KF-51 "Black Panther" was recently launched by the world-famous Rheinmetall. This so-called newly designed main battle tank caused a wave of sensation at the European Defense Exhibition that started on June 13, and naturally caused a stir. The attention of military fans has become the focus of self-media writing.
The Germans have always had rich imagination and talent in R&D and manufacturing in the field of tanks . This new main battle tank designed by Rheinmetall, the KF-51 "Panther", has become a success. An upstart in the global tank industry.
KF-51 "Panther", its chassis comes from the famous "Leopard"-2 tank , with a crew of 3 people, and a total combat weight of 59 tons. The difference is only 1 ton, which is 60 tons. It can be called among the tanks. It's a huge monster, and it looks majestic in appearance.
On the KF-51 "Panther", the Germans abandoned the 120mm high-pressure smoothbore cannon with extremely mature technology, excellent performance, and no less power than the Russian-made 125mm smoothbore cannon , and adopted a newly developed 130mm high-pressure smoothbore cannon.
KF-51 "Panther" has the world's unique situation awareness system and optical sensing system. The crew is equipped with a 360° helmet display and an infrared optical rangefinder, achieving the true "first to discover, first to destroy". The caliber of the
tank gun is 10mm larger. Not only is the projectile heavier and the range is longer, but it is also equipped with an automatic loader. The reaction speed of the tank gun is increased, which improves the ability to destroy other main battle tanks on the battlefield. The effective penetration depth of the 130mm tungsten alloy armor-piercing projectile can reach an eye-popping 1950mm.
What surprised netizens is that the KF-51 "Panther" is equipped with a drone launch module in the remote-controlled armed station above the turret. In combat status, it is capable of launching 4 loitering bombs or 4 drones. Human-machine capabilities.
KF-51 "Black Panther" undoubtedly possesses black technology. Some people call it a brand-new main battle tank concept. There is no doubt that the integration of technologies such as cruise missiles or drones has allowed the KF-51 "Panther" to improve its ability to strike and destroy targets, which is equivalent to indirectly improving its survivability on the battlefield.
Germany has really come up with new tricks on the KF-51 "Panther" main battle tank. This is the first time in the world. This spirit of taking the lead in "eating crabs" is worthy of tank scientific research and technical personnel from other countries. Learn - dare to be the first.
Against the background that multi-kinetic energy fighter jets, armed helicopters , anti-tank missiles , etc. are entering the military in large numbers, the battlefield survivability of main battle tanks, the former kings of land warfare that conquered cities and fortified villages, has actually surpassed Coming lower and lower.
In this military conflict between Russia and Ukraine, a large number of T-series tanks were destroyed on both sides. However, the armies of many countries cannot stop eating due to choking. Therefore, the status of main battle tanks in the military is relatively stable, at least for the moment.
However, one thing netizens have seen is that the development of new main battle tanks is becoming less and less. The "golden age" of main battle tanks has obviously become a thing of the past.
The most typical one is the main battle tank of the US Army's mechanized force, which is a small model based on the M-1A "Abrams" tank. So far, the US Army still has not equipped a new main battle tank.
KF-51 "Panther", according to Rheinmetall, which participated in the exhibition, claimed that it can be put into production within two years.
Stimulated by the outbreak of military conflicts between Russia and Ukraine, the German government stated that it would invest 100 billion euros in military construction.
The author of this article speculates that this new KF-51 "Panther" main battle tank will also become a key military product built by Germany. In the future, it will not only be equipped with a large number of German Army , but also be promoted to the international arms market.
