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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.

Some new photos of the XK1 Pilot Vehicles.

Updates From last month's MDEX: https://mdex-ndia.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/MDEX-2024-PEO-GCS-and-ACC-DTA-Briefing.pdf

and those 200+ is LOS of inclined( + inclined cut) front cast, physical thickness will be less p.s if barrel profile is closer to m256 than to rh120, then it all can be much thinner, i.e diam in same area will be 206-215 not 270 which still will be in range with old estimate

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.

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

M1150 armor package, a closer look

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.

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 ?

Hwasong-11Ra missile systems, almost 100 vehicles in this photo.

The K2 recently had a demonstration in Romania. Roughly translating ProPatria MApN, "Earlier this week, at the Centrul Secundar de Instruire pentru Luptă Smârdan, a firing demonstration took place with the Main Battle Tank K-2 Black Panther, developed by Hyundai Rotem, South Korea." (https://www.facebook.com/Centrul.Televiziune.Film.MAPN/posts/pfbid02gXEtoxxTfNPnK2HVWuVpiQmmhjbBN38jfJ8P2pfNhfiH88t6Rpyte58fM5YywqYKl) Also it seems that students from the Romanian National Military College were given a demonstration as well. (https://www.facebook.com/ForteleTerestre/posts/pfbid012tQ6qZ9Kvp5m9f3kB5jmG59iKBzKUMSnooVsQxrDxD1mEEthgxFMFf1GUQ74xuul)

Challenger 3 firing test video.

I don't know about the M41, but in M48 & M60 series, the heater was a separate unit from the engine. It was mounted in the front of the hull in the drivers compartment on M60s. The heater exhaust is the pipe on the right side of the tank, over the front fender.

ROKMC K1s during the exercise Foal Eagle 2004. These images come from a May 2004 issue of the Korean magazine Military.

always though that L2A5/6 loader side roof plates was addons over old roof like on upper pic, but seems instead they made those plates as cavity covers, strange solutions, especially considering the fact that 2A6HEL doesn't have those thanks to @skylancer-3441 for photo

ENTAC and Mosquito pen swiss archives Bantam and Cobra for comparsion from bundesarchive and a bit on bantam from swiss and different pzf models for 1949

https://www.nasa.gov/directorates/stmd/niac/niac-studies/pulsed-plasma-rocket-ppr-shielded-fast-transits-for-humans-to-mars/ https://www.universetoday.com/166395/thermal-modeling-of-a-pulsed-plasma-rocket-shows-it-should-be-possible-to-create-one/

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

https://t.me/bayraktar1070/2081 https://t.me/rybar/59313 I just leave this here

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.

if there was any details i've already posted, but all that was inside report is these pages sadly(if you need i can post full report), but i think threats is same as Leo2AV(cause both standartized around it) even that report claim "120 APFSDS and 105mm heat" A - 5’’ brl precision shaped charge B - 4,2’’ brl precision shaped charge C - 3,2’’ brl precision shaped charge D - 105mm APFSDS xm579e4 at striking velocity of 4858 ft/sec E - apc-m.(br412d mod) at striking velocity 3150 ft/sec

"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 ?

Few pics of 96A during exercises.

T72B3 , with cope cage ,slat armor , Jammer and thermal camo

Before North Korea - T-10M with ATGMs. First is with Malyutka missiles, second - Falanga.