- 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 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