HAFP Tank

= History of the HAFP Tank =
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== The competition ==
The Heavy Armor Fighting Platform (HAFP) is a new main battle tank competition launched by the PTX Design Bureau in September 22.
The project specified the need for an unmanned turret and the installation of an anti-tank missile weapon launcher, as well as the need to keep costs as low as possible and to design in an economical direction. 
The four design teams that took over the project were "BLM" "YGXC" "LDPT" "FasZero"
(The following passages are indicated using the pinyin initials of each group)
=== HAFP Ha ===
The first option offered by Team B was to use the MGZ115 turret for the conversion, which would save development time and increase reliability by taking advantage of the proven technology already available.
The prototype turret - HAFP MGZ.1 - was produced by Group B in mid-September. It inherits 70% of the MGZ turret's internal structure and adds extremely heavy armour with a customisable modular armour structure.
The ammunition is still stored in the tail compartment, which has not been modified and is cramped and can only be filled with 12 rounds of 105mm ammunition.
The overall turret projection is large in order to protect the ammunition rack in the tail compartment, and the shape of the bomb avoidance is average.
Group Y also proposed to use the existing technical reserves directly and came up with a 2BM unmanned turret, modified and fitted with a 105mm smoothbore gun, but due to its own turret design concept, the internal structure had a number of differences compared to a conventional tank turret, mainly in the mounting position of the anti-tank missile launcher, alongside the main gun, making the modification significantly more difficult.
Progress on the project was therefore slow, and in mid-October the project was abandoned due to the sacking of the design director and the difficulty of the conversion itself.
== The birth of HAFP ==
=== The body section ===
After completing the KW Universal Floor Design project, the KW Universal Floor Design department was recognised by the Ptx Directorate of Armour Design and was therefore given responsibility for the design and manufacture of the chassis for the new project.
The department's subgroup, Group F, first proposed a two-person crew design. This solution has a small overall projection of the hull, with the main strike area being located under the hull head, leaving more space for modular armour upgrades.
The structure is as follows
[panel 54mm RHA + air + 35mm RHA + 24mm rubber + air + 60mm RHA + 34mm depleted uranium + 24mm rubber + 80mm composite armour + air + back plate 126mm RHA]
The RHA has a trapezoidal shape with a large angle of inclination and a gap armour design between the panel and the back plate to help defend against armour breaking rounds and large calibre machine guns.
In addition, a high strength additional armour has been added to the production hull.
The structure is:
[additional armour 18.5mm RHA + panel 44mm RHA + 24mm rubber + back plate 55mm RHA].
The powertrain consisted of a V12 1001hp petrol engine with a matching gearbox that allowed the vehicle to be steered in place, but the actual production model had increased tonnage and reduced manoeuvrability to a certain extent.
In the picture below, the rear of the vehicle can be seen in detail, with radiators on both sides of the rear and an upward opening door in the middle to facilitate maintenance and repair work on key areas of the transmission.
The right radiator is equipped with an external oil filler, with two different sizes of upper and lower holes for different situations.
Above the radiator there is an external smoke diffuser, which reduces the heat generated by the engine and exhaust ports by mixing the smoke internally.
A tail light is fitted above the tracks on both sides and a storage box is mounted on top of the upper body to store a number of maintenance tools.
The top-mounted S5 tow rope can be quickly disassembled and assembled to cope with different environments and vehicles.
The upper part of the hull side section is a block of modular armour, which can be freely exchanged for different modular armour configurations. Comes with its own gap composite armour in the following construction.
[panel 24mm RHA + air + 18mm RHA + air + 18mm rubber + 22mm composite ceramic + 18mm rubber + air + 26mm RHA back plate]
It can defend against PG-7 at a general angle. 
The driver's seat has a large observation field of view, but the cost-saving problem is that this type of observation window is vulnerable to small-calibre weapons fire, so the official production models are equipped with a small periscope and camera, and can be fitted with an all-inclusive armour kit. 
The vehicle has an escape door at the bottom of the vehicle, which is partially blocked by a chair, and when you need to evacuate you must stretch to retract the seat before it can be unlocked and opened. 
== Turrets ==
=== Modular weapons platform ===
The turret as a whole consists of a gun, a loader and a modular weapons platform. The modular weapon platform can be interpreted as an unmanned turret and can carry a variety of weapons at will, but is still primarily designed to serve the HAFP Rno.
The platform is fitted with basic electronics and fire control sighting (e.g. dual channel thermal imaging, laser rangefinder, etc.).
On the right side, the captain's perimetric sight can be used directly as a gun sight.
On the left side there is a fixed back-up sight which can be used for more precise operations and also to manoeuvre the anti-tank missiles against the target.
The platform is also equipped with an infrared countermeasures system (IRCM), mounted on the right side of the platform, to counter incoming missiles. A radar is also installed around the platform to detect the surrounding area and to alert the direction of incoming high-speed objects and, in good weather, to detect aircraft (usually helicopters) in the vicinity. 
=== Tank guns ===
The gun and the tail pod loader are designed to be on the same line as one unit. The strike area is extremely small and the probability of a hit on the tail pod of the gun is tested in combat at 10-5%.
The main gun is a 105mm UAW 105-1 smoothbore gun, designed specifically for unmanned turrets and automatic tail pod loaders. She can fire four types of ammunition APFSDS,HEATFS,HEFS,GLATGM.
As can be seen in the picture above (first row right) the shell throwing port at the end of the tail compartment, the upper and lower handles can be opened with the accompanying tool to facilitate the loading of ammunition.
In the event of a malfunction, the shells can be pushed directly through the shell throwing port onto the pre-loader and then loaded onto the ammunition rack using the automatic loader.
The UA105-2 steel pin can penetrate the 670mm (90°) RHA at a distance of 100m.
The tail chamber loader holds 10 rounds of 105mm ammunition, which is a very low capacity and a prime target for future upgrades.
The coaxial armament is a 20mm machine gun, which can fire mixed chains of API, APDS, etc. The chains are connected to the turret basket, with a magazine changer and 456 rounds of ammunition in reserve, with an additional 1368 rounds stored in the vehicle, which can be filled in between battles.
The secondary weapon launchers are two anti-tank missiles, infra-red guided and capable of penetrating the 1030mm RHA.
The launchers are easily replaced by unlocking the clips on the top of the rain shield and the rear of the launcher.
The smoke emitter is special, being mounted in front of the base of the captain's perimeter mirror, allowing smoke coverage to be applied to a 45° area towards the front at once, as well as to the top, and there are two smoke emitters fixed to the body of the vehicle. 
== Model identification ==
The prototype differs considerably from the production model in appearance.
Combat weight 49 tonnes 
The most distinctive feature of the initial version is the rubber plate under the head and the absence of a smoke emitter.
The rest of the model's appearance is not very different from the others.
Combat weight 54 tons 
This is the official production version.
The medium version does not have rubber plates under the head, the ceramic sandwich of the composite armour has been upgraded to depleted uranium alloy and a smoke launcher has been installed.
Combat weight 56 tonnes
The MK.II has been modified in many details, which will not be repeated here, and can be seen under the hull head The external composite armour installed.
Combat weight 57 tonnes
== Vehicle Variants ==
Grille armour kit for turret mounting, with a special grille on both sides and a special material shielding mesh between the gaps.
The vehicle is a HAFP Rno MK.I (medium version) with a piece of high hardness armour steel attached under the head.
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