Panther

The Panther Main Battle Tank is one of two main tanks used by the Alvitr Central Security.

Characteristics
Crew

The crew of the Panther tank consists of 1 tank commander, 1 driver, 1 gunner and 1 loader.

Armament

The Panther tank has an extensive range of weapons, with its primary weapon being the 120mm Rheinmetall Cannon. The shells that a Panther tank use include a DM33 Armour-Piercing Shells, DM12 High-Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT) Shells, Smoke Shells and OF-11 Anti-Personnel Fragmentation Shells.

Its secondary weapon is the coaxial turret mounted GAU/7 30mm Gatling Gun, capable of shredding down infantry personnel.

Protection

The Main armour used on the Panther is Composite armour which is a type of vehicle armour consisting of layers of different material such as metals, plastics, ceramics and/or air. The armour wraps the entire vehicle and helps defend the panther defeat HEAT Projectiles.

The Active Protection System (APS) used by the Panther Tank is the Afghanit system which which allows for the safety disarming of incoming projectiles. The Panther has 8 separate Afghanit Explosively Formed Penetrators (EFP) situated along the front of the tank's turret. Afghanit systems, unlike the Trophy system fires larger and sharper projectiles that can destroy KEP shells. With the Afghanit systems placed along the front of the tank, it is able to intercept and destroy multiple projectiles coming toward the tank from the front in quick succession, but the rear is left vulnerable to attacks.