This was to prevent one of the issues talked about in the German article, which was burning particulate setting off unprotected caseless ammunition during the reloading process. Which wouldn't allow the breech to open unless the bore was clear of burning particulates. The actual rate of fire, was influenced by the closed breech bore evacuation system. Hunnicutt's lists the ACTUAL RoF under the GM auto loader in his books data sheets.
Then there's the ACTUAL rate of fire, that was achievable when the system was mounted in the vehicle. There is the DESIGN rate of fire, which is what they were aiming for. Which leads to the key issue that people can't seem to wrap their heads around. That same senate hearing document also states that the GM Auto loader was a direct copy, built to the specifications of the Rheinmetall design. all crew members in turret, driver included passive night vision devices-3 man crew with autoloader "The KPZ 70 was supposed to differ from the other MBTs and be a mile stone in tank development. komplette Besatzung inklusive Fahrer im Turm untergebracht Höhenverstellbares hydropneumatisches Fahrwerk Eine Bordkanone mit der sowohl Patronenmunition, wie auch Lenkflugkörper verschossen werden sollten Stabilisierte Optik mit nachgeführter Bordkanone Als technische Besonderheiten sind hierbei zu nennen: My German is very rusty but this says it had Autoloaderĭer KPz 70 sollte sich dabei grundlegend von allen bis dahin erschienen KPz unterscheiden und einen Meilenstein in der Kampfpanzerentwicklung darstellen.
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