large hood is installed in front of this. The GPS is in the center, the loader hatch is on the left, and the all-around turning site is placed in front of this. Moreover, Thales Co. environment caused Retractable turret rear sensor is used.
The main gun is a bore evacuator design, such as the United Kingdom of L7 system 105mm cannon influence is seen, although the gun is a newly developed domestic design. The existing 105mm shell is used as the shell. The barrel is extended by one caliber, and it is equipped with a muzzle brake with a multi -hole muzzle that is opened spirally to match the life ring. A muzzle verification device is installed on the left side near the muzzle as viewed from behind. The paired laser transmitter / receiver is provided in the opening on the upper left side of the shield. A coaxial machine gun hole is open at the bottom. Direct aiming glasses for gunners are equipped on the right side of the gun. This vehicle uses technology such as recoil control technology, shooting control device, etc. from the Type 10 tank.
Michelin manufactured tire wheel using ( Bridgestone has vehicle is also confirmed that equipped with studless tires made), each side wheel is underbody suspension supporting the vehicle body via the. The suspension is composed of an upright hydraulic cylinder and double wishbone, and adopts an all-wheel independent suspension system. Power passes through a drive shaft at the center of the bottom of the vehicle body, and power is transmitted from this shaft to each wheel via a differential gear. Steering is performed by turning the front two axes.
The shock-absorbing mechanism and drive system arranged on the bottom of the vehicle body are not armored, and the shape of the vehicle bottom surface is not designed to resist landmines or IEDs . For this reason, there is an evaluation that fears vulnerability to attacks from the bottom [14] . However, the space between the bottom surface and the ground is relatively wide compared to a tracked vehicle, and in the case of eight-wheel drive, the vehicle can run even if one or two wheels are destroyed.
The hull combines bulletproof steel plates by welding. Hollow increase armor is attached to the main part of the car body . A power pack that integrates a 570hp diesel engine, auxiliary equipment, and automatic transmission is housed on the front left side of the car . The gas discharged from the engine is exhausted from an exhaust hole provided on the left side of the vehicle body. The rear louver is for a radiator, and an intake port is provided on the upper surface of the power pack. A cockpit is arranged on the front right side of the car body alongside the power pack. Maneuvering is performed with a handle with power steering. A windshield is attached to the top of the control hatch when driving at high speeds. There is a battle chamber with a turret and a turret in the center of the hull. The commander, gunner, and loader board the battle room . The rear part of the body is an ammunition and multipurpose space. On the rear side of the body, there is a door for loading ammunition that allows passengers to get on and off. As for the headlamp, the prototype model was equipped with a round halogen type, but the mass production model was changed to the LED type manufactured by Koito Manufacturing.
The Type 16 mobile combat vehicle runs on eight tires and can move at high speed over a long distance on a paved road. On the other hand, a problem common to wheeled vehicles in general, the wheels hae low rough terrain performance. Regarding the low performance on rough terrain, that is, low road mobility, "Technology for suppressing vehicle shake when driving off road" has been studied in the development of a series of wheeled combat vehicles, it is expected to have some degree of off-road mobility by the introduction of the vibration suppression techniques. The reason for employing the wheeled type in the drive system, track-laying have excellent road mobility compared to expression, that prospect to achieve a certain off-road mobility. In addition to being simple, it is possible to reflect the research results of future wheeled combat vehicles, so the life cycle cost including development, acquisition and maintenance costs can be kept low.
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