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Well, here's another project, a combat module for a contest. It features a 140mm (L/45) gun and a 30mm autocannon (I'll change its position, I'll make a cutout in the left side of the turret and install it there). There will also be a heavy machine gun on a remote controlled weapon station with the commander's optics. And as per the mandatory technical requirements, there's an autoloader for 20 rounds and blowout panels on the turret roof (the autoloader itself isn't ready yet, only the shell trays are done).

Object 161 (T-63), 1963 – Main Characteristics

General

Combat Weight: 38.06 t

Crew: 4 (Driver, Commander, Gunner, Loader)

Role: Command Tank / Quality Enhancement

Dimensions

Hull Length: 6.65 m

Length with Gun Forward: 9.13 m

Width: 3.26 m

Height (Turret Roof): 2.13 m

Ground Clearance: 0.50 m

Track Width: 700 mm

Ground Pressure: 0.63 kg/cm²

Protection (Cast & Rolled Homogeneous Steel)

Hull Front (Upper): 100 mm at 67.8°

Hull Front (Lower): 120 mm at 60°

Hull Side: 55 mm at 40–69° (varying angle, "glass" shape)

Hull Rear: 45 mm

Hull Roof / Floor: 25 mm

Turret Front (Mantlet Area): up to 285 mm

Turret Cheeks: 260 to 220 mm (smooth decrease)

Turret Sides & Rear: 200 to 135 mm

Turret Roof: 55–65 mm

Commander’s Cupola: 135 mm

NBC Protection: Automatic, with FVU

Spall Liner: Internal, in inhabited compartments

Armament

Main Gun: 115 mm U-5TS smoothbore

Vertical Guidance: -8° / +20°

Stabilizer: Two-plane

Coaxial MG: 14.5 mm KPVT (with spent case container)

AA MG: 14.5 mm KPVT (detachable, on loader's hatch)

Ammo Load:

Main Gun: 37 rounds (unitary)

Coaxial MG: 750 rounds (5 x 150 belts)

Loading Mechanism: Manual, with mechanized first-order rack on rotating floor

Mobility

Engine: Diesel, Command Variant – 827 hp (Line Variant – 765 hp)

Power-to-Weight (827 hp): ~21.7 hp/t

Transmission: Hydromechanical (4 forward / 2 reverse gears), neutral steer capable

Max Speed (Forward/Reverse): 65 km/h / 31 km/h

Cruising Range (Road): 500–550 km

Suspension: Individual torsion bar, 6 road wheels per side

Features

Smoke Generation System: TDA

Underwater Driving: OPVT prepared

Commander’s Sight: Panoramic observation device

«Object 161» (T-63) mod. 1963

1. General Data

· Combat weight: 38.06 t

· Crew: 4 (driver, commander, gunner, loader)

· Layout: classic (driver’s compartment at front, fighting compartment in the center, engine-transmission compartment at rear)

· Role: command tank / qualitative reinforcement tank

2. Dimensions and Weight

· Hull length: 6.65 m

· Overall length with gun forward: 9.13 m

· Width: 3.26 m

· Height to turret roof: 2.13 m

· Height to commander’s cupola: 2.30 m

· Ground clearance: 0.50 m

· Hull height (floor to roof): 1.00 m

· Turret height from ring to cupola top: 0.76 m

· Track width: 700 mm

· Ground pressure: 0.63 kg/cm²

3. Armor Protection (high-hardness monolithic steel)

· Hull (welded, rolled plates):

· Frontal armor layout: pike nose

· Upper glacis: 100 mm / 67.8° (approx. 267 mm LOS equivalent)

· Lower glacis: 120 mm / 60° (small area)

· Side: 55 mm / 40–69° (tumblehome shape with reverse slope, i.e. minimum angle near the floor and maximum near the roof; the entire side is angled progressively); external fuel tanks and stowage boxes on fenders serve as additional screening

· Rear: 45 mm / 37–32°

· Roof / floor: 25 mm

· Turret (cast monobloc, semi-spherical, “teardrop”):

· Front at mantlet: up to 285 mm (very narrow band)

· Cheeks: 260 → 220 mm (gradually tapering)

· Sides and rear: 200 → 135 mm

· Turret roof: 55–65 mm

· Commander’s cupola: 135 mm

· Composite armor: none

· NBC protection: automatic anti-nuclear system (PAZ), filter-ventilation unit (FVU)

· Spall liner: on internal surfaces of inhabited compartments

4. Armament

· Main gun: 115-mm smoothbore gun U-5TS

· Elevation/depression: –8…+20°

· Stabilizer: two-plane

· Coaxial machine gun: 14.5-mm KPVT (with a container for spent cases)

· Anti-aircraft machine gun: 14.5-mm KPVT (quick-detachable, mounted on loader’s hatch, with all-round traverse)

· Loading mechanism: manual, with a mechanized ready-rack on the rotating floor (similar to «Object 435»)

· Ammunition:

· Rounds for main gun: 37 (115-mm unitary rounds)

· Cartridges for coaxial KPVT: 5 belts of 150 rounds each (or a single continuous belt)

· Cartridges for AA KPVT: stored on turret

· Spent case extraction: through a hatch in the rear slope of the turret roof

· Sight complex:

· Day sight-rangefinder TPD-43B

· Night sight TPN-1

· Commander’s panoramic observation device

5. Mobility

· Engine: forced diesel

· Command variant: 827 hp

· Line variant: 765 hp

· Power-to-weight ratio (827 hp): approx. 21.7 hp/t

· Transmission: hydromechanical

· Gears: 4 forward / 2 reverse

· Neutral turn capability (tracks driven in opposite directions)

· Maximum road speed:

· Forward: at least 65 km/h

· Reverse: at least 31 km/h

· Road range: 500–550 km (with fuel in external fender tanks and internal tanks)

· Suspension: independent torsion bar, 6 road wheels per side

6. Ergonomics and Visibility

· Driver: three triplex periscopes (forward, left, right); hatch opens at any turret position; breech strike prevented

· Loader: positioned on the right; access to ready-rack rounds without rising from seat

· Access/egress: individual hatches in turret and hull roof

· Radio set: reinforced, extended range

· Intercom: tank intercom for all crew members

7. Features and Modernization Potential

· TDA (thermosmoke apparatus) installed

· Reduced bore axis height and overall height compared to the T-62

· High stability against overturning by nuclear blast wave

· Side hull shape promotes frequent ricochet of projectiles into the ground

· Provision for OPVT (underwater driving equipment) installation