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16 hours ago, Mighty_Zuk said:

As far as I know, both the Bushmaster and the MK30-2 have a RoF of 200RPM. 

 

The MK-30/2 has a maximum rate of fire between 700 and 800 rounds. On the Puma, there is a special mode limited to 200 rounds, which is known as "fast single shot" in German. There are some videos about the Puma's development on the official YouTube channel of the German Army. The metal sleeve was first tested in the 2011, after initial firing tests were done in 2009.

According to the member of the BWB (Germany's military procurement agency, today known as BaainBW) in the video, the firing results of the original trials were excellent with single shot mode and already met the requirements. However when driving at high speeds, firing salvos of multiple rounds against targets moving at high speed (so firing from a moving vehicle at another) was too much for the gun stabilization system without the metal sleeve.

 

 

Originally the Puma was designed to use only "single shot" and "fast single shot" modes, but I've read somewhere that the decision was made to also unlock the full RoF as a third option.

 

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The ASCOD Ulan and Pizarro use the MK-30/2 without an external metal sleeve.

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   The bmpd comment. The signed memorandum reflects the continuing Turkish efforts to find an engine for the Altay tank, developed in Turkey, and, most likely, as well as the large number of memorandums signed by the Turkish side on this issue with other diesel engine manufacturers, is unlikely to reach practical implementation.

   It is worth noting that the integration of the 6TD-3 engine into the Altay tank, if it comes to its implementation, will require several years of R&D, testing and debugging the tank with a new engine, which will postpone the serial production of Altay. At the same time, the 6TD-3 engine itself is not yet in mass production, and the degree of its development and adequacy is doubtful.

   

   The current plans of the Turkish military department, the first 250 serial Altay tanks (which are still not ordered and have not yet been decided on the issue of choosing their particular manufacturer) should be equipped with imported German MTU MT 883 Ka 501 diesel engines, which Installed and on four manufactured demonstrators and prototypes of Altay. However, in the future, the Turkish Ministry of Defense wants to equip the tanks with engines of Turkish production.

   

   At the same time, it seems, the Turkish side is afraid of the possible embargo on the part of Germany for the delivery of MTU engines, which will make it impossible to build even the first production Altays. It is possible that, as a safeguard, a memorandum with the Ukrainian side on the possibility of installing the Kharkov 6TD-3 engine on Altay appeared. It should, however, be recalled that the goal of Turkey is to produce an engine for the Altay on its own. Since the development of production of 6TD-3 in Turkey looks extremely unlikely, the solution with imported Ukrainian engines in any case can only be a temporary palliative.

 

   Earlier, the Turkish side was negotiating the joint development and production of a diesel engine for Altay with several foreign manufacturers, and at the final stage with the Japanese corporation Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, however in all cases it was unsuccessful.

 

   Eventually, the Turkish company Tümosan received in March 2015 from the Defense Ministry's Savunma Sanayii Mustesarligi (SSM) of the Turkish Ministry of Defense a contract worth 190 million euros to create for Altay with foreign technical assistance a diesel engine with power of 1500 to 1800 hp. As a partner in the creation of the engine and the acquisition of Tümosan technologies in October 2015, after searching other possible options, the well-known Austrian company AVL List GmbH was chosen. At the same time, the Turkish side should had received full intellectual property rights and export rights to the engine. However, at the end of 2016, the Austrian government denied the AVL List a license to transfer technology to Turkey. This happened after the Austrian parliament unanimously adopted a resolution in November demanding the imposition of an embargo on the supply of arms and military technology to Turkey in view of the massive human rights violations committed by the Turkish government following the unsuccessful attempt of a military coup on July 15, 2016. As a result, in January 2017, Tümosan was forced to terminate the cooperation agreement with the AVL List, and in February 2017, SSM stripped Tümosan of the engine contract for Altay.

 

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According to Indonesian media, on March 27, 2017, the final Leopard 2RI tanks, modernized by the German group Rheinmetall, was delivered to the Indonesian port of Tadjung Priok on the Hoegh Bangkok truckloader in the amount of 21 units, of which Indonesia was supplied under the 2012 contract.

 

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Thailand to buy more Chinese tanks, reportedly for $58M

 

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    Thailand has taken another step in a burgeoning arms trade with China, with the Thai government approving the purchase of more Chinese-built tanks. 

   According to Thai government spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd, the cabinet has approved the acquisition of 10 more VT4 main battle tanks designed and built by China’s Norinco. 

   This batch of tanks, reportedly costing $58 million, will be the second batch of VT4s ordered by Thailand after an earlier batch of 28 tanks was ordered in 2016. The VT4s will replace the elderly M41 Walker Bulldogs currently operated by the Royal Thai Army. 

   The Southeast Asian kingdom has an outstanding requirement of 200 tanks and had originally turned to Ukraine for its T-84 Oplot tanks, with 49 acquired in 2011. However, delays meant that only a small handful had been delivered by 2014, and the continuing conflict in eastern Ukraine means it will be unable to fulfill the Thai order, leading to Thailand tapping China for its VT4s. 

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3 minutes ago, Walter_Sobchak said:

Over at the National Interest, some numbskull wrote an article on the M103 Heavy tank and kept referring to author Robert Icks as "Robert Hicks."  It irritated me.

 

I consider National Interest to be the gold standard for braindead, awful military technology writing.

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9 hours ago, Walter_Sobchak said:

Over at the National Interest, some numbskull wrote an article on the M103 Heavy tank and kept referring to author Robert Icks as "Robert Hicks."  It irritated me.

 

I was about to post about the same article...

 

Know what's worse than their articles?

 

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