The Soviet Tank Thread: Transversely Mounted 1000hp Engines

[Marsh]

On 7/24/2019 at 2:34 PM, skylancer-3441 said:

Article from International Defense Review 1981-12 "T-34 to T-80 "The Evolution of Soviet Battle Tanks PLUS the IDR's T-62 test report"

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Thank you for posting this article. I remember reading it when it first came out. At the time, for those of us in the West without access to classified information, it was a seminal article. Looking at the date of publication, it is also a reminder that I am now an old git! 

[Beer]

7 hours ago, Karamazov said:

For more accurate aiming. It is load with tracer bullets.

M50 Ontos have rifles for same purposes. And AKSU probably because the ballistics is the same 

 

That was half a century a go and I can't imagine that a 5,45 bullet fired at 735 m/s could have similar trajectory as RPG round at 130 m/s. 

[LoooSeR]

3 hours ago, Beer said:

 

That was half a century a go and I can't imagine that a 5,45 bullet fired at 735 m/s could have similar trajectory as RPG round at 130 m/s. 

  ...and small laser rangefinders for short distances are not too costly to buy and easier to use, not limited to amount of tracers in 1 mag and have higher reliability.

 

Unrelated - Syria, 2016.

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[Karamazov]

5 hours ago, Beer said:

That was half a century a go and I can't imagine that a 5,45 bullet fired at 735 m/s could have similar trajectory as RPG round at 130 m/s. 

Much in the Russian army is archaic. Including among new developments. Comrade Looser correctly said that it would be cheaper to use a rangefinder.

But at one time, Russian tank crewmans removed the DVE-BS wind sensors from the tanks. Because they did not know how to use them.

Maybe with the rangefinders in the 21st century the same situation?

[Karamazov]

1 hour ago, LoooSeR said:

Unrelated

This tank was controlled by Russians or Syrians?

[heretic88]

Just watched tank biathlon first round... (yep, I had nothing better to do, still more entertaining than formula-1 for example)

3 T-80UE-1 competed, all with female crews. And despite they never were tankists, they did very well. So well, that they would probably beat about 3/4 of the teams from other countries. They were more gentle to the tanks, so hopefully they wont go to the scrapyard. 

Some observations: T-80UD style AAMG mount is very accurate. The commanders hit their target with their first 1-2 rounds.

Main gun shot results were similar as T-72s, all 3 crews hit 2/3 targets. Coax MG bursts were surprisingly accurate however, much more than with T-72. Hits achieved almost immediately, with 2-3 rounds. And finally, T-80s are very fast, max speed was 74km/h, with great acceleration.

[Cheburashka]

1 hour ago, heretic88 said:

Just watched tank biathlon first round... (yep, I had nothing better to do, still more entertaining than formula-1 for example)

3 T-80UE-1 competed, all with female crews. And despite they never were tankists, they did very well. So well, that they would probably beat about 3/4 of the teams from other countries. They were more gentle to the tanks, so hopefully they wont go to the scrapyard. 

Some observations: T-80UD style AAMG mount is very accurate. The commanders hit their target with their first 1-2 rounds.

Main gun shot results were similar as T-72s, all 3 crews hit 2/3 targets. Coax MG bursts were surprisingly accurate however, much more than with T-72. Hits achieved almost immediately, with 2-3 rounds. And finally, T-80s are very fast, max speed was 74km/h, with great acceleration.

Link please!

[heretic88]

1 hour ago, Cheburashka said:

Link please!

This also includes the second round, featuring Belarus (2nd place), China (winner), Azerbaijan (3rd place) and Serbia (4th place)

 

[LoooSeR]

   Looks like T-72 of Iranian team decided to take a brake from circus.

 

[FORMATOSE]

The Zimbabwe performance during the tank biathlon was somewhat ...entertaining.

 

 

[Voodoo]

^ That wasn't this year. 

[heretic88]

Today new speed record for "T-72B3 Circus edition" - 78km/h.

 

How did they do it? Even more tuned engine? Custom sport transmission? Tank gutted inside to reduce weight? Or combination of all 3? 

Serial T-72B3, with 1130hp engine (the one Belarus uses) cant reach more than 72 kmh.

Quite funny, but as far as I know,  the rules for the circus say that no prototypes, only serial tanks. T-72B3 Circus edition is anything but serial... Hard to take this competition seriously.  

 

[LoooSeR]

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   SU-85 from the 75th separate self-propelled artillery battalion of the 104th Guards Airborne Division, stationed in the Transcaucasian Military District in the city of Ganja; ~ early 80s

 

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[Lord_James]

Aren’t those ASU-85’s?

[Pascal]

2 hours ago, Lord_James said:

Aren’t those ASU-85’s?

Yes they are ASU-85.

[LoooSeR]

9 hours ago, Lord_James said:

Aren’t those ASU-85’s?

lol, didn't noticed that A got away. 

[Pascal]

15 hours ago, Lord_James said:

Aren’t those ASU-85’s?

 

6 hours ago, LoooSeR said:

lol, didn't noticed that A got away. 

 

Actually it's really SU-85, by the docs on it.The hell...

So it seems that neither is wrong, be it ASU-85 or SU-85

[LoooSeR]

37 minutes ago, Pascal said:

 

 

Actually it's really SU-85, by the docs on it.The hell...

So it seems that neither is wrong, be it ASU-85 or SU-85

   Heh, never really payed attention to those old VDV (airdroppable) vehicles.

http://btvt.info/1inservice/su-85.htm

   Looks like yes, it is SU-85, to my own surprise.

[EnsignExpendable]

My book has been submitted! Now to sit back and become a New York Times bestselling author.

 

Preorder it if you haven't already, and if you have then preorder a second one.

https://www.amazon.com/Designing-T-34-2019-Genesis-Revolutionary/dp/1911658301

 

[LoooSeR]

   BTR-82A combat module

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[LoooSeR]

   Patrol-A in Moscow

[LoooSeR]

   T-90M at assembly line, pic during recent visit of Shoigy to UVZ

[LoooSeR]

[LoooSeR]

   BTR-82s from competition between Naval infantry units.

 

[David Moyes]

South Ossetia War photos I saved back in 2008:



 

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