ADATS

ADATS

XM975

ADATS

XM975

USA

VIII Rank

Battle rating:

AB	RB	SB
11.7	11.7	11.7

Class:

SPAA

Research:400 000

Purchase:1 080 000

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Description

The Missile, Air Defence Artillery, Self-Propelled, ADATS is a rank VIII American medium tank with a battle rating of 11.7 (AB/RB/SB). It was introduced in Update 1.89 "Imperial Navy".

General info

Survivability and armour

The Bradley ADATS boasts the same protection as the regular M3 Bradley hull-wise, only one key difference being that the sides are thinner by 19 mm. High calibre machineguns such as the 20 mm's on the French Main Battle Tanks will easily penetrate the sides and at times even the front part of the hull. It's not advisable to use the Bradley ADATS as a front-line vehicle but rather as a second-line support vehicle by setting up in key-points around maps.

File:Bradley ADATS Side-view.jpg

The gap between the Loader/Gunner and the Driver visualized with a green square. Also, you can see the unmanned turret.

One upside for the Bradley ADATS is that the turret is completely unmanned, meaning that any Armor Piercing shells will just overpenetrate with no injuries to the crew at all (be aware that Explosive Shells can cause the rockets to explode and instantly destroy the vehicle), and that the three crewmembers are situated in the hull with a massive empty space between the Loader/Gunner and the Driver when approached from the side. Every enemy you face will most likely overpenetrate that section and do minimal damage to the vehicle itself.

Overall, the Bradley ADATS can be quite a 'meme' vehicle as you can sometimes sustain 5-7 direct hits even centre-hull, seen as most rounds just pierce and exit the armour without any shrapnel, overpenetrating, forcing enemies to snipe for crew-members.

Mobility

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Armaments

Main armament

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Additional armament

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Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

Pros:

• Has access to 8 x multi-purpose missile, can effectively eliminate both aircraft and tanks
• Its missiles can penetrate up to 900 mm of armour
• Missiles are incredibly fast with speed of 1,200 m/s
• Powerful 25 mm cannon with good APDS for ground targets and HE ammunition for use against air targets
• Gunner operates the turret and weapons from behind protective hull instead of being in the turret itself
• Can't be destroyed/disabled if someone manages to cover the hull with a rock and fire over it
• Built on the chassis of M3 Bradly giving it good mobility and acceptable armour
• Modifications are easy to grind

Cons:

• Thin armour not effective against larger cannons
• High profile makes it hard to conceal, easily spotted
• Can be destroyed if directly rammed by a plane
• Only three crew all situated within the hull, if a shot penetrates the hull they will be rendered unconscious
• Only 1 x 25 mm cannon
• Only chance against frontal armour of enemy tanks is with missiles

History

The ADATS was developed at the end of the 1980s as a general-purpose weapon capable of bringing down low-flying airborne targets as well as armoured opponents. Hence the abbreviation: Air Defence Anti-Tank System. The system was comprised of radar for detecting and tracking targets, a complex radio kit for coordinating multiple vehicles, and eight MIM-146 guided missiles in transport and launch containers. The US Army version was built on the Bradley IFV chassis and fitted with a 25mm auto cannon. Notwithstanding the fact that it was selected after a US Army competition for the Forward Area Air-Defence program, it was found to be excessively expensive to manufacture and never made it to serial production on the Bradley chassis.

-From Devblog

Media

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See also

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• reference to the series of the vehicles;
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External links

• [Devblog] Bradley ADATS: One to Rule Them All