Type 10 is amazing

Machinery of War Discussion Ground Vehicle
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it depends what classification you use. This is western.

Russian is bit more logical. 1st gen have composite protection, 2nd generally have autoloaders or blowout panels or ERA, 3rd get APS and electronical warfare features. Those are generally speaking, but this is usually what defies them.

Based on their own tanks, T-64A is 1st, Black Eagle 2 is 2nd, T-14 is 3rd.

Again, there is no official usage of this, only media. I wanted to do research and release of this soon, maybe there would be interesting info

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war thunder does a awful job at FCS generations gen 3 is still the max in military tech gen 3 contains dual band meaning they see both mid wave (MWIR) and long wave (LWIR) infrared simultaneously.

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Leo 1 is not classified as a Gen 2 MBT or anything. M46 and that stuff are Gen 1 and pretty much anything older – the classification of MBT didn’t exist back then.

So you asked what defines each generation of the tanks.
Gen 1 is basically after WW2 and early Cold War tanks with better mobility, armour and firepower compared to those in WW2 and much more reliable too.

Gen 2 Tanks are basically an upgrade of the Gen 1 tank with bigger fire power and early introduction of composite armor and night vision, and stabilisers and early techs (APS)

Gen 3 is basically more advanced composite and bigger calibre gun and starting to have more advanced tech, a way better Stabiliser and mobility of the tank and have thermal sight. Some have basically decent APS systems.

Gen 4 tank is basically tank with fast autoloader and normally consider unmanned and basically very advance tech.

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I think a roblox game (MTC) has better model of the tank than War thunder

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Yea no, type 10 is ass I’ll continue using my stock oplot over it.

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They do, and their tanks are ironically more accurate in terms of armor/firepower too.

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  • Finally switch to smoothbore and integrated Thermals
  • apparently takes £400m for something that was already done in 2E/CLIP programs
  • “WE DID IT, WE HAVE ACHIEVED 4TH GEN”
  • an Ajax vibrates itself apart in the background
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literally yes the type 10 in MTC has APS too

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I’m sorry, but that makes no sense.

T-64A would be 2nd gen by your definition, not 1st gen.
What gen is a T-62 then?
Is a T-55 Drozd suddenly 3rd gen? And a T-80U 2nd gen?
Are a T-80UK and T-14 Armata both 3rd gen?

See how attempting to break down MBT’s into generations falls apart at the slightest bit of critical analysis?

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Chally 3 must be the worst challenger so i suggest we keep it to the 3rd gen as for now

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by some definitions, its not even a MBT. And by some, even T-54 is an MBT already. Its a fun part of military history

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I think we should probably just stop using generations altogether.
Like I said, it’s just nonsense that falls apart with the slightest bit of critical analysis.

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(These are the more common agreeable things I could find, I am no expert in this specific topic and there are things that I could be very wrong about. If you doubt this info, I highly advise you to do your own research to get your own conclusions.)

What’s commonly defines a generation for MBT’s.

Generation 1
Gen 1 are defined being the first “Universal Tanks”, Tanks that are matching or even outmatching the heavy tanks in protection and firepower, allowing them to be used more effectively in mutliple roles.
First generation tanks are primarily medium tanks and later changed into main battle tanks through changes in doctrine.

The first generation tanks include
Centurion
T-54
M48 Patton
Fv4202
T-55
Type-59
Type-61

(Other tanks at the time that could be given the designation too, but weren’t due to their medium tank designation.)

Spoiler

M26 Pershing
Pz.V Panther
T-44

2nd generation
The second generation of MBT marked a turn in the doctrine. This generation was also marked by the utilisation of Night vision, new advanced ammunition such as the APDS, HEAT, HESH and later the APFSDS.

The second generation tanks include
M60
T-62
Leopard 1
Panzer 61
MBT-70
Vickers MBT Mk.I
AMX-30
T-64
FV 4201 Chieftain
Magach 3
Strv 103
WZ 122
Panzer 68
Type-69
T-72
Type-79
Olifant Mk.1/Mk.2
Type-74
Magach 5
Vickers MBT Mk.3
Shir 2
Merkava Mk.I / Mk.II
Type-80
Type-86
Type-96
OF-40
MB-3 Tamoyo

3rd Generation
The third generation of main battle tanks is characterized by composite armour and computer-stabilized fire control systems, which allow firing on the move as well as very high first hit probability on targets multiple kilometres away. Most of those tanks had calibers larger than 105mm.

The list of 3rd gen tanks are
M1 / M1A1 / M1A2 Abrams
Leopard 2
T-80
T-84
Challenger 1
AMX-40
M-84
K1 / K1A1
Merkava Mk.III
Type-90 / Type-90 T-ReC
Leclerc
T-90A
T-72M2 Moderna
PT-91 Twardy
Ariete
Challenger 2
ZTZ-96A / B
ZTZ-99
MBT-2000
Arjun Mk.1
Sabra M60
M60A3 SLEP

Generation 3.5
An intermediate generation of third-generation tanks modernized with newer hardware and software to keep themselves up to date with the everchanging modern battlefield.
These upgrades are often included (not always at once,) as for example; more advanced thermal sights (Generation 3), datalink capability, Softkill APS, hardkill APS, Laser Warning Receivers.

List of gen 3.5 tanks include
Merkava Mk.4M
Leopard 2A7+
T-84 Oplot-M
T-90M
K1A2
ZTZ-99A
VT-4
T-80BVM
T-72B-3 UBH
M1A2 SEP V2 / V3
Leopard 2 PL
Ariete AMV
Type-10
K2 Black Panther
Challenger 2 Black Knight

4th generation
The next generation of main battle tanks in development has autoloaders becoming increasingly more common, even in western designs, with some moving all of the crew into a more heavily protected hull space with unmanned turrets. The tendency to increase calibre sizes continues, with multiple designs having capability for 140mm guns to be fitted. A greater focus on active protection systems, especially against drones and loitering munition is also present, as is the introduction of AI-assisted systems.

4th generation list of tanks include

T-14 Armata
Leclerc XLR
Challenger 3
Type 100
KF-51
Abrams X
M1E3 Abrams
Leopard 2A8

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Seems like someone also making assumptions without any experience on this tank.

Gun depression and elevation degrees can be adjusted by suspension so it actually gets much better depression than most tanks at same br.

Both horizontal and elevation speeds are at acceptable rates (should be 45/30 iirc but gaijin refuses to fix it) .

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I thought it was a nerf since type 10 has 4 second reload.

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Maybe that’s what they think but still its such a BS way to nerf it. Type-10/TKX armor is already nerfed compare to real life values so why would you go and nerf the gun handling as well?

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the BMPT shreds the type 10 frontally so I’ve noticed more people bringing the oplot instead. Imagine if Japan didn’t get the oplot and were stuck with type 10/tkx against the BMPT. Crazy

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Meanwhile I refused to grind OPLOT and hunting those pesky BMPT’s in my Type-10/TKX be like:

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That also decreases your max elevation/depression angle so when you drive down from a hill with “additional depression” all you can shoot is worms. And cant get your guns on any flying threats. Also keep in mind that adjusting suspension requires you to spend some time standing still. Not something you can do mid fights. I have played kpz70 and bmp3 so I know how it works.

They arent. Especially elevation speed. You can check out t72b3, t90m, t80bvm, leo2 and see acceptable rates.