ULDV-2 Andrewsarchus, wheeeee

ULDV-2 “Andrewsarchus”



Designations
CV84 (Contractor Model Number)
ULDV-2 “Andrewsarchus” (Senestrian military designation)

Dimensions
Hull length: 55,102mm
Length (Gun-Forward): 86,252mm
Height (to turret roof): 13,041mm
Width: 26,419mm
Width (without skirts): 24,341mm
Mass: 19,524 tonnes.
Ground Clearance: Variable, 1,640mm Default

Key Data
Crew: 22
Fuel Capacity: 695,400 Liters
Purchase Price: 6.695 Billion NSD

Power Pack: Oten-Marks SSPM J1784-2
Engine: Twin STC-100000 Turbine
Power: 100,000 bhp per engine
Transmission: Electric
Fuel Consumption: 1135 l/km

Running Gear
Suspension: In-Arm Active Electromagnetic Suspension
Road Wheels: 41 Per Side, Rubber-Tired
Length of Track on Ground: 38,912mm
Width of Track: 7,939mm
Area Per Track: 3,089,224 cm2

Performance
Maximum Speed (Governed): 20 km/h
Power to Weight Ratio: 10.24 hp/tonne
Range: 613 km
Ground Pressure: 3.16 kgf/cm2 (45 PSI)

Armament
Main Armament: Elaris 450mm L106 Regenerative Liquid Bipropellant Smoothbore ETC Gun (60 rounds)
1st Coaxial: Elaris HRC-140 140mm Revolver Cannon (200 rounds)
2nd Coaxial: Elaris HAC-50 50mm Compact Autocannon (2,500 rounds)
3rd Coaxial: Lysman LA-19 15.5 x 120 HMG (10,000 rounds)
Command Turret Armament: HAC-50 50mm Compact Autocannon (200 rounds)
Command Turret Coaxial: Lysman LA-19 15.5 x 120 HMG (1,500 rounds)
Commander's Weapon: Lysman LA-19 15.5 x 120 HMG (500 rounds)
Additional Armament: Twin 2x120mm Automatic Mortar Turrets (130 rounds per turret)

Armor, Protection, and Countermeasures
Chassis: Welded armor steel with composite reinforcement
Armor: High-protection composite armor scheme providing unrivalled all-around protection.
NBC Protection: Completely sealed, radiation-shielded crew areas with air-recycling equipment.
APS: High-protection comprehensive APS suite including a variety of hard-kill and soft-kill systems.

Sensors
Moar than you can shake a stick at.

Big gun is too short and lacks one of 'em bore evacuators. You don't want no frigging gun without no frigging bore evacuator.

Give the coaxial gun a silencer, you're electric, so you go sneak up on your enemy's and cap'em, no one gonna see no thing.

Your commander needs a bigger gun, or he ain't no commander, fifteens are street level, gotta git him a thirty.

Don't need no APS, need moar Goalkeeper CIWS.

7m rule.

Why is there a crew of 25?


I can see a commander, a driver, a signal operator, a gunner. Perhaps a mechanic. What do all the other people do?

UAV docks, vertical launch SAMs and APS

add a hanger inside for a dismount component of 6 midget tanks while you're at it

Use as siege tank.
Take Stalingrad and Sevastopol.

I approve of SPAAG variant and use of Goalkeepr CIWS turrets.

Why are we not just deploying a pile of 400mm self-propelled guns instead?

As opposed to?

Ooodles of 400mm artillery guns instead of this tank.

Because lol.

I'm just imagining this with a trio of Goalkeeper guns on the turret roof.
IMPENETRABLE

When you sell this on II could you forward us the link

The gun is sufficiently long and powerful to place projectiles into suborbital trajectories, like an extra-lolzy version of the HARP gun. It uses a compressed gas system to clear the bore, and by "compressed gas" I actually mean "burst of engine exhaust".

GENIUS

It's even large enough to accommodate a large-caliber silencer!

The command turret can be slaved to the commander's sight if needed, like some sort of demented 50mm RWS.

The mounted APS is intended as a last resort against munitions which get through the screening point-defense superheavies, which mount dedicated defensive weapons systems ranging from gatling CIWS to ABM missiles.

go eat a dick

Land Warfare Group Command Officers
1: Land Warfare Group Commander
2: Land Warfare Group Fire Coordination Officer
3: Land Warfare Group Communications Officer

ULDV-2 Core Crew
4: ULDV-2 Commander
5: ULDV-2 Gunner
6: ULDV-2 Primary Driver

Indirect-Fire Crew
7: Indirect Fire Coordinator
8: Mortar Turret 1 Gunner
9: Mortar Turret 2 Gunner

Sensor Operation Crew
10: Sensor Management Officer
11: Visual Sensor Operator 1
12: Visual Sensor Operator 2
13: FLIR Operator
14: LIDAR Operator
15: RADAR Operator
16: Visual/Thermal Sensor Mast Operator

Countermeasure Systems Crew
17: EW Systems Operator
18: APS Operator

Powertrain Crew
19: Drivetrain Management Officer/Backup Driver
20: Power Management Officer

Miscellaneous Crew
21: General Systems/Damage Control Officer
22: Mechanic

Hmm, that's only 22. Statblock amended.

This is like asking why you don't just deploy a bunch of mortars instead of a tank.

Also, they can't fire 5-meter-long rods of nuclear waste at hilariously high velocities.

Hi, I'm Commander Shepherd and the above is my favorite post on the board.



EDIT:
HAHAHAHA YOU STILL HAVE FEWER CREW THAN THE EPIC OMGWTFBBQ NO ENDORSE TANK

Fine. Let us assume it all works.

What are we firing those mega-projectiles at?

Why are we not using a Pamir-type reactor?

Other, similarly-sized tanks, of course.

Craptastic power density.