Talk:Future Combat Systems Mounted Combat System

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I've create a sub-temp, using text directly copied from http://www.army.mil/fcs/factfiles/mcs.html, which is not protected by copyright.

Contents 1 Neutrality 2 14.5mm protection 3 Main gun 4 Looks like 188 tons heavy 5 M1?

[edit] Neutrality

Can somebody say why the neutrality of this article is disputed? --AlainV 02:24, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

Not sure about the neutrality, but I added a controversy section so I'd say it's pretty balanced at the moment, maybe we should go ahead and remove the neurtrality thing? --202.7.166.168 06:54, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] 14.5mm protection

There's an error with the 14.5mm protection part, I'm pretty sure USSR 14.5 Ammo is almost twice as powerful as NATO 12.7mm. Spoonman.au 03:57, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, that's true. 14.5 is a large heavy machine gun round. I removed the comparison. Deleuze 01:33, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Main gun

What will the size of the main gun on this vehicle be? Also, can it be airdropped? Redxiv 05:53, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Main gun is 105 mm, but I understand there's some talk about going to 120 mm. The vehicle as designed is over 30 tons now; not sure if that's too much for airdropping. -Amatulic 20:07, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Looks like 188 tons heavy

If this vehicle is supposed to be light, why does it look like an exact replica of the nazi's 212-ton Porsche "Maus" megatank? Did the rendering artist invent a design and styling out of thin air? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.131.210.162 (talk) 10:50, 11 April 2007 (UTC).

The FCS MCS is smaller than any other tank. That artist rendering also doesn't resemble the actual design. -Amatulic 18:51, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] M1?

Is this tank designed to replace the current Abrams M1 series? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.84.194.69 (talk • contribs) 2007-05-13

Considering the age of the Abrams, probably. But the replacement will likely be a slow phase-in. -Amatulic 18:51, 14 May 2007 (UTC)