Ramlaen

M900A2?

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/darpa-nasa_draco_nonreimbursable_interagency_agreement_final_2023-01-11_.pdf

The MPF does not bring an Abrams level logistic tail, they are not going to "light infantry" brigades and the US Army does not have a programmable 120mm HE in service yet.

https://www.ga.com/ga-completes-draco-nuclear-thermal-propulsion-system-design-and-test-milestone "SAN DIEGO - 07 Nov 2022 - General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) announced today that it has completed major milestones for the Track A, Phase 1 Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO) program. Under contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), GA-EMS delivered a baseline design of a DRACO Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) reactor and engine and successfully tested key components of the nuclear reactor, including the vitally important high-temperature fuel elements in prototypic conditions at the NASA Nuclear Thermal Element Environmental Simulator (NTREES). The NTP system is intended to allow a nuclear thermal rocket to operate in cislunar space, the region between the Earth and the Moon. “We have leveraged our expertise in nuclear and space system technologies to design an NTP system and test the vital components of that system to confirm they will withstand the relevant design conditions,” stated Scott Forney, president of GA-EMS. “Unlike electric and chemical propulsion technologies in use today, NTP propulsive capabilities can achieve two to three times the propellant mass efficiency, which is critically important for cislunar missions.” “The cislunar space domain is essential to our national defense, modern commerce, and scientific discovery. As opportunities in cislunar space continue to expand, more innovative propulsion technologies to access space are increasingly necessary,” said Dr. Christina Back, vice president of Nuclear Technologies and Materials at GA-EMS."

NASA awarding NIAC seed money. https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-selects-experimental-space-technology-concepts-for-initial-study A lot of propulsion concepts.

Doubtful considering it wasn't a requirement. If the Army didn't want one the whole time and BAE didn't bother to find out it would be a huge blunder on their part.

I'm not sure where that graphic is from so I am hesitant to trust the 38 ton figure you see floating around since it originated from a Warrior Maven article.

So it is an 800hp engine, still looking for a hard weight figure.

https://9gag.com/gag/aL1jb4v Video of the MPF on display.

Poland really is buying a lot of new tanks.

I assume Ajax is still sticking with the 40CT?

https://breakingdefense.com/2022/11/a-real-life-lego-tank-bae-touts-modular-design-for-army-omfv/

Ah this clarifies that the cage you sometimes see is in fact a wire guard.

Yeah it's an individual country equipment thing, US JLTV use the Driver Vision Enhancer from Leonardo DRS.

Might be the unmanned turret that was funded by that NDAA.

lol it basically means Mercury has not quite rounded itself, its gravity is not strong enough to overcome the rigidity of the material it is composed of