When it comes to VT 5 there is good story to tell.
When first it was revealed in 2016 it was like that.
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Then it gone through some serious modification and design change based on feedback from extensive testing. So, it became that,
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However, the final touch was yet to come. which is like that.
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Finally, it became an excellent and reliable platform with a 1000x HP engine specialized in low oxygen high altitude operation. Also, It is equipped with 3rd generation cooled sensors compare to 2nd gen of VT 4.
Now, when compared to Harimau it has superior mobility as Harmau has 20HP/tonne power/weight ratio with its 711 HP engine, meanwhile VT 5 has 30HP/tonne power/weight ratio in its standard armor configuration and 27HP/tonne in its advanced configuration.
And when it comes to armor...well, even in the standard configuration you will clearly notice that, armor is considerably thicker on VT 5 than Harmau.
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Compare it with the 3rd VT 5 photo .
In terms of specification VT 5s frontal Armor is around
300mm RHA in standard configuration and equivalent to
500mm RHA or more in advanced configuration. While on the other hand, Harmau has STANAG 4569 level 6 protection in front, which is roughly equivalent to 150mm RHA.
@Gary @Umigami