Tank Test Bed

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## Crew

* Commander
* Driver
* Gunner

The **Tank Test Bed** is a Tier 9 progression Main Battle Tank under Oscar Faraday's dealership.

## History

Class: Main Battle Tank (Experimental)

Developed: 1980

Service: N/A

Vehicles Built: 1

Operators: N/A

The TTB is not a prototype but, as its name suggests, an American test bed for the latest tank development technologies. It was an initial base of the Block III Abrams project, designed to replace the existing Abrams tanks with something capable of defeating any future Soviet tank that was predicted to appear in the 1990s. In its modified Abrams hull, the entire crew of three sat in front (where only the driver would normally be), quite safely hidden behind the thickest armor. Fuel tanks were removed to make place for the extended crew compartment. The crew would use advanced cameras to aim the tank’s weapon systems that were installed in an unmanned turret, located where the standard Abrams turret would normally be. This unmanned turret would be armed with the standard Abrams weapon (although quite modern at that time), the M256 L/44 smoothbore cannon. The gun would be fed automatically from a 44-round carousel magazine under it.

The development of the Block III Abrams ceased after the breakup of the Soviet Union and the entire Block III Abrams program was cancelled. One thing to note about the TTB in Armored Warfare is that it’s not going to be strictly realistic – more like our take on how a Block III Abrams would have looked like if it was produced in the 1980s and upgraded today to match the needs of modern battlefields the same way the Americans are upgrading the existing M1A2 series.

## Vehicle Traits

* Armored: This vehicle's armor can withstand a lot of punishment, allowing it to survive even serious firefights.
* Heavy Weapon: This vehicle carries one of the largest weapons around with significantly increased damage per shot.
* Unmanned Turret: This vehicle features a remotely-controlled or low-profile turret that receives reduced damage.
* Advanced Hydraulic Suspension: This vehicle's advanced hydraulic suspension allows you to tilt its hull to the front, to the rear and to each side for improved gun elevation and depression angles.
* Gas Turbine: This vehicle is powered by a gas turbine, providing smoother acceleration compared to an ordinary diesel.
* Modern Kinetic Rounds: This vehicle's kinetic (APFSDS) rounds are very effective against ERA kits.

## Upgrades

### Armor

TTB Stock Armor
 This MBT's front is protected by composite armor. Composite armor consists of combined layers of steel and other material and offers excellent protection against HEAT shells and ATGMs. Its steel sides and rear are considerably more vulnerable.

TTB Improved Armor Package
 Third generation ERA offers excellent protection against standard HEAT rounds or warheads, and partial protection against kinetic rounds and tandem HEAT warheads.

### Weapon

**Stats:**

* **Magazine Type**: Ready Rack
* **Magazine Size**: 6
* **Reload within Magazine**: 3.00 s
* **Burst Fire Rate**: 20.00 rd/min
* **Depression/Elevation**: -10.0° / 20.0°
* **Depression/Elevation incl. Suspension**: -13.0° / 28.0°

**Stats:**

* **Magazine Type**: Ready Rack
* **Magazine Size**: 6
* **Reload within Magazine**: 3.00 s
* **Burst Fire Rate**: 20.00 rd/min
* **Depression/Elevation**: -10.0° / 20.0°
* **Depression/Elevation incl. Suspension**: -13.0° / 28.0°

### Engine

 MTU MT 883 Ka-500 1500 hp Diesel Engine | Stock

## Abilities

**Description:**This vehicle can lower its suspension to become stealthier and more accurate at the cost of mobility and vision range. Additionally, it can also tilt its hull to improve its gun depression and elevation angles.

**Description:**Temporarily improves your vehicle's acceleration, maximum speed and hull traverse values at the cost of increased camouflage penalty for movement. In other words, activating this ability makes your vehicle easier to spot when moving.

## Footnotes

1. ↑ 740 mm at 150m;
555 mm at 500m
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Also unlocks 120mm M829A3 Imp. APFSDS for 120mm XM360E1 Smoothbore Cannon
3. ↑ 790 mm at 150m;
593 mm at 500m
4. ↑ 86 for Non-Penetrating Hits
5. ↑ 18 mm at 100m;
9 mm at 1000m
6. ↑ 770 mm at 150m;
578 mm at 500m
7. ↑ 820 mm at 150m;
615 mm at 500m
8. ↑ 88 for Non-Penetrating Hits
9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Honeywell AGT-1500C 1500 hp Gas Turbine Engine and MTU MT 883 Ka-500 1500 hp Diesel Engine are mutually exclusive; equipping one upgrade will unequip the other.
10. ↑ Unlocked via vehicle: Tank Test Bed
Requirement to unlock: While playing on a vehicle of Tier 4 or higher with Commander Douglas O'Reilly, defeat more enemies than other team members in a winning match (Random Battle: 5 or more: Global Operations: 10 or more: SpecOp on the Extreme difficulty: 21 or more.) 10 times

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