[Dev] MBT Air-Tracking System

[Zannafrancy]

@ItsOnyy

I heard a former M1A1 tanker say that they are still using the old inertial track lase and lead on most Abrams, it is not a true IRST where they use contrasting temperatures to track the target. Leopards still use this system too, apparently.

that seems unlikely as most abrams are of a standard that have upgraded fcs these days, even the late m1a1 variants werent using legacy FCS afaik, and the m1a1 is fully retired as of 2016 iirc

[Zannafrancy]

both abrams and leopards have the ability of doing such i dont see why you would leave them out

[Armen_Lozone]

they sadly lack automatic target tracking irl
although the FCS will be upgraded from the 2A8 and onwards

[ItsOnyy]

It’s not like this system can’t be used to hit helicopters but it just boils down to Gaijin not wanting to model it, that’s the thing.

[Zulizia]

Honestly don’t see it changing much but giving MBTs a fighting chance against Helicopters. Granted if the helicopter moves an inch then they’re safe.

[Michael-IR]

@whosmans

No, I know that it doesn’t technically have IRST tracking, but in essence, the functionality simplistically is almost IRST. You laser the target, the tank computer gives you the correct lead.

This only reliably works for ground moving targets and cant be applied to air targets. Laser returns from an aircraft are too “jumpy” to provide sensible constant (active) ranging/lead to the gun.

[Xoiball-psn]

@G3ntl3man95

cabable

“Capable”