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Ukrainian armor - Oplot-M, T-64M Bulat and other.


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On 01.10.2017 at 7:35 AM, Sgt.Squarehead said:

In recent images Oplots always seem to have a lot of bits missing.....How many have the Ukrainians actually built for themselves?

 

Oplot-BMs? None. Oplots (older vserion) - like 10 or something like that. Never were used outside of parades and PR events.

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To be fair, it might not be too wise to put the Oplot-M into mass service.

Best course of action IMO would be to give just a handful to an experimental weapons unit, pair a few military photographers to them, and send them off to limited operations. Then market them as combat proven, with combat footage being made available to top military brass tasked with procurement. Boost sales and for every sold piece, buy several cheaper derivatives for the Ukrainian army. They can make do with what they have.

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On 09.10.2017 at 8:00 PM, Stimpy75 said:

tata.....!

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i like it!

   Turret protection is rated against small arms. This is even worse than "middle" versions of BMPTs (not the BMPT-BMPT-72 hybrid and first version with 1 30 mm autocannon). Missiles are unprotected, chassis still use K-1 ERA.  

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22 minutes ago, Stimpy75 said:

I know.....they just wrapped the turret from the BMP and put it on the first T-64 hull which was available with no modification 

and the optics🤔(no back up!)

but with “I like it” I meant the look of it

Visually it is sleek, indeed. 

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http://www.janes.com/article/75201/strazh-fire-support-vehicle-breaks-cover

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   Ukraine’s Zhytomyr Armored Plant unveiled its new Strazh (Sentinel) fire support vehicle at the Arms and Security Exhibition 2017 in Kiev.

   According to company representatives, the vehicle is due to enter trials with the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence this year and it is hoped that an order will follow in 2018, although this will depend on funding and procurement priorities.

 

   Strazh is based on a T-64 main battle tank (MBT) and represents a move into heavier armoured vehicles for Zhytomyr, which until now have focused mainly on the BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle and variants of the BTR. Strazh is described as a tank fire support vehicle and outwardly resembles UralVagonZavod’s BMPT armoured fighting vehicle – the platform on display even had the acronym ‘BMPT’ printed on its side skirt.

 

   The vehicle is designed to provide armoured forces with close-range support and overwhelming firepower against infantry units employing hand held anti-tank weapons. The design leverages experience gained by Ukrainian defence forces operating in the Donbass region, where significant numbers of T-64s have been lost in urban combat.

Strazh features the Doublet ROWS, which first entered the market in 2016. Its primary armament is a pair of 30 mm ZTM-2 automatic cannons mounted side-by-side, with two KT-7.62 machine guns (MG) in between them.

 

   Mounted on the top of the turret is a 30 mm KBA-117 automatic grenade-launcher as well as two pods of Bar’er-212 anti-tank guided missiles. The ZTM-2 cannons are Ukrainian produced versions of the 2A42, which have a dual-feed configuration and are said to be capable of defeating lightly armoured targets (such as a BTR-70) at 1,500 m and personnel at 4,000 m.

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