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Originally Posted by Legbreaker
Not bad at all.
Do the early models really warrant +4 fire control though? Early to mid 80's US MBTs appear to have only had around a +3...
Another point worth considering is would the US really allow high tech fire control systems to be included in the vehicles sent to china and possibly captured by the Soviets?
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Well...
1) The fire control system of the LAV-75 was well ahead of its time, with a very advanced ballistic computer that was loaded with software to match, a pulse coded-beam laser rangefinder, sensors to take into account weather, temperature, and barrel droop and a bunch of little sensors that were tied together by the computer to give the gunner an excellent chance of a first-shot hit. This is a big part of what scuttled export sales.
2) Good point...and I don't have an answer for that one. Someone help me out here!