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MBT-70
VI
Rank
AB
9.0
RB
9.3
SB
9.3
Battle rating
USA
Game nation
Medium tank
Main role
110,000
RP
Research
620,000
SL
Purchase
General information

The 152-mm Gun-Launcher Main Battle Tank 70 (MBT-70), also known as the KPz-70 in Germany, was a collaborative U.S. and West German initiative to develop a new main battle tank to replace the existing M60 family of MBT during the 1960s. This was intended to combat the new generation of tanks designed by the Soviet Union for the Warsaw Pact. The new tank was planned to have sophisticated features like newly designed hydropneumatic suspension, dual-layer spaced armour, and a 152 mm XM150E5 gun/launcher that could fire both conventional ammunition and the Shillelagh missile for long-range engagement. The tank additionally featured a remotely controlled 20 mm weapon station on the turret roof. Overall, the tank provided nuclear, biological, and chemical protection for the tank crews (NBC protection capability). The tank was anticipated to remain in service into the 1990s, however the program experienced significant challenges from the start, with the United States Army and the German Bundeswehr having diverging doctrines that were not coordinated and were not resolved before the project was too far along to be modified. The Germans were sceptical of the combined gun and missile launcher, and the U.S. Congress was frustrated by the program's increasing budget without results. By the late 1960s, the MBT-70's development had gone far over the allocated funds, prompting West Germany to abandon the project in 1969. The U.S. continued development of the MBT-70 with the XM-803, a project intended to cut down on the costs of the MBT-70 by only utilising American components; however, this was also finally abandoned in 1971. Data and technology from the MBT-70/XM-803 project transferred to the development of the M1 Abrams, while West Germany built the Leopard 2 as its main battle tank.

Introduced in Update 1.71 "New E.R.A.", the MBT-70 offers players unique insights into the collaboration of tank development efforts by both the U.S. and West Germany. Despite the program's eventual demise, the MBT-70 gives several unique capabilities for Cold War U.S. Army ground forces players, particularly the capacity to launch anti-tank guided missiles from the gun barrel, which is unusual in Western MBTs but prevalent in Soviet MBTs. Overall, the MBT strikes a good balance between protection, speed, and firepower, allowing players to easily engage most threats.



Survivability and armour
Armour front / side / back
Hull 80 / 46 / 25 mm
Turret 168 / 168 / 35 mm
Visibility 86 %
Crew 3 persons
Support systems
Mobility
Max speed
Forward 6472 km/h
Backward 6472 km/h
Power-to-weight ratio 28.525.254.444.2 hp/t
Engine power 1,4751,3052,8142,286 hp
Weight 51.7 t
Optics
Gunner
Commander
Driver
Optics zoom
7.0x–14.0x
2.0x–8.0x
Armaments
152 mm XM150E5 gun/launcher
Ammunition 48 rounds
First-order 24 rounds
Reload 7.5 s
Vertical guidance -10 / 20°
Turret Rotation Speed basic crew → aces
Horizontal 25.221.447.434.33630.667.849 °/s
Vertical 17.51461.239.2252087.556 °/s

AmmunitionTypeArmor penetration (mm) at a distance:
10 m100 m500 m1000 m1500 m2000 m
HEAT380380380380380380
ATGM431431431431431431
Smoke333333
APFSDS285281270254239223
20 mm Rh202 cannon
Ammunition 2,000 rounds
Belt capacity 750 rounds
Reload basic crew → aces
13 → 10 s
Fire rate 900 shots/min
Vertical guidance -15 / 75°
Turret Rotation Speed basic crew → aces
Horizontal 6353.6118.685.79076.5169.4122.4 °/s
Vertical 4233.614794.16048210134.4 °/s

BeltBelt fillingArmor penetration (mm) at a distance:
10 m100 m500 m1000 m1500 m2000 m
HEFI-T/HVAP-T575237241510
7.62 mm M73 machine gun (coaxial)
Ammunition 6,000 rounds
Belt capacity 250 rounds
Reload basic crew → aces
10.4 → 8 s
Fire rate 500 shots/min

BeltBelt fillingArmor penetration (mm) at a distance:
10 m100 m500 m1000 m1500 m2000 m
AP/T13127320
Economy
Repair cost Basic → Reference
AB 4,516 → 6,232 SL
RB 4,490 → 6,196 SL
SB 5,824 → 8,037 SL
Crew training 175,000 SL
Experts 620,000 SL
Aces 2,100 GE
Research Aces 1,010,000 RP
Reward multiplier AB / RB / SB
150 / 200 / 240 % SL
226 % RP
Total cost of modifications 182,100 RP
306,000 SL
Talisman cost 2,700 GE

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