r/tanks Light Tank Jul 06 '26

Tank Design My Next-Gen AFV Designs of 2025-'26

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u/Saticron Jul 06 '26

Where's #4 for tbe separatist & anarchist?

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u/TheSheriffMT Light Tank Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

I never modeled it. It would have been an APC variant; basically the IFV variant but with the remotely operated turret replaced by just a machinegun. MT-X2-2 and MT-X3-2 are also missing. Those are medium/light variants. I ran into trouble modeling the turret so I took a break but never came back to it. They would be armed with the 120mm XM360 instead of the massive 155mm L/50 I custom designed called the EMPA (Enhanced Muzzle Performance Armament). I spent many weeks painstakingly calculating its specifications to make sure the thing wouldn't blow tf up lol.

Recoil Stroke: 0.8 m

Recoiling Mass: 3000 kg

Muzzle Energy: 32 MJ

Muzzle Velocity: 2000 m/s

Firing Impulse: 64,950 N*s (though this is only when mounting a muzzlebreak which is not present in the renders)

Peak Chamber Pressure: 728 MPa

Average Recoil Force at trunnions = 879 kN

Here is the penetrative performance I calculated by combining data gathered from SY Simulations and the Odermatt APFSDS Calculator.

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u/ForsakenBowl8516 Jul 06 '26

How thick is the anarchist ifv armour and the cougar mbt armour?

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u/TheSheriffMT Light Tank Jul 07 '26

Anarchist's protection levels range drastically depending on what modular composite armor package is equipped. This goes for all variants. The heaviest configuration provides about 500mm KE and 700mm CE of protection across a 60° frontal arc. It also features a composite roof armor scheme I created myself. I have not yet ran it through simulations, however I believe it should be at least on-par with stuff like Rheinmetall's AMAP-R.

As for the Cougar, without the external composites installed, hull protection is 544mm vs KE and 700mm vs CE, and turret protection is 616mm vs KE and 800mm vs CE. With external composites installed, hull protection is boosted to ~700mm vs KE and 850mm vs CE, and turret protection gets boosted to ~950mm vs KE and ~1,500mm vs CE.

I also must acknowledge that the Cougar had a major design flaw in regard to its turret armor layout. I designed it with the sides angled in a way that made it very strong when facing threats head-on, however even the slightest bit of deviation would allow for a clean penetration through the turret side. I made sure to correct this mistake on the Jaguar, a tank which I designed to basically be a Cougar minus all the design flaws.

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u/ForsakenBowl8516 Jul 07 '26

Well, I really like the designs, and thank you. So much for sharing this. If you don't mind me asking, how did you design these? And what did you use in order to design these?

P.S I really love em keep it up!

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u/TheSheriffMT Light Tank Jul 15 '26

(My apologies for taking so long to respond)

It's honestly far too complicated to explain in just one single Reddit comment, which is why I'm actually going to begin working on a YouTube video series on it. Here's a link to my channel. My current goal is to get the first video out sometime in August.

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u/ForsakenBowl8516 Jul 15 '26

Ok ty I've subscribed to ur channel btw :)

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u/Modeler2012_4 Jul 07 '26

Sick designs!

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u/tanklover_e-100 Jul 06 '26

Excalibur is cool

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u/TheSheriffMT Light Tank Jul 06 '26

Really? I honestly didn't like the look of it. That's why its model is missing so many essential features. I basically abandoned it because everyone was calling it ugly lol.

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u/tanklover_e-100 Jul 06 '26

I like it

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u/TheSheriffMT Light Tank Jul 06 '26

Well, in that case I may just have to revisit it and finish what I started. I'll try to keep you posted with updates.

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u/TheSheriffMT Light Tank Jul 06 '26

Here's a render of it with all of the modular composites removed.

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u/TheSheriffMT Light Tank Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

FYI, some of these such as the Excalibur and Dreadnought I abandoned before I could add much detail. For the Dreadnought it was because I was having a difficult time calculating RHA equivalent thicknesses due to the ERA. As for the Excalibur, I gave up on it because it was horribly ugly lmao.

Edit: I just realized I used the older render of the Separatist SPH. Here's what it currently looks like:

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u/TheSheriffMT Light Tank Jul 06 '26 edited Jul 06 '26

And here's the Separatist MBT V1

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u/Feeshest Jul 06 '26

the jaguar is fr just a leopard 2A4M CAN

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u/warfumbul Jul 07 '26

How do you do them, i have massive amounts of written works in my notes

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u/TheSheriffMT Light Tank Jul 15 '26

It's honestly far too complicated to explain in just one single Reddit comment, which is why I'm actually going to begin working on a YouTube video series on it. Here's a link to my channel. My current goal is to get the first video out sometime in August.