I will be making a list of useful aerospace related documents in this thread. I'll be adding my own collection at first, feel free to add you own.
Launch Vehicles
Advanced Cryogenic Expendible SSTO
Advanced Rocket Engines
Air Augmented Rocket Propulsion Concepts
Improved Saturn V Variants
History of Soviet Liquid Fueled Engines
Silbervogel
The Space Shuttle as an Element in the National Space Program (published 1970)
Space Shuttle Range Safety Command Destruct System Why Does the Space Shuttle Have Wings?: A Look at the Social Construction of Technology in Air and Space
Human Rated Delta IV
Ignition! An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants
Soviet Space Program Handbook (1988)
Launch Loop
Atlas V Users Guide
Current Evaluation of Tripropellant Concept
Star Raker
Assessments of Proposed Upgraded (STS, 1999)
Liquid Flyback Booster Configurations
Liquid Flyback Booster Study Assessment
Dual Liquid Flyback Booster for Space Shuttle
Apollo Lunar Module Propulsion Systems Overview
Lifting Manned Hypervelocity Reentry Vehicles
Saturn V Improvement Study
Nuclear Propulsion
Missions to Mars and the Moons of Jupiter and Saturn Utilizing Nuclear Thermal Rockets with Indigenous Propellants
Nuclear Thermal Rockets Using Indigenous Martian Propellants
Nuclear Thermal Rocket/VehicIe Design Options for Future NASA Missions to the Moon and Mars
Nuclear Pulse Propulsion
Solid Core Nuclear Propulsion Concept
Development of Nuclear Rocket Engines in the USSR
NSWR
Space Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Program
Rover Nuclear Engine Program Tests
Design of Antimatter Annihilation Rocket
Antiproton Powered Propulsion with Magnetically Confined Plasma Engines
Nuclear Pulse Space Vehicle Study
SOAR: Space Orbiting Advanced Fusion Power Reactor
Metal DUMBO Rocket Reactor
Fission Fragment Rocket Engine
The Political Feasibility of Nuclear Power in Space
Liquid Annular Reactor System (LARS)
On the Use of a Pulsed Nuclear Thermal Rocket for Interstellar Travel
Fission Fragment Rockets (1988)
Exploration
Lunex
Soviet Manned Lunar Program
Solar Rocket System Concept Analysis
Manned Mars Missions Using Electric Propulsion
Galactic and Solar Cosmic Ray Shielding
Issues in Radiation Protection: Galactic Cosmic Rays
Titan Submersible Proposal
Discovery of 1992 QB1 (first KBO)
Color Diversity Among Centaurs and KBOs
Manned Venus Flyby Proposal (1967)
Manned Eros Flyby (would have used Apollo derivative possibly)
Bussard Ramjet (simple)
Bussard Ramjet (more stuff)
Comparison of Phobos and Deimos as Exploration Targets
Scenarios for the Orbits of 2000 CR105 and 2003 VB12
A couple of spaceflight books
JIMO Materials Challenges
Aerocapture Analysis for a Neptune Mission
Aerogravity Assist at Triton
Neptune Orbiters Using Solar and Radioisotope Electric Propulsion
Magnetic Field of Mercury
Human Exploration of Mercury and Saturn
Project Mercury Report (1959)
Abort Options for Mars Missions
Manned Phobos Mission (Project APEX)
Manned Venus Orbiting Mission
High Altitude Venus Operations Concept
Crewed Mission to Callisto
Titan and Europa Mission Summary
Design of a Common Lunar Lander (1991)
Manned Lunar Habitats
Meteroid/Debris Shielding
Interstellar radio links enhanced by exploiting the Sun as a Gravitational Lens.
Origin and Orbital Distribution of Trans-Neptunian Scattered Disc
X-Ray Fluorescence from Inner Disc in Cygnus X-1
Evidence for a Distant Planet in the Outer Solar System
Evidence for Nemesis (from 1985)
THE USES OF ASTRONOMY AN ORATION
Rapid Mars Transits with Exhaust-Modulated Plasma Propulsion
VASIMIR
Columbia Crew Survival Investigation Report
CO2/Metal Propellants for Mars Sample Return Missions
ISS EVA Radiation Protection Studies
The Mars Project (Von Braun, 1953)
That is not dead which can eternal lie: the aestivation hypothesis for resolving Fermi’s paradox
Nanotechnology and Space System Architecture
Apollo Guidance Computer Code List
Missiles
Defense Against Ballistic Missiles
ICBM Basing Options
Soviet Theater Nuclear Forces: Implications for NATO Defense (1981)
The Evolution of the Cruise Missile
A series of presentations on guided missile technology from the National University of Singapore.
Seize the High Ground: The Army in Space and Missile Defense
Soviet Concepts of Ballistic Missile Defense
ABM R&D at Bell Labs
Production and Deployment of Nike-X
Professional Development Short Course on Tactical Missile Design
Tactical Missile Design
The Pluto Program
Ballistic Missile Defense Report
IADS / GCI systems of the Cold War
Air defense at the XXI. century
Ault Report (Report on Performance of US Navy AAMs in 1968)
Nike family and BOMARC HAWK Patriot
S-25 S-75 family S-200 family S-300 family
2K11 Krug 2K12 Kub 9K33 Osa 9K331 Tor 9K37M1 Buk
9K81 / 9K81M aka S-300V / VM
9K35 Strela-10 2K22M Tunguska ZU-23-4 Shilka
MANPADS
Tactical Missile Design by Fleeman. Johns Hopkins APL Lectures on Missile Design.
Military Aviation
US
THE SEARCH FOR AN ADVANCED FIGHTER A HISTORY FROM THE XF-108 TO THE ADVANCED TACTICAL FIGHTER
F-106 Data Sheet
Encyclopedia of US Air Force Air Craft and Missile Systems, Vol. 1 (1945-1973)
Encyclopedia of US Air Force Aircraft and Missile Systems, Vol. 2 (1945-1973)
Designations of US Aircraft
Accuracy of Azon Guided Bomb
AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS OF A 0.12-SCALE MODEL OF THE A-9A AIRCRAFT AT MACH NUMBERS FROM 0.30 TO 0.80
A-10 Thunderbolt II (Warthog) SYSTEMS ENGINEERING CASE STUDY
FLIGHT EVALUATION (SYSTEMS) OF THE A-1OA PROTOTYPE AIRCRAFT - APPENDIX V - WEAPON DELIVERY
FLIGHT EVALUATION (SYSTEMS OF THE A-10A PROTOTYPE AIRCRAFT
RAND Study on F-20
Project FICON
STABILITY AND CONTROL CHARACTERISTICS OF SEVEN LENTICULAR MODELS AT MACH NUMBER 5
FORCE TESTS ON TEN LENTICULAR MODEL CONFIGURATIONS AT MACH NUMBERS 3 AND 5 AND ANGLES OF ATTACK FROM 0 TO 90 DEG
LANDING CHARACTERISTICS OF A LENTICULAR-SHAPED RE-ENTRY VEHICLE
PYE WACKET. LENTICULAR ROCKET FEASIBILITY STUDY
LONGITUDINAL STABILITY AND CONTROL CHARACTERISTICS OF A LENTICULAR MODEL AT MACH NUMBER 8
STATIC LONGITUDINAL STABILITY AND CONTROL CHARACTERISTICS AT MACH NUMBERS OF 2.86 AND 6.02 AND ANGLES OF ATTACK UP TO 95 DEGREES
Congress and SDIO
AIM-4F Falcon Characteristics Summary September 1963
AIM-4D Falcon Standard Missile Characteristics September 1963
APPROVED NAVY TRAINING SYSTEM PLAN FOR THE AIM-7M/P SPARROW MISSILE SYSTEM N88-NTSP-A-50-8008C/A
NAVY TRAINING SYSTEM PLAN FOR THE AIM-9M SIDEWINDER MISSILE SYSTEM(FOR MODELS THROUGH AIM-9M-10) N78-NTSP-A-50-8105C/A
NAVY TRAINING SYSTEM PLAN FOR THE AIM-9X SIDEWINDER MISSILE SYSTEM N88-NTSP-A-50-9601A/A
APPROVED NAVY TRAINING PLAN FOR THE AIM-9M SIDEWINDER MISSILE SYSTEM (FOR MODELS THROUGH AIM-9M-8) A-50-8105B/A
DRAFT NAVY TRAINING SYSTEM PLAN FOR THE AIM-54 PHOENIX MISSILE N88-NTSP-A-50-8007C/D
APPROVED NAVY TRAINING SYSTEM PLAN FOR THE AIM-120 ADVANCED MEDIUM RANGE AIR-TO-AIR MISSILE N88-NTSP-A-50-8111C/A
A-10/GAU-8 Low Angle Test Firings Versus Simulated Soviet Tank Company NPS-50-80-008
A4D-2 Standard Aircraft Characteristics
Naval Air Training And Operating Procedures Standardization Manual A-4A/B/C
F-16A-B MLU Pilot Guide Part 1
F-16A-B MLU Pilot Guide Part 2
Pilot Operational Procedures of F-16
USAF Test Pilot School F-4 Phantom II Guide
USAF T. O. 1F-4C-1-2 Flight Operating Difference Supplemental Data USAF Series F-4E Aircraft Thunderbird Configuration
NATOPS Flight Manual Navy Model RF-4B Aircraft NAVWEPS 01-235FDC-1
NATOPS Flight Manual Navy Model F-4J Aircraft NAVAIR 01-245FDD-1
NAVAIR 01-F14AAP-1B NATOPS POCKET CHECKLIST F-14B AIRCRAFT
NATOPS FLIGHT MANUAL NAVY MODEL F−14D AIRCRAFT
XB-35 Pilots Handbook
YB-49 Pilots Handbook
YRB-49A Pilots Handbook
YF-12 Utility Flight Manual
Aparent AN/APG–68(V5) Operations Guide, Used on F-16C Aircraft
NAVEDTRA 14014A Ch. 9 Aircraft Ordnance
Weapons File 2003-2004
TECHNICAL MANUAL, ENGINEERING HANDBOOK SERIES FOR AIRCRAFT REPAIR, GENERAL MANUAL FOR STRUCTURAL REPAIR T.O. NAVAIR 01-1A-1 - 1 APRIL 2015
NAVAIR 01-245DB-2-1.2 (6-1 to 6-49) part 1
NAVAIR 01-245DB-2-1.2 (6-50 to 6-86P) part 2
NAVAIR 01-245DB-2-1.2 (6-87 to 6-108) part 3
Pilots Flight Operating Instructions for Army Model B-17 F and G, British Model Fortress II
P-40N Erection and Maintance
P-40N Flight Operating Instructions
F-86A Flight Handbook AN 01-60JLA-1 30 July 1952
F-86A Flight Handbook T.O. 1F-86-A-1 - 30 August 1957
U-2 Flight Utility Manual 1 March 1959
Supercharging the Allison V-1710
The Impact of Allied Air Attacks on German Divisions and Other Army Forces in Zones of Combat
The Effect of the Allied Air Attacks on the Ground Echelon of the Luftwaffe in Western Europe in 1944
1959 SAC Target List
A-26 Pilot Training Manual
P-40 Pilot Training Manual
P-51 Pilot Training Manual
P-47N Pilot Training Manual
P-38H Pilot Training Manual
F-14D manual
B-25 Pilot Training Manual
USAF Designations Sheet (?)
Air Force Performance in Desert Storm
YF-109/F3L
XBT2D-1 Destroyer Characteristics Sheet
AD-5 Skyraider Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
A4D-1 Skyhawk Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
A2F-1 Intruder Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
XF5U-1 Flapjack Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
F7U-3P Cutlass Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
F3D-2 Skyknight Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
F4D-1 Skyray Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
F2H-3 Banshee Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
F3H-2N Demon Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
F4H-1 Phantom Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
AF1-E Fury Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
AF-9J Cougar Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
F-11A Tiger Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
F-14A Tomcat Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
R3Y-1 Tradewind Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
R4Q-1 Flying Boxcar Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
P2B-1 Superfortress Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
P4M-1Q Mercator Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
P5M-2S Marlin Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
P3V-1 Orion Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
D-188A Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
HO4S-2 Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
HSS-1F Seabat Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
HSL-1 Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
K-225 Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
KD2G-2 Firefly Aircraft Characteristics Sheet
D-188 Scale Model Flight Tests
An Experimental Investigation of VTOL Flying Qualities Required for Shipboard Landings
X-22A Report
Air Combat Tactics Evaluation F-100 F-104 F-105 F-4C vs. MiG 15/17 Type Aircraft (F-86H)
History of the NF-104A
USAF Serial Numbers 1922-2018
JATO Rocket Flight Test
An in-depth examination of the F-20 tigershark program
Lockheed P-80A Manual North American X-15 Manual Bell YFM-1 Airacuda Manual
CIA Oxcart Archives
Performance and Surge Limits of a TF30-P-3 Turbofan Engine/Axisymmetric Mixed-Compression Inlet Propulsion System at Mach 2.5
Wind Tunnel Tests of 1/17th Scale XBDR-1 Model
US Navy Interest in U-2
Project Hazel (Mach 3 Recon)
Speed Agile Concept
Lockheed's Archangel whitepaper
NASA Comparison of Me-262, P-80, and Meteor
P-38 Design Analysis, by Hal Hibbard
Evolution of the F-16
R-2800 Maintenance Manual
General Dynamics Aircraft
X-Planes at Edwards
ATF Contenders
Grumman F-11
Northrop YF-23
Lockheed AH-56
Grumman F11F-1F Super Tiger
Douglas A-1 Skyraider
Douglas A2D Skyshark
F-22 Raptor
McDonnell Model Numbers
US Navy PBY Operations 1941-1945
Coalition Air Warfare in the Korean War
The US Navy's Transition to Jets
U.S. Air Force Investments in Hypersonic Test Technologies & Infrastructure
P-40 Variants
XB-19 Technical Report
A Compendium of Encounter Reports from P-47 Pilots
Advanced Technology Tactical Transport
A Case Study in US Air Force Air-to-Air Armament Post–World War II through Operation Rolling Thunder
747 Deployed Microfighters
Next Generation Attack Fighter Study
NAVAIR Air-to-Air Intercept Procedures Workbook.
XB-70 Aircraft Study
Tailsitter Stability and Control
P-38L Maintenance Instructions
Assault Gliders: A Reexamination
Gliders of World War 2
Convair MX-1964 Proposed Supersonic Bomber (B-58 Initial Studies)
USSR
SOVIET ASSESSMENTS OF U. S. CLOSE AIR SUPPORT
Soviet Naval Aviation (1986)
Guide on using E-24 in MiG-23ML Part 1
Guide on using E-24 in MiG-23ML Part 2
Supposed digital transcription of Mi-24V(P) Pilots notes
MiG-21Bis Performance Analysis Tumanskiy R-25-300
SU-27SK Flight Manual Part 1
SU-27SK Flight Manual Part 2
ICAS2002 Congress - Generations of Su-27 Fighter - Mickhail A. Pogossyan, Mickhail P. Simonov, German I. Zagainov, Alexy Z. Tarasov - Sukhoi Aircraft Design Bureau, Russia
Aviation Week September 24 1990- Su-27 British Pilot Report (1 of 2)
Aviation Week September 24 1990- Su-27 British Pilot Report (2 of 2)
Russian performance charts for many planes
Polkarpov Po-2 technical manual
Tu-16 Badger
Sukhoi T-50
Evaulation of Soviet Automatic Aircraft Guns 37mm NS and 37mm N
Soviet Air Force P-39 Manual
Soviet Assessments of North American Air Defense
Tupolev Tu-22M
Soviet Secret Projects: Fighters Since 1945
Su-25
Mi-24
MiG-29
MiG-31
Yakovlev V/STOL Fighters
Su-27 Walkaround
OKB MiG: A History
Soviet Secret Bomber Projects
China
Chinese AA Systems
UK
Vulcan B MK. 2 Aircrew Manual
Hunter F.1 Pilots Notes
Sea Hawk F.2, F.B.3&5 and F.G.A.4&6 Pilots Notes
Sea Hornet F.20 Pilots Notes
Venom FB.4 Pilots Notes
SPITFIRE IX, XI & XVI PILOTS NOTES THIRD EDITION
Seafire Mk.I, II, III Merlin 32, 45, 46, 55 or 55M Engine Pilots Notes
Seafire Mk.XV&XVII Griffon VI Engine Pilots Notes
Seafire mk.45 Griffon 61 Engine Mk.46 Griffon 87 Engine
Seafire FR.47 Griffon 87 or 88 Engine
Naval Air Fighting Development Unit Test Report on Seafire FR.47 WT Thread with Pilot Notes on British/Commonwealth Planes Royal Air Force Buffalo Mk. I Manual
[url= https://www.dropbox.com/s/d00qe9vl3sdkdxj/TempestV PilotNotes.pdf?dl=0 ]Tempest V Pilot's Notes[/url]
British Secret Projects (Fighters)
Sweden
Swedish Military Aircraft Reference Sheet
Swedish Air Force Squadron Composition
Saab SK35C Draken Flight Manual SFI FPL SK35C 29 October 1994
Australian Government Evaluation of J35B
A Bunch of Swedish Gas Turbine Patents from the 1930s
Swedish Air Force Jet Engines
AJ and AJS 37 Viggen flight manuals (untranslated)
1965 Swedish Fighter Tactics Manual
From Jaktfalken to Viggen
Where the Air Force was After 1945
Critical Years: Formative Moments for the Swedish Aircraft Industry 1944-1951 (untranslated)
J21 A-3 Manual (partial) (untranslated)
Italy
G.91 Flight Testing
Italian F-104 UCAV Proposal
Macchi 200 C Aircraft Manual
CR.32 Manual
February 1941 Italian Aviation Magazine
Germany
A Ram-Jet Engine For Fighters (NACA, 1947, Translation of German Paper)
1950 report on the Horten designs
Luftwaffenmaterialkommando GAF T.O. 1F-MIG29-1 Flight Manual MiG-29 (English)
Ta-152H Teil 1
Ta-152H Manual Translated
Ta 152 C, Baubeschreibung Nr.290, 5.Januar 1945, 12 Seiten
Ta 152 H-0, H-1, Vorläufiges Handbuch, Elektrisches Bordnetz, Januar 1945, 42 Seiten
Ta 152, Ersatzteil-Liste Ta 152, Januar 1945, 299 Seiten
Ta 152 C,H, Werkzeichnungen , 1943-1945, Band 1, 104 Seiten
Do-335 A1 Teil 0 Flight Handbook
Do-335 Patentschrift Document
Do-335 A1 Geraeteliste
Do 335 A-6 Nachtjaeger
Baubeschreibung Do 335 B-0 Zerstoerer
Daimler Benz Handbuch DB 601 A-B
Daimler Benz DB 603 A Handbuch
Daimler Benz DB 603 E-G Handbuch
East German MiG-29
The Development of German Antiaircraft Weapons and Equipment of All Types Up to 1945
Flight evaluation of a captured ME-262
MK 112 Autocannon
MK 101
MK 103
MK 108
American Analysis of Me-110
Bf-109 F-1 Handbook
Me-109 K-4 Handbook
Me-163 Handbook
Me-262 A-1 Handbook
R4M Rocket
Jumo 004 Improvements
Jumo 004 Pictures
Fritz-X
Rheinmetall RZ-65
Hecht Glide-bomb
Wasserfall
Hs 117 Schmetterling
Rheintochter
Rheinbote Rh Z 61/9
Luftwaffe Suicide Projects
He-176
Soviet Bf-109 G-2 trials
Bf-109 F-1/F-2 with DB601N Performance Trials
US Navy Report on Messerschmitt Aircraft Development
Ta-152 Working Drawings
Ta-400
Focke Wulf PTL 021
German Secret Weapons
Secret Wonder Weapons of Germany
Rotorcraft of the Third Reich
Luftwaffe Secret Projects (Ground Attack)
Luftwaffe Secret Projects (Fighters)
Luftwaffe Secret Projects (Bombers)
Japan
A7M Wind Tunnel Test Results (Untranslated)
A6M3 Operations Manual (Untranslated)
Ki-10 Manual (Untranslated)
Ki-44 Manual (Untranslated)
Nakajima Type 99 Ha25 Manual
Nakajima Aircraft Engine List (Line Type)
Nakajima Aircraft Engine List (Single Row Radial)
Nakajima Aircraft Engine List (Double Row Radial)
F6F-5 vs. J2M3
Japanese Secret Projects (WW2)
Various Japanese Aircraft Links
J2M2 Performance Chart
United States Strategic Bombing Survey Report I Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Airframes and Engines)
United States Strategic Bombing Survey Report XIX Army Air Arsenal and Navy Air Depots (Airframes and Engines)
Canada
Canadian Neptune (P2V)
Project 1794 (Avrocar) Final Report
Mirage 2000C Manual
L'Arsenal de l'aeronautique (Untranslated)
Hawk 75 Pilot's Manual
Hawk 75 Maneuvers
Mirage F1 in South Africa
Vietnam
North Vietnam Air Defences
Finland
Winter War and Continuation War Aircraft Types
Other/Uncategorized
Leaked Swiss Evaluation of Gripen vs Eurofighter vs Rafale
The Strategic Aspect of Supercruising Flight
Standard Aircraft Characteristics Archive
Close Coupled Canard
Design for Air Combat
Aerodynamic highlights of a fourth generation delta canard fighter aircraft
Air Intakes for High Speed Vehicles
Ballistic Missile Defense
Penetration and Deceleration of 25,000 lb Bombs in Concrete Targets
The Use of Prototypes in Weapon System Development
Radar Cross Section Measurements
Breuget Range Equation
External Burning Ramjets
Wingless Flight: The Lifting Body Story
Engineering Design Handbook: Design for Air Transport and Airdrop of Materiel
Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design
A Study of Hypersonic Aircraft (1964)
A Linear Accelerator in Space
Astronomical Engineering: A Strategy for Modifying Planetary Orbits
A comparison of sleeve valve and poppet valve engines.
Combat Aircraft Prototypes Since 1945
The Perception of the P-16 in the US
Energy Efficiency of Sea and Air Vehicles
Do Joint Fighter Programs Save Money?
Ducted Pulsejet
Development of Radar Homing Missiles
Aviation (Civilian)
Generalized Performance Comparison of Large Conventional, Tail Boom, and Tailless Aircraft (NACA, 1947)
The Supersonic Transport as an Instrument of National Power
Silent Supersonic Demonstrator (Japan)
Sonic Boom Reduction
United 232: Coping with Loss of All Flight Controls
Wing-in-Ground Effect Craft
Supersonic Aerodynamics
747-400 Flight Crew Operations Manual
Boeing 747-400 Operations Manual
767-300 Flight Crew Operations Manual For Norwind Airlines - Document Number D632T001-36NRW - Revision Number: 9- Revision Date: August 16, 2013
Aerodynamic Characteristics of Four Duct Tandem VTOL Aircraft Configurations
Engine Proposal for Phase III of the Supersonic Transport Program
Supersonic Transport Engines
GE4 vs. JTF17
Sonic Cruiser Concept Analysis
Span-Distributed Loading Cargo Aircraft
Boeing - Planemaker to the World
High Velocity Jet Noise Reduction
Kalman Filtering (GPS Technology)
Flight Investigation of Supersonic Propellor
Study of 14 Nuclear Powered Airplanes
Performance of External Bump Compression Inlet at Mach Numbers of 1.5 and 2.0
Free Flight Tunnel Test Log
Biographies/Personal Accounts
Fulcrum: A Top Gun Pilot's Escape from the Soviet Empire, by Alexander Zuyev
MiG Pilot: The Final Escape of Lt. Belenko
Boris Chertok Memoir Link to English Translation
Memoirs of an Aeronautical Engineer: Flight Tests at Ames Research Center: 1940-1970
The Problem of Space Travel 1928 by Slovenian Engineer Herman Potočnik
General Kenney Reports, a personal History of the Pacific War By George C Kenney:
Darker Shades of Blue
Rockets and People, by Boris Chertok
Pierre Sprey gets dunked on
Dragoon is for export, BMP-3 with Baikal turret is probably upgrade package for our Army and for export (maybe). BMP-3 with normal turret have better firepower and selection of weapons.
Would a T-90S Russian manual be worthy of being posted here?
I also have Challenger 1 manual. And M1A1/M1A2 TUSK 2 manual if you want. I am also looking hard for The -10 (M1 technical manual), but my efforts are fruitless so far.
2S35 hasn't been seen at the RAE grounds, and will be showed thanks to official confirmation. We may or may not see Kurganets, and I wouldn't be surprised to actually see it.
"Future MRAP discovered to be immune to even the advanced, most powerful proposed future 152mm Russian tank munitions after crewman are discovered to be able to projectile vomit with enough sheer erosive and corrosive force to disintegrate a round mid flight, requires only looking in the mirrors of the vehicle to remind them exactly what they're riding in."
It's a bold strategy when you think of it, make a vehicle so goddamned hideous enemy fire doesn't even want to hit it, let alone can hit it.
Ukrainian designers managed to make biggest panoramic sight i ever saw - overall weight of it is reaching 500 kg.
Oplot-M, or BM "Oplot" after addoption to service in Ukrainian army, is Ukrainian MBT based on another Ukrainian MBT - T-84 "Oplot", which is Soviet-designed T-80UD with some modifications. BM Oplot was designed by Morozov Kharkiv Machine Building Design Bureau and produced by Malyshev factory. Chief designer of BM Oplot - Mikhail Dem'yanovich Borisuk (he was born in 1934, BTW).
It have several features, separating it from T-80UD, T-90A and T-84. Engine is new 6 cylinder 6TD-2E 1200 HP diesel with lowered smokiness and exhaust toxicity (wich is a problem for Kharkov engines) in new engine-transmission compartment (which is 2 part - lower is for engine itself and upper part is for big airfilters, which are needed because of how much air 6TD "eats"), new sort-of automatical transmission. Tank is equipped with new navigation systems, FCS, panoramic sight for commander with day and night (thermal imager) capabilities, new remotely controlled KT-12.7 12.7 mm HMG for commander, new gunner sights, which bring it to modern level of how tank should be equipped. A lot of that equipment is made not in Ukraine.
From the side BM Oplot looks different from Soviet T-64-like MBTs.
Main gun is not really different from 2A46 125 mm guns of T-72/ T-80/T-90 series of tanks, 125 mm KBA-3 L48 gun with autoloader for 28 shots (46 in total is carried). Main gun can fire HE, HEAT, APFSDS, GL-ATGMs (Ukrainian "Kombat" missiles). AFAIK part of ammunition is carried outside of the tank, in turret "basket", mounted to the rear part of it. Nothing really fancy here, 5 km range with ATGMs, up to 2.5-2.8 km effective range with APFSDS, which is standart for late Soviet and current Russian MBTs like T-72B3, T-80UE and different models of the T-90.
Vehicle is also equipped with Ukrainian version/local variant of Shtora system - "Varta", with additional laser-warning sensors on the turret sides.
BM-Oplot use somewhat unusual type of ERA (which is most interesting feature of that tank) - ~layered ERA named "Duplet". It is rumored that it can defeat tandem HEAT warheads like PG-7VR and PG-29V. Vehicle sides are also covered by Duplet ERA.
Note that the hull UFP is covered by differently shaped blocks of ERA (long and narrow). How much it is effective is unknown, but designers claim that it can defeat tandem HEAT warheads, EFP and APFSDS projectiles.
Upper frontal hull armor layout:
Side ERA modules:
Overall, BM Oplot is tank with better perfomance than T-80UD thanks to improvements in electronics and FCS, engine, transmission, driver controls, new ERA and better side armor, and in some areas this vehicle can be superioir to T-72B3 (latest Russian serial produced modification of the T-72 MBT, although it wasn't best proposed modification for it).
But..., there is always "but" - it is vehicle that Ukraine can not produce in any serious numbers, as their one and only contract with Thai army showed - out of 95 BM Oplot ordered in 2011 only 5-6 were delivered to this day. During trials in Thailand Kombat GL-ATGMs also showed not very good results - AFAIK out of 5 test firings, 2 missiles exploded before reaching targets. Another interesting fact about that tank is that no BM Oplot MBTs are presented on battlefields of Eastern Ukraine - T-64 and T-72s are primary tanks of the VSU. Seems to me Ukraine is either can't service them, or simply can't produce them in a first place.
Oplot-BM on trials in Pakistan. No accurate information on results, rumors say that Chinese VT-4 won that competition.
Welcome to SH, Mohamed A! This camo is UVZ "PR" camouflage, which can be called glamouflage. It is there to attract clients and to make vehicles look different, helps to be noticeable in PR material (camo is unique for Russian AFV).
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