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Slovenian T-55 modernisation
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the T-55 is probably going to out live every other tank till the end of time. I cant wait for a T-55 with a laser cannon.
T-55 isn't really a useful tank anymore and it can be highly
used as a support tank or modified to use other role instead
Using T-55 as a regular MBT is a nutty idea, upgrading it
makes it somewhat stronger but thats it.
+It is missing Composite Armor which is very important for today's
tank.
Afaik you would need to redesign the whole chassis anyway
for having composite armor on it and most of the countries is buying
those tanks from surplus stocks and I dont even know if some
countries is still producing them due to being outdated.
(we are speaking of a tank that has been produced in the 59-60's
which is about 50+ years old)
T-55 with Laser cannon would be made maybe only as a test bed
of some sort but never fully employed due to said weakness, if
they consider it using it as one that is.
The only advance I see that it is cheap and affordable for
countries with low budget but thats it.
...still, it is a tank and it has canon that goes 'boom'! =)
Yes but still you would be in a (huge) disadvantage if you have to face a army which have more modern equipment, especially when the said nation din't bothered upgrading its tank properly
remember that modern tanks have a armor protection of up to 900-1000+ RHAe in front armor atleast iirc, RHAe protection can vary depending how the composite armor is made and there is also strength differences between HEAT and APFSDS
oh yeah and 1 more thing about Lasers,
they would be maybe highly used as a 2nd or 3rd weapon (depending on the vehicle type)
Laser are missing "tactical/ammo varieties" to use compared to cannons which can be loaded with such as: APFSDS, HE(I), HEAT, HESH, HE-Frag, Rockets*, Shotgun shells, Smoke, Illuminating shells etc...
so it means cannons are very flexible
*The only available tanks that could fire rocket projectiles where: M551 Sheridan, M60A2 Patton, T-72+ I think and MBT-70 (never fielded)
there might be more but that is so far what I know