The Soviet Tank Thread: Transversely Mounted 1000hp Engines

[Xlucine]

It's happening! Now we just need to see the new turret

[LoooSeR]

It's happening! Now we just need to see the new turret

I feel that this is not totally Armata hull. SPG have different requirements, including ability to crew to get into turret in emergency situation. Although it is still new design.

[Xlucine]

Depending on what's in the turret basket, there shouldn't be any issue with that in armata - the crew seats are right next to the basket after all.

[Belesarius]

Could be a purpose built or modified hull. The wheel spacing makes sense to me due to weight distribution on a SPG with the turret to the rear.

[EnsignExpendable]

 

Some people just have the worst luck with names. The above fragment mentions a wounded officer by the name of Blyaher, which in Russian means something like "fuck-dick". 

[LoooSeR]

Ashuluk prooving ground.

 

 

 

 

[EnsignExpendable]

No fuel for your tank? Easy, just use conscripts!

 

[Donward]

I thought those guys are cheap up-armor to protect from shaped charges?

[LoooSeR]

 

 

Not showed on those pictures: Rogozin's tears of joy. BTW, old friend of my father, after he came back to Russia from Eastern Ukraine several weeks ago, told that he saw unmanned tank there, used by rebels with help of instructors from *unknown* Federation.

 

UVZ PR STRNG

 

[LoooSeR]

BMP-2 with 125 mm gun. Early 1980s, USSR. 

[EnsignExpendable]

Glorious Soviet engineering vs tool of capitalist oppressors.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZRVKnn4ZKk&feature=youtu.be

[Walter_Sobchak]

Glorious Soviet engineering vs tool of capitalist oppressors.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZRVKnn4ZKk&feature=youtu.be

The Saxon is pretty crappy, but I have a hard time believing it can't overcome a little hill like that.  Is the driver stepping on the gas?

[EnsignExpendable]

There is another video where he eventually overcomes it (on the third try). The hill isn't that small, look how much the BRDM jumps up when it crosses it. Anyway, the Saxon is built for policemen in cities, not off-road action, so it's not hard to imagine that it would be rather limited off-road.

[Walter_Sobchak]

Hmm, seems the video was yanked.  Well, at least we know that the Saxon truly is not a good APC.

[EnsignExpendable]

You spin me right round, baby, right round

 

[LoooSeR]

BMPT for Kazakhstan. Note that BMPT hull have number of features, that you can *sort of* find in Armata like bigger hull with 3 crew members in frontal part of vehicle, bigger sponsons and unmanned turret.

 

 

 

 

 

Driver and 2 grenade luanchers operators with their own sets of day and night optics. inside of frontal part of vehicle, driver slightly "ahead" of other two soldiers.

[EnsignExpendable]

T-80U with 152 mm cannon:

 

 

2000 m/s 152 mm APFSDS, anyone?

[Sturgeon]

Will there be a BMPT-14? Because that would be fucking awesome.

[Xlucine]

They have T-15, that should be close enough

 

 

T-80U with 152 mm cannon:

 

 

2000 m/s 152 mm APFSDS, anyone?

 

That's much too fast, efficiency drops at high velocities. You'd just have a 1m+ rod at normal speed.

[LoooSeR]

Yeah, T-15 have basically same weapons as BMPT, while it also can carry 10-14 soldiers inside, have same or better armor, and (possibly) 1500 HP engine. In future T-15 can be upgunned with some interesting weapons.

 

On topic of 152 mm cannons, new leaked photo of the Object 195 with 152 mm gun. 

Test vehicle №2.

 

2A42 30 mm autocannon is visible.

 

 

Here is №1:

 

[LoooSeR]

T-90A. Driving is hard.

 

 

Iraq. Somebody will get sunburns.

 

[EnsignExpendable]

Father of the year.jpg

 

[Khand-e]

He will rout the imperialist IJA invaders from such a young age!

[LoooSeR]

Driver hatch is unhistorical!

[EnsignExpendable]

Sure it is, it's the early production three-periscope version. MG mount is early production as well.