Next-Gen Abrams Tank: Revolutionizing Battlefield Dominance with Sequential Firing, Layered Defense, Advanced Composite Armour, Razor Blade Shields, Active Countermeasures, Hybrid Power, Modular Design, and AI Targeting

1. Armour and Protection:

Active Protection Systems (APS, Level 1 Armour): Integrate advanced APS like Trophy to intercept projectiles and counter drone attacks. This can detect missiles like Javelin and destroy them, effective against various types of anti-tank guided missiles and are an integral part of modern tank defense strategies. Future iterations of Active Protection Systems will leverage ultra-responsive sensors and AI algorithms to dynamically counter a broader spectrum of threats, including hypersonic projectiles.

Razor Blade Net Defense (Level 2 Armour): Implement a lightweight but impenetrable razor blade net system surrounding the tank out of the strongest metals/alloys/composites on Earth. When an incoming munition strikes along its length, a “parallel blade-oriented defense like parallel grille of razors/Katana Sword blinds, in the form of a shield of blades, presents increased resistance along the length of the metal (not from the side that could easily be penetrated by fast moving object).

This is because the blade’s orientation and edge can potentially disrupt the munition’s structural integrity or trajectory more effectively than a flat surface (similar to how a bridge resists the forces when weight is on top), leading to a higher chance of deflecting or damaging the projectile from drone, like a grenade or explosive object, before it impacts the main armour.

Strands of Katana Blades running like, an ultra light weight, layered shield exterior to the tank. This shield of blades, suspended above and to the sides, would intercept and destabilize incoming drones and their munitions, causing premature detonation or redirecting the threat away from the tank’s critical areas.

Layered Box Armour (Level 3 Armour): Inspired by the Armata, use spaced layered armour designed to further protect the tank’s core after initial interception by the razor wire net. This armour will be particularly effective against any munitions that penetrate the first defense layer, like say a tank shell that can use energy and momentum to break through the shield of blades.

Explosive Reactive Armour (ERA, Level 4 Armour): Integrate ERA as the next line of defense. This armour layer detonates upon impact, neutralizing the energy of incoming projectiles before they can penetrate further. Reactive armour, specifically Explosive Reactive Armour (ERA), is designed to mitigate the effects of anti-tank weapons like the Javelin and tank shells.

Main Composite Armour (Level 5 Armour): The final defensive layer, consisting of advanced composite materials, provides ultimate protection against residual threats after passing through the previous layers. Advancements in materials science will enable the development of next-generation composite armours that are lighter yet more resilient, adapting their properties in real-time to optimize protection.

2. Firing Mechanism:

Sequential Firing System: Inspired by the Russian AN-94 rifle’s innovative delayed recoil system, this design incorporates a sequential firing mechanism that allows two rounds to be fired rapidly. This setup includes advanced recoil management and electronic firing controls to ensure optimal accuracy and penetration, mirroring the AN-94’s ability to deliver high precision under rapid fire conditions. This should be adapted for our tank, such that the tanks fire two sequential shells at a target, for enhanced and unstoppable level of destruction. The shells would not be wasted, as the AI system would guarantee a perfect shot each time.

Delayed Timing and Sequential Targeting: Ensure that the firing mechanism is designed to avoid interference between the explosions of successive rounds, maximizing the effectiveness of each shot, and preventing from reaction of explosion of the first round on the enemy tank architecture from incinerating the incoming second round.

AI Targeting: Future developments in firing systems will incorporate AI to allow for real-time adjustments and targeting, instantaneous and perfect tracking with no lag between turret movement following moving object, ensuring unparalleled accuracy and adaptability and shot placement change in rapidly changing combat situations.

3. Firepower and Ammunition:

Tandem Warheads and Sabot Rounds: Equip the Abrams with tandem-charge warheads and advanced sabot rounds, capable of penetrating even the most advanced armour systems.

Programmable Warheads: Emerging technologies in ammunition will introduce programmable warheads capable of adjusting their penetration and blast characteristics mid-flight to maximize effectiveness against emerging battlefield threats.

4. Advanced Systems:

AI-Battlefield Management: Leveraging cutting-edge AI systems will transform battlefield management, enabling decisions and actions at speeds and accuracies previously unattainable, fundamentally changing the dynamics of armoured warfare.

AI-Driven Systems: Implement AI-driven systems to enhance situational awareness and targeting accuracy, facilitating real-time decision-making and efficient battlefield management. Utilize NVIDIA AI systems (chips designed, analyzed and manufactured in USA), chosen for their robust developer ecosystem and high component availability, aligning with the Revolution In Military Affairs’ philosophy of leveraging ‘off-the-shelf’ consumer electronics for cost-effectiveness and scalability. This approach boosts resistence to attrition warfare capabilities, optimizes cost considerations in the event of National Debt Collapse, and supports sustained engagement durations in conflicts, thereby extending operational timelines indefinitely.

Hybrid Power Plant: Integrate a hybrid engine system inspired by South Korean advancements to increase efficiency and reduce logistical strain. This provides enhanced torque required to swiftly transport enhanced tanks as described in this article, thus helping make tanks compatible to win AI wars, which require a higher level of speed, reaction time, and mobility level. Hybrid power plants in future tanks will not only reduce the logistic footprint but also enhance stealth capabilities, using silent electric modes to maneuver undetected.

5. South Korean Influence (including Modular Design)

Composite Armour: The next-generation Abrams tank will incorporate advanced composite armour, drawing inspiration from the ongoing developments in South Korea’s K3 main battle tank. The K3, expected to surpass the K2 Black Panther, will feature highly resilient composite materials that provide enhanced protection against both kinetic and chemical threats while reducing overall weight. This armour will likely integrate nano-technology, allowing the material to adapt dynamically to different types of impacts, thereby optimizing defense without sacrificing mobility. Incorporating such cutting-edge armour into the Abrams will ensure it remains highly protected against evolving battlefield threats.

Mobility Enhancements: Inspired by the mobility enhancements expected in the K3, the Abrams tank will adopt advanced suspension systems designed to manage the increased weight from additional armour and protective systems. The K3 is anticipated to feature adaptive suspension technologies that can adjust in real-time to the terrain and the tank’s load, ensuring optimal performance in varied environments. By integrating similar technology, the Abrams will maintain its agility and speed, crucial for modern combat scenarios where quick response times and maneuverability are essential.

Upgradability: Design the tank with modular components, allowing for easy upgrades as technology evolves, ensuring long-term relevance on the battlefield. Additionally, this ensures rapid field rebuild of tanks.

Modular Design: The Abrams tank’s power plant will benefit from the innovations seen in South Korea’s K3 tank, which is likely to incorporate advanced hybrid propulsion systems. These systems will combine traditional fuel-based engines with electric drives, offering not only increased efficiency but also the capability to operate silently in stealth mode. This dual power system will be particularly advantageous in AI-driven warfare, where the ability to quickly and quietly reposition on the battlefield could provide a significant tactical advantage.

The modular design concept, a key feature in the anticipated K3, will also be central to the next-gen Abrams tank. The K3’s modularity is expected to allow for rapid battlefield repairs and component upgrades, facilitated by robotic systems and potentially even autonomous drones. By adopting this approach, the Abrams tank will be able to quickly adapt to different mission requirements or recover from damage without requiring extensive downtime, thus maintaining operational readiness in prolonged engagements.

Rapid-Rebuild Functionality: If a turret is exploded by incoming missile and/or incoming drone, modularity concepts indicates that a truck is able to deliver one and re-install on the tank for a rapid rebuild functionality, so the fight can drive forward at fastest rate possible to re-enable the tanks to active service. This should also apply to other components of the tank, as it should be sectionalized for rapid rebuild possibilities and multiple configuration options, depending on mission parameters.

Modular design principles will revolutionize field maintenance and upgradeability, with drones and robotic systems performing repairs and upgrades in-field, significantly reducing downtime and enhancing operational readiness.

Broken modules can be shipped back for repair while they are out of service and brought back refurbished back to the battlefield to replace ongoing parts being destroyed.

6. Modular Support System: Mini-Tank Attachment

Mini-Tank Design:

Description: As part of the Next-Gen Abrams Tank, a Mini-Abrams Tank attachment is carried on the rear of the main tank, designed to detach and operate independently on the battlefield. This Mini-Abrams Tank, similar in size to a large ATV, features four rugged wheels that provide high mobility, enabling it to navigate difficult terrain at speeds up to 240 km/h. Despite its compact size, the Mini-Abrams Tank is heavily armed with a Gatling gun, akin to the Close-In Weapon Systems (CIWS) found on Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, and is equipped with Javelin anti-tank, anti-vehicle, and anti-base missiles, delivering extensive firepower and making it a formidable asset in combat.

Operational Role:

Perimeter Defense: The mini-tank acts as an outer perimeter defence unit, designed to engage and neutralize threats that approach the main tank. Its primary role is to handle autonomous soldiers, enemy vehicles, and aerial threats like drones and low flying helicopters or low flying jets. By doing so, it extends the operational range of the Abrams, provides Level 6 Armour system with anti missile defence and anti tank shell defence, effectively creating a buffer zone that allows the main tank to focus on primary targets while the mini-tank handles secondary threats, or simply doubling up on the firepower of the main tank and doubling up on the defensive system for fault tolerance and redundant defence systems design philosophy.
Flanking and Ambush: The mini-tank is designed to flank enemy positions, attacking from angles that are difficult for the enemy to counter, preventing the enemy the luxury of engaging our next gen tank from the convenience of entrenched cover. It can operate in conjunction with the main tank, which draws enemy fire, while the Next-Gen Mini Abrams Tank maneuvers to strike from the sides or rear. Its low profile and high speed make it hard to detect and hit, allowing it to exploit gaps in the enemy’s defence.
Low-Profile Stealth Operation Mode: It’s missile systems and gun sink into it’s body to achieve a “stealth” low profile operation, that is not visible on the field in between the bushes.

AI Coordination:

Seamless Integration: The mini-tank is fully integrated with the main Abrams tank’s AI systems, allowing for coordinated attacks and seamless communication between the two units. The AI on the main tank controls the mini-tank’s movements and targeting systems, ensuring that it operates in perfect harmony with the larger tank. This coordination allows for highly effective battlefield strategies, with the mini-tank engaging targets that the main tank cannot easily reach.

Engagement Capabilities:

Drone and Robot Defense: The Gatling gun is specifically designed to handle aerial and ground-based autonomous threats. It can rapidly engage and destroy incoming drones, as well as robotic ground units, before they pose a danger to the main tank.
Missile Strikes: The mini-tank’s missile system provides additional firepower against larger targets, such as enemy tanks or low-flying aircraft. The missiles are guided by the main tank’s AI, ensuring precision strikes that complement the main tank’s own offensive capabilities.

Strategic Advantages:

Extended Fire Coverage: By deploying the mini-tank, the Abrams effectively increases its field of fire, engaging multiple threats from various angles. This creates a layered defense that overwhelms enemy forces, allowing the main tank to focus on high-priority targets.
High-Speed Maneuverability: The mini-tank’s ability to move quickly and quietly across the battlefield makes it an excellent tool for surprise attacks and quick repositioning, making it a valuable asset in dynamic combat scenarios.

Conclusion:

The integration of a mini-tank attachment into the next-gen Abrams significantly enhances its battlefield capabilities. By providing additional firepower, extended defense, and high-speed flanking abilities, the mini-tank serves as both a protector and a force multiplier, ensuring that the Abrams remains dominant in modern warfare.

7. Modular Support System: Mini-Tank Attachment with Mounted Mini Loyal Wingman Drone

Description:

This variant of the Next-Gen Abrams Mini Tank is equipped with a mini Loyal Wingman Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Gunship Firepower drone (ISRF) developed by Boeing, mounted on its back. In high-risk enemy territories with entrenched missile defenses, artillery, and tank defenses — such as regions in China or Russia — the Abrams Mini Tank detaches from the main platform to undertake a covert reconnaissance mission. Operating with stealth and high mobility, it navigates deep into enemy-controlled areas without detection.

Operational Sequence:

Detachment and Reconnaissance Mission: The Mini Abrams Tank separates from the Main Next Gen Abrams Tank platform and embarks on a stealthy reconnaissance mission, traversing difficult terrain at high speeds (up to 240 km/h) while avoiding detection.
Deployment of Mini Stealth Loyal Wingman Drone: Upon reaching a strategic location, the Mini Tank deploys the Mini Stealth Loyal Wingman drone. The drone conducts stealth flights to map enemy positions, gather critical intelligence, and identify high-value targets.
Engagement and Suppression: Phalanx Gatling Gun: The Mini Stealth Loyal Wingman drone is armed with a Phalanx-style Gatling gun system, similar in setup to AC130 Gunship and similar to the Close-In Weapon Systems (CIWS) on Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. This allows it to engage and wear down enemy forces, drones, and autonomous vehicles systematically, reducing their defensive capabilities over time and to continue the engagement between the main engagements, thus maintaining a sustained and exhausting pressure on the enemy, removing the concept of a “pause” of fire throughout the engagement and war. Missile Capability: Equipped with anti-tank, anti-vehicle, and anti-base missiles as well, the Mini Loyal Wingman drone can launch precision strikes against identified targets, should a high value target materialize, further weakening enemy defenses.
Advanced Offensive Capabilities: Strategic Strikes: In scenarios requiring additional force, such as the identification of an entire division, the Loyal Wingman drone can deploy small nuclear munitions to neutralize high-value targets, softening enemy defenses and paving the way for the main Next Gen Abrams Tank’s assault to roll over the ashes of those enemies of Freedom.

Strategic Advantages:

Extended Operational Range: By deploying the Next Gen Mini Tank and Mini Loyal Wingman drone, the Abrams system extends its reconnaissance and engagement capabilities beyond the reach of traditional tank operations.
Enhanced Situational Awareness: The integrated ISRF capabilities provide real-time intelligence, enabling informed decision-making and adaptive strategies on the battlefield.
Disruption of Enemy Defenses: Systematic engagement and suppression of enemy forces by the Loyal Wingman drone degrade the adversary’s ability to mount an effective defence, facilitating the success of the main assault.
Coordinated Assaults: Seamless AI-driven coordination between the main Abrams Tank and the Mini Tank with its Loyal Wingman drone ensures synchronized attacks, maximizing combat effectiveness and minimizing vulnerabilities.

Advanced Strategic Advantages: Coordination and Battlefield Dynamics

The Next-Gen Abrams Tank system introduces a revolutionary approach to battlefield engagement through the seamless integration of multiple AI-driven units: the main Abrams Tank, the Mini-Tank, and the Loyal Wingman drone. This triad of platforms creates a multifaceted and dynamic offensive and defensive network that far surpasses traditional tank strategies, where a single, human-operated tank might be the sole focus of enemy fire; turning a tank into a ‘network system in and of itself, significantly increasing the network effect of an army of ‘networked AI tank collectives – or another way to say, a network of networks, multi level networks, compounding the network effect exponentially on top of each other.

The Next-Gen Abrams Tank system revolutionizes battlefield engagement by seamlessly integrating multiple AI-driven units: the main Abrams Tank, the Mini-Tank, and the Loyal Wingman drone. This triad forms a sophisticated and dynamic network that goes far beyond traditional tank strategies, where a single human-operated tank might be the primary target of enemy fire. A human tank is turned into a collective AI network as an independent fighting unit force. Instead, the system transforms each tank into a “network system” within itself, significantly amplifying the overall effectiveness of an army through interconnected AI tank collectives. This creates a “network of networks,” where multiple layers of connectivity and coordination compound the network effect exponentially, enhancing both offensive and defensive capabilities. (Each node is a network of firepower).

Coordinated Assaults:

The primary advantage of this multi-unit system lies in its ability to execute highly coordinated and synchronized attacks. The AI-driven systems allow these units to operate in perfect harmony, coordinating their movements and firepower to overwhelm enemy defences from multiple angles. The main tank, with its formidable layered armuor systems and sequential firing capabilities, acts as the centerpiece, drawing enemy attention and absorbing incoming fire with its robust defensive systems.

Meanwhile, the Mini-Tank, with its high-speed manoeuvrability, flanks enemy positions, attacking from angles that are difficult for entrenched enemies to follow, to find, to predict, to estimate and to counter. Its low profile and stealth capabilities make it a hard target to detect and engage, allowing it to exploit gaps in the enemy’s defences. It’s intelligence, allowing to use angle of fire to estimate blind spots, and to strategically analyze best methods of leveraging blind spots of enemy agents for optimum attack angles.

The Loyal Wingman drone adds an entirely new dimension to the engagement strategy by introducing an aerial threat that most ground-based enemies are ill-equipped to counter. The drone’s ability to operate in the airspace above the battlefield allows it to launch precision strikes against high-value targets, provide real-time reconnaissance, and systematically degrade enemy defenses over time.

Physics of Engagement and Defense:

The physics of having three independently moving, heavily armed platforms is that it creates a multi-domain assault that enemy forces cannot easily counter, especially if all they have are human based tank platform(s). While traditional tank battles might involve straightforward exchanges of fire between two or more units, the introduction of the Mini-Tank and the Loyal Wingman drone adds layers of complexity that can overwhelm enemy forces.

For example, an enemy tank might be able to engage the main Abrams Tank with its weapon systems, but it would struggle to simultaneously defend against a high-speed flanking Mini-Tank and an aerial assault from the Loyal Wingman drone. The combined firepower from three different domains — land and air — creates a crossfire scenario where the enemy is continually exposed to attacks from angles they cannot defend against simultaneously.

Tactical Superiority:

The Next-Gen Abrams Tank system’s ability to attack from multiple vectors— land and air — while also presenting a formidable defense makes it strategically superior to traditional tank formations. The AI coordination ensures that these units do not merely engage targets randomly; they perform synchronized strikes that maximize damage while minimizing their exposure to return fire.

This means that in a typical engagement, the enemy would be forced into a defensive position, unable to effectively return fire against all three attacking units. The Mini-Tank’s high speed and stealth allow it to reposition rapidly, ensuring that it is never in the line of fire for long, while the Loyal Wingman drone can engage from above, targeting enemy units that are focused on the ground battle.

Additionally, the layered armour and defensive systems of the main Abrams Tank mean that even if it takes direct hits, it can continue to operate and support its smaller, more agile counterparts. This redundancy and fault tolerance ensure that the entire system remains operational, even under heavy fire, maintaining continuous pressure on the enemy.

Disruption of Enemy Defences:

The psychological and physical impact on enemy forces when facing a three-pronged attack from land and air is significant. Especially if an incoming force instantly expands from 10 000 to 30 000 units in an instant. Enemy commanders would be forced to split their focus, resources, and firepower, diluting their overall defensive capabilities. The continual pressure from the Mini-Tank and Loyal Wingman drone, even between major engagements, prevents the enemy from regrouping, leading to exhaustion and a breakdown of their defensive strategies over time.

By maintaining constant pressure, this system removes the concept of a “pause” in battle, where enemies might regroup or reinforce their positions. The ability to launch precision strikes, conduct reconnaissance, and apply sustained pressure systematically degrades the enemy’s ability to defend effectively.

The “Mini-Tank Attachment with Mounted Mini Loyal Wingman Drone“ significantly enhances the Next-Gen Abrams Tank’s battlefield capabilities.

By integrating a detachable Mini Abrams Tank drone equipped with a second layer detachable Mini Loyal Wingman drone, the system gains superior reconnaissance, extended engagement range, and advanced offensive options and ability to engage during down time when the Next Gen Abrams Tank commander and partner Engineer needs to rest. This multi-modal approach ensures dominance in complex and heavily defended combat environments, providing a strategic edge over adversaries who seek to conquer Freedom.

8. Conclusion:

By integrating these advanced protective systems, innovative firing mechanisms, and cutting-edge technologies, the next-gen Abrams tank, mini Abrams Tank and mini Loyal Wingman will provide superior defence, firepower, and adaptability, ensuring its dominance against evolving battlefield threats. Innovations such as the combination of the razor blade net defence and layered box armour systems will offer unmatched survivability, making it a formidable presence in modern warfare.

Also Important to Note and Consider: ‘Don’t be afraid to try different tank configuration and modelling and simulation of tank battles with different “scales” of tanks. So try to evaluate the combat power of an army of small tanks for example or perhaps tanks the size of buses, destroyer scale and even battleship scale. Different scales of tanks can be useful in different situations, so do not fear to begin to analyze the physics of such battles.’