M10 Booker
| M10 Booker | |
|---|---|
 M10 Booker saat peluncurannya pada Juni 2023 | |
| Jenis | Tank ringan Tank medium Meriam serbu[1] |
| Negara asal | Amerika Serikat |
| Sejarah produksi | |
| Perancang | General Dynamics Land Systems |
| Spesifikasi | |
| Berat | Sekitar 38[2] sampai 42 ton[3] |
| Senjata utama |
1 × meriam M35 kaliber 105 mm |
| Senjata pelengkap |
1 × senapan mesin berat M2HB 12.7 mm 1 × senapan mesin M240B 7.62 mm |
| Jenis Mesin | diesel |
| Suspensi | torsion bar |
M10 Booker adalah kendaraan tempur lapis baja yang sedang dikembangkan oleh General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) untuk Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat, berdasarkan tank ringan GDLS Griffin II, sebagai pemenang program Mobile Protected Firepower pada Juni 2022. Kontrak awalnya adalah untuk 96 kendaraan low rate initial production (LRIP), dengan pengiriman pertama pada akhir tahun 2023.[4]
Kendaraan itu disebut tank ringan oleh beberapa sumber,[5] meskipun pejabat Angkatan Darat menganggap ini tidak benar.[1][6] Beratnya sekitar 42 ton[3] dan menurut deskripsi pada dasarnya akan melayani peran meriam serbu.[1]
M10 Booker adalah kendaraan lapis baja yang dimaksudkan untuk mendukung Tim Tempur Brigade Infanteri kami dengan menekan dan menghancurkan benteng, sistem senjata, dan rute parit, dan kemudian memberikan perlindungan sekunder terhadap kendaraan lapis baja musuh.
— Maj. Gen. Glenn Dean, pejabat eksekutif program Sistem Tempur Darat Angkatan Darat., [1]
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The Griffin II was offered under Army's Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF). In accordance with the program's caliber requirements, it incorporated a 105 mm M35 tank gun and a redesigned chassis.[7][8][9] The M35 was originally designed and developed by Benét Laboratories, Watervliet Arsenal in 1983 for the Marine Corps' Mobile Protected Gun Program. It was later incorporated in the Army's M8 Armored Gun System light tank, which was canceled in 1996.[10][11] The M35 is about 1.800 pon (816 kg) lighter than the M68 used on the M60 tank.[12]
In December 2018, GDLS was downselected, along with BAE Systems, to develop prototypes.[13] GDLS presented its first prototype in April 2020.[14] BAE's M8 AGS proposal was disqualified in March 2022.[15] In June 2022, GDLS won the Mobile Protected Firepower program competition and was awarded a contract worth up to $1.14 billion.[16][17]
The MPF was officially designated "M10 Booker" in June 2023, named for Staff Sgt. Stevon A. Booker and Pvt. Robert D. Booker.[18]
Lihat juga
- Kaplan MT / Harimau - tank ringan Turki/Indonesia
- M1128 Mobile Gun System - Meriam serbu sebelumnya yang digunakan Angkatan Darat AS berdasarkan Stryker
- Sabrah Light Tank - tank ringan Spanyol/Israel berdasarkan ASCOD dan Pandur II
- Tipe 10 - Tank tempur utama Jepang dengan berat dan harga yang sama
- Tipe 15 tank - tangki ringan Cina
- Zorawar LT - Tank ringan India dalam pengembangan
Referensi
- ^ a b c d "It's Not a Light Tank: Army Unveils New Armored Combat Vehicle". military.com. Diakses tanggal 2023-06-13.
- ^ "Army to Buy 500 New "Light Tank" Mobile Protected FirePower Vehicles".
- ^ a b "Army unveils the M10 Booker, its first new combat vehicle in two decades". stripes.com. Diakses tanggal 2023-06-13.
- ^ "General Dynamics wins $1.14 billion Mobile Protected Firepower contract". Breaking Defense. 28 June 2022. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 4 July 2022. Diakses tanggal June 28, 2022.
- ^ "Everything to know about the Army's new 38-ton light tank". 9 September 2022. Diakses tanggal 6 March 2023.
- ^ Kris Osborn (July 16, 2022). "Army Says New Mobile Protected Firepower Vehicle is NOT a "Light Tank"". Warior Waven. Diakses tanggal 2023-03-06.
- ^ "Two Light Tank Prototypes Battle for the Future of Army Firepower". 7 March 2021.
- ^ "Tomorrow Talk".
- ^ "AUSA 2018: General Dynamics swoops in with 50mm-equipped Griffin - Shephard Media".
- ^ Foss, Christopher F., ed. (1997). "Light Tanks". Jane's Armour and Artillery (edisi ke-18th). London: Jane's Publishing Group. hlm. 171–173. ISBN 978-0710615428.
- ^ Freeman, Major Marshall A. (5 April 1991). The Army Needs a Strategic Armored Gun System—Now! (Tesis War College Individual Study Project). U.S. Army War College, Carlisle Barracks. pp. 23–24. https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA236965.pdf. Diakses pada 10 March 2022.
Artikel ini memuat teks dari sumber tersebut, yang berada dalam ranah publik.
- ^ "Armored Gun System Loses Weight to Be Deployed by C-130". Inside the Pentagon. 9 (31). Inside Washington Publishers. 5 August 1993. JSTOR 43990667.
- ^ "U.S. Army awards General Dynamics contract for Mobile Protected Firepower".
- ^ Keller, Jared (24 April 2020). "This could be the Army's next light tank of choice". Task & Purpose (dalam bahasa Inggris). Diakses tanggal 2020-09-04.
- ^ "US Army eliminates BAE Systems from 'light tank' competition".
- ^ "The Army Just Selected Its First Light Tank in Decades". 28 June 2022.
- ^ "General Dynamics wins $1.14 billion Mobile Protected Firepower contract". 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Army unveils the M10 Booker, its first new combat vehicle in two decades". Stars and Stripes (dalam bahasa Inggris). Diakses tanggal 2023-06-10.
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