KP-3 Guardian
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- Production cost: $4 million (USD)
- Price: $8 million (USD)
Specifications
Function
- Main battle tank
Builder
Power Plant
- NP-HAV2000 diesel (2,000 horsepower)
Transmission
- Manual (6 gears)
Length
- 8.1 meters (hull)
- 9.3 meters (gun forward)
Width
- 3.9 meters
Height
- 3 meters
Combat Weight
- 70 tons
Speed
- 77 km/h (road)
- 57 km/h (cross country)
- 42 km/h (reverse)
Front Armour
- 600 mm (actual thickness)
- 1,800 mm (RHAe vs. KE)
- 3,000 mm (RHAe vs. HEAT)
Side Armour
- 300 mm (actual thickness)
- 900 mm (RHAe vs. KE)
- 1,500 mm (RHAe vs. HEAT)
Rear Armour
- 150 mm (actual thickness)
- 450 mm (RHAe vs. KE)
- 750 mm (RHAe vs. HEAT)
Range
- 470 km
Fire Control
- Line of sight stabilized in two axis
- Improved TV and thermal auto-tracker
- Enhanced laser range-finder
- Advanced thermal night-vision
Main cannon
- 125 mm smoothbore (APFSDS and HEAT rounds) with auto-loader
Muzzle Velocity
- 1,805 m/sec
Ammunition Storage
- Protected containers for each round
- Electric revolving magazine, capacity for 10 rounds (ready to fire rounds)
Engagement Rate
- 7 targets in 32 seconds
Secondary Armament
- 12.7 mm machine gun
- 7.62 mm machine gun
- Coaxial 7.62 mm machine gun
Engelschild Active Protection System (APS)
- Full 360-degree coverage
- Effective against all kinds of guided missiles and rockets (RPGs included)
- Automatic reload system for multiple firings
- Simultaneous engagement of multiple targets
- Full performance when vehicle's in motion
- All-weather capability
- Infantry-friendly
NBC Protection
- Combined, overpressure and individual
- Integrated air-conditioning (heating and cooling)
Crew
- Three (commander, driver, gunner)
Additional Features
- Advanced electric turret control
- External, single position running gear with rotary shock absorbers
- Four smoke grenade launchers
- Advanced electromagnetic warning system
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| Light Tanks: | Ashurbanipal | Borhyena | Colonial (Light) | Grozynj | Otter | Predator | T-8 Sprite |
| Heavy Tanks: | AAV-10 | Colonial (Heavy) | Lion/Puma | Megalania | Merkava VK | Samson | Scorpion | T-2 Savage | T-11 | Type 40 |
| Super-Heavy Tanks: | Morrigan |
