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  1. N-L-M
    American HEAT rounds tend to have a wire and not an internal cone, and so the shorting effect can't work the same: For very light vehicles, the increased standoff in case of detonation can offer one major advantage: it can prevent blast overpressure from rupturing the body, which is much nastier than the very focused shaped charge jet.
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    For a very long time, converted tanks were the only infantry carriers in the IDF worth a damn. They were used extensively in Lebanon for the 20 years the IDF was parked there, for moving troops and for route clearance - very important against an opponent who very much liked IEDs.
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    Cage armors short out the warheads of certain weapons (primarily, anything which functions like a PG-7 with its nose piezo fuze and twin conductive cones to the base detonator), and prevent detonation of the warhead. Strykers, which are notoriously paper thin, have been running around with cage armor for the better part of 2 decades, as an example.
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    Powerpacks weigh up to 5 or so tons, which I doubt that light crane can deal with, but conversely the 113 fitters can't deal with that either, so it's likely not a problem. Replacing the 113 is always a good idea, even if it is by using an obsolete tank hull tortured almost beyond recognition. Also, you aren't very subtle with your ban evading accounts, are you?
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    Yes, but that was around 15 years ago, and appears to have been succeeded by the Namer ARV as the full all-purpose heavy ARV. This new one seems to be an "el cheapo" knockoff, likely based on mk3 hulls which are now being gradually phased out of the armor corps.
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    Looks like a cheaper knockoff Namer ARV built by converting a Mk3 like they did with the ofek.
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    Are you sure? That sounds rather extreme.
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    The trunnion height also suggests very little similarly with a Leo 2.
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    If.
  10. N-L-M
    What parts of your tank are protected against what threat is up to you to decide, but typically accepted definitions are either that the combat capability of the tank is protected or that the crew are.
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    and now, with the full-size gun: Accept no substitutes.
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    Exciting news for Howling Retriever fans!
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    Does appear to be a classic field for GIGO.
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    I too would very much like to see what you come up with.
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    There have been rumors of exactly this happening. The UK is a somewhat special case when it comes to exporting US nuclear materials, lets not forget that they share nuclear missiles with the US, and have in the past shared nuclear reactors and even warheads. DU tank ammunition pales in comparison.
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    Behold, the first images of the Howling Retriever: The armor packages are... not small. The weight of the structure and armor do however converge to a reasonable all up weight, as I planned. For those not aware as to what a Howling Retriever is, well, it's a pre-war breed of canine from the Texas region, known for its aggressive tendencies:
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    As I am a judge on this competition, I cannot win, and therefore I feel free to make a bit more of a joke submission. I considered the fully upgraded Norman, as a totally-not-industrial-espionage-honest-guv deal, or a set of 3, 2-man tanks under a tarp, one with an ATGM for the armor performance, one with an RR for the anti infantry performance, and one with an autocannon (and all with both fixed and coax MGs) for that sweet sweet automatic firepower. I ended up deciding on something which is both more ridiculous and yet also much more sensible, stay tuned.
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    15:1 or so.
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    Yes.
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    I propose assuming the hardness of the RHA, as given, is flavor text, And that the TE and ME don't change.
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    Half as turrets on various 4x4s and half as open topped assault APCs or as SVBIEDs. The top half and the bottom half, respectively.
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    I'm pretty sure all the IDF Tirans were disposed of by the mid 80s, with the introduction of the Merkava 1 and 2 displacing them. It was approximately at this time that some of the Tiran 4s and 5s were converted to Achzarit HAPCs, as they were no longer needed as gun tanks. The powerpack change done on the Achzarits requires a significantly raised roof, I don't think it's workable on the original hull height. AFAIK the IDF never went that far with the 115mm. A very significant portion of the captured ammo was lost in a warehouse fire, which led to the fairly quick retirement of the type. Also, in the late 1970s and early 1980s IMI was a world leader in APFSDS development, and to this day they aren't too far behind the cutting edge, so why would the IDF buy from Belgium? There was at least one Tiran fitted with Blazer, but the fleet was not upgraded. They were all retired without the upgrade. Trophy came much much later and to this day has only been seen on Merkava 4s and Namers in active service, and experimentally on a Merkava 3.
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    No more than 60 lb, ideally less than 55 lb, would be my take.
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    Remember that the submissions are measured by the judges not only against the specification but also against the other competitors. Features which are included or excluded will be judged on their merits as part of a cohesive whole.
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    Not a practical proposition, really. You'll get a naturally vs artificially aged condition if you let it sit around for a while without messing with it any more, which for some precipitation hardened metals can be around halfway to the full artificial age. That's quite the "if". And even if you *do*, there are a few reasons. Fabrication efficiency, cost, repairs, and the like all come to mind.
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