Main Battle Tanks VI: Oplot-Z
Oplot-Z
Origin: Oplot-M of Ukraine
Crew: 3
Weight: 51 t
Length (gun forward): 12.02 m
Hull Length: 8.7 m
Width: 5.17 m
Height: 3.28 m
Maximum Road Speed: 210 km/h
Maximum Off-Road Speed: 140 km/h
Overview
The Oplot-Z is a dramatic upgrade of the Oplot-X, which is based on the Oplot-M. With cutting-edge technology and some magic, this tank can push its turret down, in order to reduce its height by almost half (from 3.28 m to 1.78 m). Its gun also can point up at almost 90 degrees, something virtually impossible for other tanks. Hence, this tank serves mostly as anti-aircraft and ambush tank, and since it is based on a Russian tank, it is heavily favored by Pravdan-Norans.
Armor and Appearance
The Oplot-Z looks remarkably like the Oplot-M, except bigger and with a sleeker surface body. It has the typical four-tier protection system, but has at least three types of APS, which is odd for a tank.
Weapons
The Oplot-Z wields a 155-mm fully-stabilized smoothbore gun, fitted with an autoloader. However, the gun is specially designed to fire extra far, hence the longer gun.
Secondary armament consists of a coaxial 15.7-mm assault machine gun, and a 30-mm assault machine gun on top of the turret.
Other Traits
There are about an average number of these tanks. It is mostly designed as an ambush tank, using its profile-lowering ability to attack enemies.