- cross-posted to:
- noncredibledefense@sh.itjust.works
- cross-posted to:
- noncredibledefense@sh.itjust.works
I posted this OC 8 months ago, today i see this in my YT feed:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2-p2srIRLI (Ukraine Counters Fibre-Optic Drones with Lasers That Fry the Cables)


the tank has a giant gas turbine why do you need a battery
Find me a tank with a 5kW turbine
edit: i misread the units yall don’t stone me to death
The battery isn’t the issue they were talking about. They meant “so instead of batteries on the quad you’re powering it from the tank.”
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The gas turbine in an Abrams produces 1100 kW
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avco-Lycoming_AGT1500
If you mean a dedicated turbine producing 5kW of electricity then it already has an accessory gearbox drawing up to 75kW out of the 1100 for peripherals. I doubt they’re currently generating (pun intended) huge amounts of electricity, but the drive is there for exactly this sort of purpose.
A 5kW alternator seems to be about $700 on ebay
https://www.ebay.com/itm/146849456677
If a reasonably skilled engineer cant fit that there’s something wrong
My bad, i misread the units