PaPø-35
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| TAL-35 | |
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| Type | Airborne Tank Destroyer |
| Place of origin |  Trinovantum |
| Service history | |
| Used by | Trinovantum |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Global Defense Land Systems |
| Designed | 1990-1994 |
| Manufacturer | Global Defense Land Systems |
| Produced | 2004-Present |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 20.1 tonnes (22.2 short tons; 19.8 long tons) |
| Length | 6.2 metres (20 ft 4 in) |
| Width | 2.69 metres (8 ft 10 in) |
| Height | 2.37 metres (7 ft 9 in) |
| Crew | 3 (commander, gunner, driver) |
| Armor | Welded Aluminium |
Main armament | 12 x Global Defense Aerospace GMS-52 Hypersonic Anti-Tank missiles |
Secondary armament | 1 x CAM-74 machine gun |
| Engine | 9.0L V6 turbo-diesel engine 552 hp |
| Power/weight | 28 hp/tonne |
| Suspension | torsion bar |
| Ground clearance | 410 millimetres (1 ft 4 in) |
| Fuel capacity | 570 L (150 US gal) |
Operational range | 483 km (300 mi) |
| Speed | 70 km/h (43 mph) |
The TAL-35 is a Trinovantan air-deployable Anti-tank missile carrier developed by Global Defense Land Systems to augment the anti-armor capabilities of Trinovantan rapid deployment forces. It uses the same chassis as the TAG-35 airborne tank and carries the unconventional GMS-52 kinetic Anti-Tank Guided Missile as its primary weapon.
Development
The development of third generation main battle tanks the during the 1980s was expected to degrade the effectiveness of currently in-service anti-tank missiles to an unacceptable degree. At this time the best and primary means of neutralizing hostile armored threats available to the Trinovantan rapid deployment forces was the ATAL-24 ATGM carrier. The current Trinovantan TAG-33 had already demonstrated an exceptional resistance to current anti-tank missile systems, including the ATAL-24. Modern foreign designs such as the Notreceauen AVS 54 and the Dnieguin Tarskvagn-124 were believed to be similarly resistant to anti-tank missile threats. The expected proliferation of these vehicles, or other MBTs with similar capabilities, would thereby pose a significant risk to Trinovantan rapid deployment forces.
To address these concerns, a competition for a new anti-tank weapons system was initiated in 1987 to replace the ATAL-24. Requirements were simple; the weapon had to be able to defeat the armor of any current armored vehicle, it had to be capable of being paired to a airdrop capable vehicle, and it had to have a per-unit production cost that did not exceed 5 times the current cost of the GMS-23 missile used on the ATAL-24. Several designs were submitted, using various methods to achieve the criteria set out by the competition such as large tandem HEAT warheads or top-attack flight profiles. However, the Global Defense Aerospace proposal utilized a novel approach, a hardened steel penetrator mated to a high-output rocket. This weapon system, mounted on a new turret designed for Global Defense's in-development TAG-35 airborne tank, would go on to win the program.
Armament
The primary armament for the TAL-35 is Global Defense Aerospace's GMS-52 missile.
