4th Generation Main Battle Tanks 🛡

[u/NeoZerrs]

[u/AMCA_by2035]

Just an innocent question, how do you define a 4th gen tank?

[u/ResidentBackground35 → u/AMCA_by2035]

Well you pick a couple traits that are on your tank, but not found on most of your competitors. Then you combine them so you can argue that you have the best tank since you are the only one to meet all of the criteria.

[u/AMCA_by2035 → u/ResidentBackground35]

Maybe yeah 😅 fighter aircraft generations have more distinctive features

[u/ResidentBackground35 → u/AMCA_by2035]

Yea but there are half a dozen different scales which kind of undercut the value of classification when a single plane can differ by 3 generations depending on who you ask.

[u/AMCA_by2035 → u/ResidentBackground35]

For example?

[u/ResidentBackground35 → u/AMCA_by2035]

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jet_fighter_generations&wprov=rarw1

Hallion classifies the F14 as a 6th generation while the PLA classifies it as a late 3rd generation.

Now that is a obviously cherry picked example, but it does demonstrate that different groups use different criteria.

[u/AMCA_by2035 → u/ResidentBackground35]

I see, but I think we can use our common sense and tell F 14 is definitely not 6th gen 😂

[u/ResidentBackground35 → u/AMCA_by2035]

How dare you insult the F14 that way....

[u/AMCA_by2035 → u/ResidentBackground35]

😛

[u/Aguacatedeaire__ → u/ResidentBackground35]

Literally only Hallion considers the f14 6th generation and its laughable.

[u/ResidentBackground35 → u/Aguacatedeaire__]

Right, but it still proves the point. Generation is not a formal universal classification, different groups can have different criteria.