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Some K1A1 with an ammo carrying turret bustle concepts for a presentation by GDLS on the "K1 Compartmentation Of All 120mm Ammo". Document is undated.

side panels of arjun external fuel cells, 10mm ceramic plate on 10mm FRP backing(aramid fibers based) - IV by NIJ 0108.01 engine hatches, same thing, ceramic on FRP, how they planing NOT to damage ceramic tiles during daily maintenance of tank i have no idea thanks to KR15T0F for help

the final version of Arjun's calculations, all the thicknesses of the plates correspond to the real ones according to the nomenclature of the armor plates (those that existed), the dimensions of the special armor of the turret may not be accurate because there is nothing to check them with, 2 fuel tanks inside the engine bay have been added to the diagram which were not previously visible, more accurate estimates only possible if someone undertakes to build 3D... *pink plate - pure frp

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Some new photos of the XK1 Pilot Vehicles.

https://disk.yandex.ru/d/kh72XfFbWlGDVg https://disk.yandex.ru/i/kUCWvlQOfs8QJA british report on trophied iranian chieftains in Iraq

The recent Naval focused YIDEX 2024 has a ground vehicle display this year as well. While mainly comprising of ROKMC vehicles you can see the N-WAV with an extendible periscope for view over the splash guard along with an electric KLTV on display.

Kimichi cope cages , look like they were roofs lifted straight from a kiosk https://streamable.com/a4ycp0

Behold, the frontal armor module of a M1150 ABV.

interesting design changes in gun rotor, from M1 to IPM1(PV11 XM1 seems already had IPM1 type of rotor) and to M1A1 IPM1 had similar structure of rotor as M1A1, but lesser thickness

10x10s are back on the menu boys. They made one up with the RCH-155.

Another video detailing ROK armored vehicles, this time the K9. The video itself is pretty neat, detailing what looks to be an XK9. But there are two larger points of interest, being the footage of the XK9 prototypes firing at the beginning of the video, and the XK9 developmental model.

Since twitter only embeds the first post of a thread for non-registered users, here's something from the Swiss evaluation of M1 Abrams and Leopard 2 (1981):

the other side

M1150 armor package, a closer look

Video that also covers the XK-1 design and development:

Talking about ballistic testing on Prototype/Pilot Vehicle 11 (PV 11), here is a video that mentions the testing of early pre-series M1 (XM1) tanks:

Full-scale serial production of GTD-1250 tank engines has been resumed in Russia https://tehnoomsk.ru/archives/12339

105mm HEAT pened turret side ?

Pz58 firing trials https://www.recherche.bar.admin.ch/recherche/#/en/archive/unit/29378223 and a lot of others in swiss archives

Merkava 4. driver side of the hull with part of side armor removed. And just random a pic of Merk 4 during exercises.

turret LOS, don't know how accurate this is, but this all i can do possible error for this overall- 20-25% in plus

CR2 rotor, hollow

Leopard 2A4 mantlet, thanks to @Molota_477 for help as per main filler of turret i still think that they moved to B&V solution for flaschturm and Kpz3 alike solutions

M88A3 being tested at Yuma. https://x.com/ypg_az/status/1785725240925933891?s=46&t=NgApUr0JxJVmdHJ5mss_Sw

Germany has taken delivery of the first schwerer Waffenträger Infanterie (sWaTrg Inf) based on the Boxer, i.e. the Boxer CRV Block 2 model used as Wiesel replacement. Also the MoD has made a request to buy a further 35 Leopard 2A8 tanks.

ROK Army 17th Infantry Division and ROK Marine Corps 2nd Marine Division carried out a joint artillery training exercise April, 2024. K9s and K55s were used for this training.

M2A4E1 Bradley w/Iron Fist APS unveiled. https://x.com/peo_gcs/status/1785354006283301106?s=46&t=NgApUr0JxJVmdHJ5mss_Sw

images of the model, including a new lower front plate module: Doesn't have the turret add-ons or ufp add-on we've seen elsewhere but I think they might be similar to the upper level of this lfp module.

Boxer HEL/"Jupiter" that is being tested jointly developed and by the Netherlands (energy storage and cooling systems) and Germany (effector). The laser is based on the system that has been tested on the Sachsen-class frigates, but operates at a lower power (10 kW) to reduce energy consumption. https://defence-network.com/jupiter-gtk-boxer-mit-laserwaffe/ Rheinmetall had already presented a first HEL effector on Boxer (with just 5 kW output) back in 2013.

Leopard 2A6/80.

Leo 2 in Moscow. Interesting thing that in order to move it engineers jihaded T-80 rollers to it.

Also a picture of the CR3 model is going around. Shows what looks like applique armour on the turret and UFP, as well as LWRs on the front corners. Also looks like there is a stowage bin on the roof next to the gunner's sight, though hard to say with so few pixels.

The Brits opt for RCH155

and one more addition to scheme GPS area 50mm is strange, and can be another 80mm one...

OmskTransMash T-80BVM line.

K1A2s of the 30th Armored Brigade participating in a recent live fire exercise.

"Between Jan and Dec 2001, 45 Abrams tanks suffered fires during training, some were damaged, some were destroyed entirely. Over the tank's life at that point (22 yrs), there had been >600 fires - that's almost 10% of the fleet had..." https://www.nist.gov/system/files/documents/el/fire_research/Finnerty-Fires-Experienced-and-Halon-1310-Fire-suppression-systems-in-current-weapon-Systems.pdf An examination of data from peacetime fire incidents experienced by ground vehicles reveals several facets pertinent to this study. In Table 1, peacetime fire incident data for the M1/M1A1 tank for the years 1988, 1989, 1990 and the fires six months of 1991 have been summarized. These data show that the AFES system was only activated 71 percent of the time for M1/M1A1 fires and was adequate to extinguish the fire by itself only 34 percent of the time. so how many tanks actually burned ?

"Chelnok" UGV with UR-83P mine clearing system on it. UGV made on the base of 4x4 ATVs like Sherp. Electric engines, 1.3t weight of the UGV, low pressure tires can be set on such pressure that AT mines won't be set of by this vehicle. Another UGV in the background of Chelnok pics

https://x.com/Monochromelody1/status/1779091621289800015 https://x.com/Monochromelody1/status/1779091631939236151

Russian Army DST MT-10 mine clearing UGV test run in Ukraine. 30t vehicle, 1 km range of remote control.

So the "Leopard 3" is moving along. This is not the MGCS or Panther, but a new program (or at the moment, just a study) as a back-up to the MGCS. According to Welt, the German government has a awarded an R&D contract to Rheinmetall, but Rheinmetall itself lists the project as a joint-venture (see above)... so likely KMW is also included. Little is publkicly known about the project, but Rheinmetall CEO Papperger believes that "many" Panther technologies such as the 130 mm L52 and autoloader will find its way into it.

Arjun turret structrure...90mm roof and bar seemst to be there only for structure stiffness

A video showing a ROK T-80U at the ROK Army Armor School. Sadly no interior shots for this video, but still nice to get a dedicated video for the T-80U.

FIrst clear look at the Hawkei and Eagle that Japan has been trialing.

For those days when you're not sure if your advancing or retreating...