glowjack
Banned
The main problem is not fuel supply, its the fact that if you can get enough fuel most tanks are only meant to go 500km on their own. (before breakdowns)
And there is the security factor, the thing preventing most nations from acquiring nuclear weapons is not that they can't build the bomb itself its mostly that they can't refine the nuclear material and giving every tank nuclear material is not a good way to prevent nuclear profiliation.
The amount of radiation released on the battlefield would make sure that tank battles can only be fought once in a place, troops don't like the idea of radiation and as of yet there hasn't been adequate protection for troops outside of tanks .Tanks without infantry are pratically blind to enemy infantry.
Furthermore tanks can only weigh so much before the terran itself cannot sustain them, the added cooling and sheilding requires would do very little to help.
There's the stealth factor, its very hard to start a nuclear reactor so it must be on at all times in combat zones creating alot of noises.
And there's the maintaince factor, not only do we need tankers to be qualified nuclear technicians (which is hard enough with a competing civilian economy and the fact that soldiers usually only serve 3-4 years) we also need the support crews for nuclear engines and the fact that more people are familiar with petrol autos than nuclear autos.
And there is the security factor, the thing preventing most nations from acquiring nuclear weapons is not that they can't build the bomb itself its mostly that they can't refine the nuclear material and giving every tank nuclear material is not a good way to prevent nuclear profiliation.
The amount of radiation released on the battlefield would make sure that tank battles can only be fought once in a place, troops don't like the idea of radiation and as of yet there hasn't been adequate protection for troops outside of tanks .Tanks without infantry are pratically blind to enemy infantry.
Furthermore tanks can only weigh so much before the terran itself cannot sustain them, the added cooling and sheilding requires would do very little to help.
There's the stealth factor, its very hard to start a nuclear reactor so it must be on at all times in combat zones creating alot of noises.
And there's the maintaince factor, not only do we need tankers to be qualified nuclear technicians (which is hard enough with a competing civilian economy and the fact that soldiers usually only serve 3-4 years) we also need the support crews for nuclear engines and the fact that more people are familiar with petrol autos than nuclear autos.