What is known about it? Has a final design been decided upon? What equipment and armaments will it carry? Is the US Army looking at various features from the Abrams X to incorporate into said tank? Lastly (and most importantly) what should its name be?
>name
M1A1.
>names
>Schwarzkopf
>Mattis
>Abrams 2
>Super Abrams
>Patton 4: Revengeance
that’s about all I got
Sherman II
Mattis is a marine general so I don't think the army would be too inclined to name their next MBT after a marine. He's also very recent, so I don't think it works in his favour
Schwarzkopf would be a good name, follows tradition of being a general and also oversaw a huge tank victories, he's also modern but not too modern
I think I'd also add
>Eisenhower
Big WW2 commander, almost suprising he hasn't gotten a tank named sfter him. President too, but he may be seen as too senior and not tank related enough. Also, WW2, he's old and they might well choose someone newer.
>Big WW2 commander, almost suprising he hasn't gotten a tank named sfter him. President too, but he may be seen as too senior and not tank related enough.
I thought presidents name's were reserved for aircraft carriers.
Presidents being the names for aircraft carriers is a relatively recent thing, started during the Nimitz-class (note: Nimitz wasn't a president). Eisenhower was a general first and then president later in life and I don't think the Navy can really stand up and say they have a monopoly on naming things after presidents. Hell, in my mind, Eisenhower is probably pretty far down the list of people who would get an aircraft carrier, precisely because he was an Army guy. Giving your name to the US's MBT is pretty prestigous, it is one of the big ticket items like aircraft carriers, there is a reason generals were chosen as the basis for the names, thus a President wouldn't be dishonoured by it.
Naming military things, especially after people, is always a controversial matter balancing tradition, political whims and generally what just sounds cool. I don't think Eisenhower is top of the list but he should probably be higher than anything followed by "II"
I second Schwarzkopf
Schwanzkopf
Schwarzkopf would get my vote if it wasn't a mouthful
Its two syllables, same as A-Brams, Pat-Ton, Sher-man.
Ei-sen-how-er is literally double that at 4, that’s why I think he’ll get an Aircraft carrier not a tank.
Ronald
What do you think a syllable is? They're vowel sounds, not just component parts of a compound word. Schwarzkopf is 5. Sche-war-tze-kho-ph.
Schwarzkopf would literally be amazing
If the next MBT is named anything other than Swartzkopf I will be really surprised
M5A2 SCHWARZKOPF INBOUND, WE ENDWAR NOW
>Super Abrams
Super Abrams God Super Abrams.
>what should its name be?
M16 Patton II
Why not have a Washington? Or is he reserved for ships only?
>M2 Mattis
George Floyd
Hunter biden
Do what the Brits do and just call it something cool like "Eradicator"
Agreed. British naval naming conventions are top tier, probably followed by the japs (at least the IJN, not sure what any of their modern fleet is named).
Meanwhile all we get in the US are ships named after women and homosexuals. "USS Gabrielle Giffords". What the actual frick.
Warspite will always be the best combat ship name.
I expect we will get something homosexualish for the next MBT. The RBG or something. Stuart honestly deserves a new tank designation because he's arguably the greatest cavalry commander our continent has ever seen, but the israelites would never allow it.
Abramsblade
The Army should hold an online poll to decide the name, but not spend too much on cybersecurity, so that way we can have the M2 "Nakadashi Hitler"
I don't think they have options other than Schwarzkopf, Ridgway, or Pershing. They're probably going to name is some gay shit like Freedom or Liberty.
That turret is hideous
Why have 6 rounds stowed? Seems like it'd be better to keep all the ammo in the same bin and have only one blowout section.
Because it's significantly safer for the crew. 6 rounds going off isn't nearly as devastating as 20+. Not to mention if one of your magazines is hit, you're not just out of ammo.
I don't think it will be Stormin' Norman as he was an Infantry Officer and Armor branch has already turned over enough to Infantry.
Going by recent naming conventions it will probably be a MoH winner. Ruben Rivers, Dwight Bidwell, Matt Urban, or Ernest Kouma would be pretty cool. I would say Cashe but he would be better off for an IFV/APC. I wouldn't be against the idea of Pulaski, Armand, or Kovats getting recognized either.
The Lakota would be a pretty cool name. Comanche as well but it's already taken.
>ctrl+F 'Marshall'
>No results
Y'all should be ashamed of yourselves.
>complete and utter pogue pencil pusher who never so much as held a rifle or rode a horse/tank during combat
Nah
That'd rule out Eisenhower too.
Good
The M3 Bradley was originally going to be called the M3 Devers, but since the M2 and M3 were so similar they assigned the name just for simplicity's sake. So, 'Devers' maybe?
>MacArthur
Anon I know we have better reverse gears than the Slavs but we don't want a tank made famous for running away like a b***h
>What equipment and armaments will it carry?
Is it not planned to carry a 130mm gun or was that the Abrams X?
There's plenty of options. Ernest Harmon, Mark Clark, Jake Devers, Colin Powell, the airborne power trio: Matthew Ridgway, Maxwell Taylor, and James Gavin. If you're going all the way back there's Henry Knox or Nathaniel Greene.
And I'm going to add William Dean, because very people ever destroy an enemy tank with a hand grenade while serving as a divisional commander.
Think everyone converging on Schwanzkopf says enough.
>What is known about it? Has a final design been decided upon? What equipment and armaments will it carry? Is the US army looking at various features from the Abrams X to incorporate into said tank? Lastly (and most importantly) what should its name be?
Sheesh I was hoping glowies were busy putting fluoride in my drinking water not looking for what name to pick for an MBT, something you could shop out to a focus group for a couple hundred bucks