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That thing saw combat? (Or, better to say "was presented at battlefield")

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Yes. T-55 Enigma. Iraqi upgrade for T-55/T-55A. It has ceramic spaced armor (no idea if this is better than normal spaced armor). The idea might not seem impressive to you, but it's actually very good vs Iran because at the time the Enigma was made, Iran was doing nothing but spamming HEAT shells.

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Same thing happened back in the 80's when some dude went nuts and tried to drive an M60 all over San Diego.  He eventually got hung up on a concrete highway divider.  Pro-tip - concrete barriers are easy if you slow down and take them on straight on.  

 

Yeah, he stole the M60 from a National Guard Depot and went ballistic. Kinda a shitty way to go tbh.

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Yes. T-55 Enigma. Iraqi upgrade for T-55/T-55A. It has ceramic spaced armor (no idea if this is better than normal spaced armor). The idea might not seem impressive to you, but it's actually very good vs Iran because at the time the Enigma was made, Iran was doing nothing but spamming HEAT shells.

 

Aren't the blocks made of spaced layers of aluminum, rubber and steel?

 

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Apparently it adds 240mm eRHA against HEAT and 270-320mm eRHA against KE

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I have finally found out what the turbine inlet temperature for an AGT-1500 is.  It's 1190 C according to this document on adapting the engine to maritime use.  Considering that Mitsubishi has pushed turbine inlet temperatures to 1600 C, it would be possible to do much better if anyone had a desire to make a modern tank that did not have the same MTU engine as everything else.

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