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Cheburashka

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  1. Tank You
    Cheburashka reacted to Alzoc in French flair   
    Given that it was a vehicle from the 50's I sincerely doubt that it was electrically driven. An electrical drive will be smoother and have more torque than an hydraulic one, but it won't be inherently faster.
     
    The FL-10 turret (long 75 mm) was hydraulic so I see no reason for the similar FL-11 to be any different.
     
     
    On that topic I won't be categorical, but I very strongly doubt it. The hunter-killer concept came much later around the 80s to 90s (Leopard 2, M1A2, AMX-40) and even later for Soviet/Russian designs. Keep in mind that the original concept behind the EBR dates back to 1938-1939 (The prototype wasn't using the FL-11 turret, but it already was an oscillating one) and was updated and put in production in 1951.
     
    https://www.chars-francais.net/2015/index.php/engins-blindes/blindes-a-roues?task=view&id=78
     
     
    FCS on tanks weren't even a thing back then (only on ships and some AA guns).
     
     
    APX-L 852 x5,8 direct vision scope + 2 periscopes for situational awareness
    2 Iron-sights (one for the commander and one for the gunner) for rough pointing of the gun
    8 periscopes for the tank commander
     
    https://www.mvcgfrance.org/le-b-r-panhard-mle-51-ou-la-revanche-de-la-roue/
     
    As for photos of the interior, there are some of the 90 mm conversion of the FL-11 here, but the turret is in a very bad shape :
     
    https://chars-francais.net/2015/index.php/liste-chronologique/de-1945-a-1990?task=view&id=41
     
  2. Tank You
    Cheburashka got a reaction from Laviduce in French flair   
    I have a few questions about the French FL-11 turret mostly used on the Panhard EBR ad on a few AMX-13 hulls.
    How was the turret controlled/driven? By the rotation speed on this video(https://youtu.be/F4aXdDNLgUY) I suspect that at least the horizontal drive was electrically driven.
    Did the gunner and TC have a duplicate set of controls?
    What were the sights used by the gunner?
    Any photos of the interior would be greatly appreciated. I only found some pictures from the PrimePortal, but they do not show much.

  3. Tank You
    Cheburashka got a reaction from Stimpy75 in The Soviet Tank Thread: Transversely Mounted 1000hp Engines   
    T-72B3M 2022 addon side ERA.
  4. Tank You
    Cheburashka got a reaction from Lord_James in The Soviet Tank Thread: Transversely Mounted 1000hp Engines   
    Is that a fender mounted mg/AGS-30?!
  5. Tank You
    Cheburashka got a reaction from Ramlaen in United States Military Vehicle General: Guns, G*vins, and Gas Turbines   
    What is this thing circled in red?
    Our country has started using JLTVs and I haven't seen this add-on being used by any other operators.
     

  6. Tank You
    Cheburashka got a reaction from Laviduce in T-80 Megathread: Astronomical speed and price!   
    A new batch of T-80BVM tanks. If you look more closely, you can notice these tanks have an additional ERA plates on roof and the sight protection.
     

  7. Tank You
    Cheburashka reacted to watch_your_fire in The Soviet Tank Thread: Transversely Mounted 1000hp Engines   
    These are both cheap to produce and apparently fairly useful, and yet very few built.
  8. Tank You
    Cheburashka got a reaction from Laviduce in T-80 Megathread: Astronomical speed and price!   
    What specifically am I looking at here? T-80U prototype?

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