LoooSeR Posted September 9, 2018 Report Share Posted September 9, 2018 2 hours ago, Priory_of_Sion said: Some French blueprints from the immediate pre-war and post-war era On 9/8/2018 at 5:11 PM, Alzoc said: Although link in Alzoc post wasn't obvious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serge Posted September 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 The successor of the French VAB APC fleet will be devided into two segments : - the heavy one will be outfitted by the Griffon VBMR, - the light one (17t) will be outfitted by the Serval VBMR-L. The first mockup of the Serval : https://www.lopinion.fr/sites/nb.com/files/2018/09/img_4117.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 That thing is fugly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That’s Suspicious Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 29 minutes ago, Serge said: The successor of the French VAB APC fleet will be devided into two segments : - the heavy one will be outfitted by the Griffon VBMR, - the light one (17t) will be outfitted by the Serval VBMR-L. The first mockup of the Serval : https://www.lopinion.fr/sites/nb.com/files/2018/09/img_4117.jpg I like the approach angle of .7 centimeters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alzoc Posted September 11, 2018 Report Share Posted September 11, 2018 6 hours ago, Belesarius said: That thing is fugly. The CGI render were a bit nicer but not sure if they were accurate Could be that the mock-up is the one which is fugly as well^^ (The EBRC mock-up was something ftr) Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted September 12, 2018 Report Share Posted September 12, 2018 Jag VPZ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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2805662 Posted September 13, 2018 Report Share Posted September 13, 2018 25 minutes ago, Serge said: Jebus! Jaguar isn’t little, is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serge Posted September 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2018 Yes and no. There are two optical effects : - Jaguar is closer, - the ROWS is very large. Jaguar is large because : - driving gear is truck like, not a military one; - the engine is not a compact one but a cost effective one, - there is 1m3 of free internal volume into to have future improvement capability ; - the turret is build like a survival cell surrounded by mission modules (ATGM launchers,...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alzoc Posted October 1, 2018 Report Share Posted October 1, 2018 Quite an old (2017) video of the troops in Estonia and the Baltics (impossible to integrate the video though). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9tzEyWL-zo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted October 3, 2018 Report Share Posted October 3, 2018 Quote A series of photos taken inside of the Saint-Chamond Spoiler Alzoc, Serge, Collimatrix and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alzoc Posted October 9, 2018 Report Share Posted October 9, 2018 The first VT-4 have been delivered to the army: Aimed at replacing (together with the PVP) the Peugeot P4 (which was starting to get prohibitively old) the VT-4 is based on the Ford Everest militarized by ARQUUS. In 2019 730 vehicles (out of 4380 ordered) should in service and among them 430 should be standard 2 version (airlift capable, night-vision equipment and add-on armor kits). It can carry 4 soldier with the FELIN kit (or 5 soldiers with minimal gear) and is compatible with both the CONTACT and SIC-S (Scorpion program BMS) softwares. It is per-equipped to house PR4G radios. Weights 3,5 metric ton for 160 hp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T___A Posted October 21, 2018 Report Share Posted October 21, 2018 stock footage of AMX-30 production and testing: Laviduce and Alzoc 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molota_477 Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 Hi guys, I would like to take this place to ask that how credible is this article? Screenshot from Magazine RAIDS Les Chars de Combat en Action 3,. All of tanks mentioned in this article have taken part in the Sweden trials, I suppose that maybe the author would have some materials related to the true armor layout. Akula_941 and SH_MM 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alzoc Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 Well it's more general principles than exact diagrams. Guy who wrote the article was in charge of the R&D on the Leclerc program for some time, and is basically the only reputable French author on AFV. Though he does have a tendency for chauvinism and I don't think he really had access to foreign designs. Unless proven otherwise, consider it as an educated guess of someone who worked in the AFV industry and tank design for years, have an engineering background and have a great deal of contact on the international market. He most likely was around during the Swedish tank trial. The series of RAID articles have been compiled into those two books if you can read French: Spoiler Both books are interesting and do very well as an introduction on MBT design while containing interesting tidbit of information. The only problem with them is that you have the feeling that nobody ever proof-read them (grammar, syntax, etc). Molota_477 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T___A Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 AMX 105 assault gun: The french government released a bunch of their old tank drawings online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T___A Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 AMX 120 TD from 1948: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N-L-M Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 The French were hard at work getting rid of the last supplies of Nazi meth. Laviduce 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH_MM Posted October 27, 2018 Report Share Posted October 27, 2018 On 10/25/2018 at 5:16 PM, Molota_477 said: Screenshot from Magazine RAIDS Les Chars de Combat en Action 3,. All of tanks mentioned in this article have taken part in the Sweden trials, I suppose that maybe the author would have some materials related to the true armor layout. These are some very nice illustrations of possible armor arrays, but they certainly do not reflect the actual products. It is interesting that the author supposed that glass is one of the go-to solutions against shaped charges; even in NERA plate arrays (example 5). While glass has proven to be a possible interlayer material for NERA, it isn't particularly effective; so maybe this is deliberate misinformation or did the original Leclerc use glass as part of its armor? As you can read in the article, these are only illustrations of different armor technologies and concepts, not actual armor arrays. Example 3 is showcasing the T-80U's turret ERA, but at the same time shows a modular construction (ERA and ceramic armor are a detachable module bolted ontop of the steel-titanium armor). Example 4 shows the external wedge-module of the Leopard 2A5 (simplified with just one NERA layer and incorrect mounting mechanism) in combination with base armor optimized for protectiton against KEPs. Example 5 shows a fully modular armor array (a concept used on the Leclerc and Merkava 3 & 4), but at the same time is used to showcase DU armor, which both of these tanks seem to lack, while the Abrams doesn't have fully modular armor. These are interesting illustrations, but rather show concepts of armor design, they certainly do not reflect actual tank armor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molota_477 Posted October 27, 2018 Report Share Posted October 27, 2018 1 hour ago, SH_MM said: These are some very nice illustrations of possible armor arrays, but they certainly do not reflect the actual products. It is interesting that the author supposed that glass is one of the go-to solutions against shaped charges; even in NERA plate arrays (example 5). While glass has proven to be a possible interlayer material for NERA, it isn't particularly effective; so maybe this is deliberate misinformation or did the original Leclerc use glass as part of its armor? As you can read in the article, these are only illustrations of different armor technologies and concepts, not actual armor arrays. Example 3 is showcasing the T-80U's turret ERA, but at the same time shows a modular construction (ERA and ceramic armor are a detachable module bolted ontop of the steel-titanium armor). Example 4 shows the external wedge-module of the Leopard 2A5 (simplified with just one NERA layer and incorrect mounting mechanism) in combination with base armor optimized for protectiton against KEPs. Example 5 shows a fully modular armor array (a concept used on the Leclerc and Merkava 3 & 4), but at the same time is used to showcase DU armor, which both of these tanks seem to lack, while the Abrams doesn't have fully modular armor. These are interesting illustrations, but rather show concepts of armor design, they certainly do not reflect actual tank armor. Yes, I do know these diagrams just simply illustrate some concepts, each color block just stands for an armor type which may have more complex details in real design. I am very curious about the sequence of these armor material inserts, especailly the DU package in example 5 was place in the front as a face plate which I suppose it won't offer so much protection from shape charge or KE round in such small oblique, but there is little open research related to the ballistic performance of DU plates, so maybe it is a possible solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FORMATOSE Posted October 27, 2018 Report Share Posted October 27, 2018 Note that this magazine was published in January 2008. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T___A Posted October 28, 2018 Report Share Posted October 28, 2018 AMX 50 100: Collimatrix 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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