Jump to content
Please support this forum by joining the SH Patreon ×
Sturgeon's House

Clan_Ghost_Bear

Contributing Members
  • Posts

    203
  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    21

Reputation Activity

  1. Tank You
    Clan_Ghost_Bear reacted to Renegade334 in United States Military Vehicle General: Guns, G*vins, and Gas Turbines   
    @Wiedzmin
    I'll go out on a limb here and say it's the EX35 that was used in the CCVL turret. Bore evacuator is missing, but you can see where it was originally fitted on the barrel.
     

  2. Tank You
    Clan_Ghost_Bear reacted to CimaGarahau in United States Military Vehicle General: Guns, G*vins, and Gas Turbines   
    XM360 and the XM291 with the 120mm L/56 gun tube in the background
     





  3. Tank You
    Clan_Ghost_Bear reacted to CimaGarahau in United States Military Vehicle General: Guns, G*vins, and Gas Turbines   
    Along with the XM291 there's 3 photos, the first one is of the gun itself, the 2nd one is the XM8 with the XM291? and the 3rd photo is of the ATAC System Demonstrator aka Thumper, perhaps indicating that the gun tube which the Thumper is armed on the photo is the 120mm L/56 gun tube.



     
  4. Tank You
    Clan_Ghost_Bear reacted to Wiedzmin in United States Military Vehicle General: Guns, G*vins, and Gas Turbines   
    not sure, maybe M35 for M10



     
    XM360
     
  5. Tank You
    Clan_Ghost_Bear reacted to Renegade334 in United States Military Vehicle General: Guns, G*vins, and Gas Turbines   
    @Ramlaen
    The one next to the M256 is definitely a XM360.
     
    Note that wire/cable running alongside and over the breech and the three pistons (for, IIRC, a two-stage recoil) on top.
     
    However, the two guns in the group pictures are most likely M35s for the M10. There are bore evacuators (the M35 should also have an internal evacuator fan to resolve that toxic fumes issue the M10 suffered from during trials) and there are barrel shroud clamp assemblies (I assume they're clamps) right behind the muzzles. The XM360 features a pepperpot muzzle brake (even on the AbramsX, which should've been using a XM360E1 since most of the technical legwork for its installation should've already been done, but they still went with the original XM360), but the Booker's M35 doesn't.
  6. Tank You
    Clan_Ghost_Bear reacted to Cleb in Kimchi armoured vehicles: K1, K2, K21 and other AFVs from Worse Korea   
    A video showing one of the ROK BMP-3s displayed at the ROK Army Armor School.
     
    Almost as neat as the video itself is an updated look at the Armor Park at the Army Armor School. We can see both the BMP-3 and the T-80U have been added to the collection, but other points of interest is the K21 prototype with the early 40mm barrel and the dual Raybolt Launcher on the turret as well as the Tiran-6 being repainted in the standard ROK tank camo, though under a covering making just the roadwheels visible. 
     
  7. Tank You
    Clan_Ghost_Bear reacted to Renegade334 in United States Military Vehicle General: Guns, G*vins, and Gas Turbines   
    *sigh* And another one bites the dust...
     
    https://www.defensenews.com/land/2024/03/11/us-army-scraps-extended-range-cannon-artillery-prototype-effort/
     
     
    BAE and Rheinmetall are probably dancing in the aisles now...
  8. Tank You
    Clan_Ghost_Bear reacted to CimaGarahau in United States Military Vehicle General: Guns, G*vins, and Gas Turbines   
    ATAC System demonstrator also known as "THUMPER" remotely firing the 140mm gun tube which got installed in 1992. 
  9. Tank You
    Clan_Ghost_Bear reacted to LoooSeR in General artillery, SPGs, MLRS and long range ATGMs thread.   
    NK new "Juche-107" SPG during firing exercises.

     
     
    152 mm SPGs

     
     
    170 mm

     
     
  10. Tank You
  11. Tank You
    Clan_Ghost_Bear reacted to Cleb in Kimchi armoured vehicles: K1, K2, K21 and other AFVs from Worse Korea   
    Photos of ROKMC KAAV-7A1s and K55A1s landing along a beach line in Hat Yao, Thailand, for the Cobra Gold 2024 Exercise.
     
    K55A1

     
    KAAV-7A1

     
  12. Tank You
    Clan_Ghost_Bear reacted to Stimpy75 in Turkish touch   
    https://x.com/roketsan/status/1765800390170140775?s=20
     
    MZK Turret
  13. Tank You
    Clan_Ghost_Bear reacted to 2805662 in United States Military Vehicle General: Guns, G*vins, and Gas Turbines   
    DOT&E on the AMP round:
     

     
    On M1A2 SEP v3 & APS:

     
    On AMPV:

     
  14. Tank You
    Clan_Ghost_Bear reacted to Serge in General artillery, SPGs, MLRS and long range ATGMs thread.   
    109 CAESAR Mk2 ordered by the French army. 
    https://www.knds.fr/actualites/nos-dernieres-actualites/la-direction-generale-de-larmement-commande-109-caesar-mkii
    They will first supersede the AUF1.
    Good news for French artillery. 
     
    - better armoured cab ;
    - better inertial station ;
    - better engine ;
    - faster spades.
  15. Tank You
  16. Tank You
    Clan_Ghost_Bear reacted to Wiedzmin in Britons are in trouble   
  17. Tank You
    Clan_Ghost_Bear reacted to Cleb in United States Military Vehicle General: Guns, G*vins, and Gas Turbines   
    An oddity. SEPv3 hull, weird turret. Unsure if it's a mockup, photoshop, or whatever have you.
    Image was posted by the "E-4 Mafia Official" on Facebook. 
     

  18. Tank You
    Clan_Ghost_Bear reacted to Cleb in Kimchi armoured vehicles: K1, K2, K21 and other AFVs from Worse Korea   
    A correction to the above post.
     
    New images of the Joint New Years Training show that I was incorrect with what I had read about the US unit training with the Capital Mechanized Infantry Division. These new images, along with a little more digging on the matter, show that the Stryker Brigade was of the 4th Infantry Division and not the 2nd Infantry Division (2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division.) 
     

     
    Reading from DVIDS on the matter,
    "(June 10th, 2023)The 2/4 SBCT, from Fort Carson, Colorado, will replace the 2nd SBCT from 2nd Inf. Div. in the coming weeks as part of a regular rotation of forces..." 
  19. Tank You
    Clan_Ghost_Bear reacted to Serge in General artillery, SPGs, MLRS and long range ATGMs thread.   
    The first time I see this KNDS proposal of MRLS

    I don’t know the state of the concept. 
  20. Tank You
    Clan_Ghost_Bear reacted to 2805662 in United States Military Vehicle General: Guns, G*vins, and Gas Turbines   
    50mm ammunition pricing for the XM30 now out & about. 
     
     
  21. Tank You
    Clan_Ghost_Bear reacted to SH_MM in The Leopard 2 Thread   
    The hinge-mounted armor module next to the gun mantlet consists just of four steel plates and weld lines, just as described by @Wiedzmin.
     

     
    How exactly this armor is attached to the turret isn't known to me. I don't think that it is directly screwed into the trunions as there are no attachment points/screw holes, so there might be a small additional steel piece with a slightly more complex geometry.
     
    Overall, it is weakspot but probably not that much different in terms of effective protection. Behind that armor block are the trunions and the mount for the gun, so the armor is basically the arrow-shaped add-on module consisting of two layers of heavy NERA, an air gap, ~350 mm of steel, an air gap with potentially some more steel inside and then 200+ mm of gun mount or the trunions.
     
     
    It is solid steel.
     
     
    That would be depend on what exactly Hungary ordered. IIRC they placed their order before the Leopard 2A7A1 was ordered, so there might be no connections for an APS like Trophy to the onboard power - however it is not unlikely to ammend a contract to incorporate new requirements that only became apparent during (pre-)production.
     
     
    That is not really how it works.
     
     
    The armor module is just solid steel plates welded together and has an overall thickness much lower than 600 mm, more like 350 mm.
     
     
    Nobody knows, as the armor's performance is classified and Germany itself is not measuring armor protection in terms of "milimetres of RHA". There also is not just one AMAP package, it is a modular armor kit and it is applied/offered based on the end user's demand.
     
     
    Because Trophy was initially ordered as urgent operational requirement for the Leopard 2A7A1, being preferred over other options for being more mature/battle tested. The Leopard 2A8 was only ordered as a gapfiller following the delivery of tanks to Ukraine. Integrating another APS into the Leopard 2A8 would have delayed the adoption/order by several months if not years.
     
     
    It is prepared for use of KMW's Type E/Panzerung in E-Technologie armor, which is based/derived on the armor developed for the Leopard 2 PSO.
     
     
    No.
  22. Tank You
    Clan_Ghost_Bear reacted to SH_MM in Britons are in trouble   
    A bit more on the matter was posted on TankNet by Wiedzmin. There was a proposed upgrade for the turret armor to meet the increased protection requirement ("stretch potential"). Also more detailed CR1 protection estimates:

    The "lower glacis" is the part of the hull covered by the special armor, the lowest section (only RHA) is described as "toe" armor. The add-on armor for the CR1 fielded during Gulf War increased the hull front to 350/700 mm vs KE/CE (i.e. section where ROMOR-A ERA overlap).

     
    The side armor with Chobham armor modules was only protected against the most basic RPG-7 munitions. No wonder it was replaced on CR2 after a few months in Iraq with ERA.

     
    Challenger 2 apparently had barely improved hull armor and somewhat improved turret armor - that is, if the upgrade was implemented and funded. Even with the upgrade, the increased requirement (600 mm vs KE) was not met.
     
  23. Tank You
    Clan_Ghost_Bear reacted to 2805662 in The Leopard 2 Thread   
    Ze Germans have ordered as many as 24 Leopard 2 Fahrschulpanzer driving training tanks for their armed forces in two versions: 18 for the A6A3 and 8 (option of up to 32) for the 2A7V. Deliveries 2026-2029. They will replace the current A4 vehicles, in-service since 1984.
     
    https://x.com/baainbw/status/1737121245659889712?s=46&t=NgApUr0JxJVmdHJ5mss_Sw
  24. Tank You
    Clan_Ghost_Bear reacted to CimaGarahau in United States Military Vehicle General: Guns, G*vins, and Gas Turbines   
    Photo of the finished XAP-1000 AIPS used on the CATTB.

  25. Tank You
    Clan_Ghost_Bear reacted to Cleb in Kimchi armoured vehicles: K1, K2, K21 and other AFVs from Worse Korea   
    With the AAI ROKIT mockup being discovered not too long ago I had a figuring of there being more than just that mockup being thrown into the ROKIT program ring. Some info was found recently that makes mention that, along with AAI, Teledyne also was selected to make a mockup for the ROKIT program.
    No photos were included in this document of either mockup, though more interesting would be that of what Teledyne had in mind, but at least suggests there is one more design we haven't seen yet.
     

×
×
  • Create New...