The forum china-defense.com, with reference to an internal Chinese source, is discussing a possible concept for a new generation tank.
The aft part of the tank houses a self-propelled combat robot equipped with surveillance equipment and missiles (probably anti-tank). To the credit of the debaters, they admit this concept is "too fantastic", but who knows …
The layout of the tank with the placement of the engine-transmission compartment in the front of the hull frees up the volume to accommodate the combat robot, which can hit targets both inside the "mother tank" and "crawling" out of the carrier. In the latter case, the robot, among other tasks, can be used for conducting tactical reconnaissance on the battlefield, as well as for conducting combat operations in urban environments. Such a system can significantly improve the efficiency of a tank when it is operating autonomously.
In the future, the "tank-robot" system may have development, given the revolutionary progress in the development of remotely controlled systems, be it unmanned aerial vehicles or self-propelled combat modules. Naturally, the success of such a concept is directly related to the development of technologies in various fields.
According to china-defense.com
