UT10M3 Nombril

The UT10M3 Nombril is by far the most advanced and most capable main battle tank to exist in Khertland army service thus far. Its designed to replace both the Escutcheon IV and Seth main battle tanks and combine their capabilities onto one platform. Significant research into this area originated with the failed MI2 Infantry Fighting vehicle prototype. The MI2 program led to the creation of a hull design that provided excellent protection against kinetic and chemical rounds along both the front and side while still retaining equally impressive EMP protection. However due to the vulnerability of the turret, the MI2 never entered service. Instead the lessons learned prompted interest in the possibility of replacing the Escutcheon IV and Seth main battle tanks. The UT10 Nombril utilized the MI2 program technology providing equal frontal armor protection to that of the Escutcheon while having better EMP resistance than even the Seth. Not only that, the side protection which the Seth sacrificed on, is only slightly worse than the Escutcheon's. The turret frontal armor is the thickest of the three main battle tanks, although the exact armor composition is not as good as the Escutcheon giving it roughly equal level of protection in practice. This was accomplished by using a large turret with improved insulation technology to maintain and exceed EMP protection of the Seth. Two issues arose. First, the onboard sensors are considerably more vulnerable to physical shocks due to material choice in order to insulate it from EMP despite significant efforts to mitigate this weakness. Nonetheless, the efforts proved fruitful as their reliability improved substantially. Although not as reliable as those on the Escutcheons or the Seth, it was within acceptable limits. The army has cited this as potential need for improvements in the future be it on a new tank or a improved model. Ultimately, when operating with accompanying support vehicles, this was not a significant issue. Secondly,