Invisible Battlefield Vehicles?

[Earl of Rochester]

Invisible tanks could be on battlefield within five years - Telegraph (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/defence/8247967/Invisible-tanks-could-be-on-battlefield-within-five-years.html)

[Boy_From_Brazil]

A great concept, which has been on the virtual drawing boards for a few years now. Not too sure how UK PLC would pay for it..........or what else would have to be cut to support it.

I guess the Yanks would love to take it over.

BFB

[Double Zero]

So the first you know about it is when some clown drives it over your foot ?!

[Ascot 5999]

Given the cuts that we will have to endure, we will have to resort to invisible aircraft too. The RN carriers will also have invisible aircraft for the first few years.

There is no end to the possibilities!

Ascot

[green granite]

So the first you know about it is when some clown drives it over your foot ?!

Elf 'nd safety will require that all infantry wear hi-vis jackets so that the tank driver didn't run them over. :cool:

[Green Flash]

I wonder if it can hide it's shadow and track marks too. And it's exhaust. And heat signature. And noise. So, only any use if it's used at night and is stood still. I thinks that's called a sanger, but I might be wrong.:E

[Thelma Viaduct]

Been at it for a while, Active Camouflage:

Stealth Consultancy - BAE Systems (http://www.baesystems.com/ProductsServices/ss_tes_ti_sm_stealth_consult.html)

[iRaven]

You joke about "invisible aircraft" but this has also been done in the past in trials by matching the background lighting to the aircraft - ie. removing the contrast. Makes a large FJ aircraft disappear at ranges over 1 mile plus. The reverse of which is why we painted all our training aircraft black, in order to increase the contrast between the aircraft and the background sky. DERA did loads of trials on this in the 90s - believe it or not the light on the front of the Hawk can be counter-productive in a head on encounter against a very bright sky!!! :eek:

Still for this 'invisible tank' they are going to have to build in the ability to do 'visible' spectrum, Infra-Red spectrum, Ultra-Violet spectrum and also the RF spectrum. Otherwise the soldier will rely upon their NVGs, visual augmentation systems or GMTI/SAR (good time to save the ASTOR/Sentinel then!) to see these tanks quite easily.

iRaven

[NutLoose]

Wonder how long till some Pongo figures out how to play porn films on the side of it LOL.

[Mechta]

I could have sworn there was something on 'Michael Bentine's Potty Time' in which tank noises were heard, and the marks of the tracks were left behind, but no tanks seen; I can't find it though...:}

[Clockwork Mouse]

I have it on good authority that this is a procurement scam. They will charge the MoD for 100 tanks and, when asked to produce them, will say they already have, except that the design is so successful that you can't see them and have to take them on trust.
Come to think of it, isn't that what they usually try and do?