Ok this one is interesting. I actually found one source that claims it does, but most of the others I have seen don’t mention it at all, or just imply it.
The LRF was apparently integrated into the sight module on the right side of the turret. (source: “U.S. military tracked vehicles” (1992) Crismon, Fred. Page 262.
And in Hunnicutt’s “Bradley - A history of American fighting and support vehicles” it states that one of the requirements for the ARSV program was to have a laser rangefinder.
He never explicitly states that the XM800W or XM800T has or lacks this equipment. I think if the XM800T lacked LRF it would be listed as one of the reasons it wasn’t adopted.
I mean, I can sort of understand where they’re coming from, but only when dealing with certain topics.
Jane’s would of course be dubious in cases where you’re dealing with highly classified information, main battle tank armor for instance. Or if Jane’s claims an outlandish figure that disagrees with every other source.
But when it comes to relatively mundane things like this, that’s when I think it should be allowed.
Oh by the way, what do you think of the LRF source? (That it’s supposedly integrated into the sight module)
Is there any way that we could move the XM800T from a very meh 7.7 light tank to a very capable 5.7-6.3 SPAA? Maybe just don’t give it ahistorical DM63?
It’s not like the stabilizer adds much to a 20mm autocannon.
In that case I find it strange that such a shortcoming wasn’t reported on more.
But fair enough.
LRF probably won’t change how it plays regardless, so I won’t lose any sleep over it. That said, it’s a mystery I’d like to get to the bottom of some day.
Thanks for the insightful discussion, I’m looking forward to see this machine on live 👍
Can’t wait for this little guy to come out. Hopefully it will be like the old R3 days. Side note, it’s crazy they’ve now moved the R3 all the way up to 6.0.
However, this table from ARMOR magazine shows that “handheld thermal viewer” was one of the items that could/would be carried in the scout vehicles during testing.
We have regular binoculars in-game, but for this to be modeled we would probably need a “thermal binocular” game mechanic first.
Edit: This probably refers to “Handheld Thermal Viewer, AN/PAS-7” which was developed for use by reconnaissance and combat elements of the US Army.
I mean, it’s fast enough that you should be able to get close to most enemies, and if you can’t pen them you can run away. It’s also high enough BR that there a lot of light skinned vehicles so it can pen most things
Ooooo I see, and I didn’t even realize it was an amphibious tank! I wasn’t gonna mess with the XM800T before, but with these changes I think I gotta get that thing spaded!
