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I do not have much time for 3d modeling or professional image editing, so I made a rather primitive photoshopped line drawing So, my choice was the T-28, despite its limited availability. French stuff werent considered at all, they are hopeless junk. Panzer II is a nice tank with lots of good properties, but its crew compartment is too compact for a bigger gun. So only the soviet tanks left. Sadly both the BT-5 and T-26 are too lightly armored, and the BT is also too narrow inside thanks to christie suspension, so I chose the T-28. The first thing I did, is to get rid of the stupid mini turrets. Then, I reshaped the area near the driver's position, added two sharply angled, 30mm thick plates where the turrets were. This also created more space for the driver, and also optionally more ammo/stuff for crew/maintenance tools can be stored in the new free space. Next, I improved the armor protection. The nearly vertical surfaces of the front hull (upper & lower) received 50mm add-on plates. Turret front and frontal part of side also received an 50mm add-on, rear part got a thinner 30mm plate, but this was just to keep the whole turret (somewhat) balanced. Frontally, the tank became immune to 37 and 40mm guns, and resistant to 6pdr. Firepower: Both L-10 and KT-28 guns had to go, first because the poor performance, and second, the not guaranteed supply of ammo. The replacement is the 7.5cm Pak 97/38. The reasons of this decision: this gun is still quite compact, will not make the life of the crew miserable inside. It is also already in service in the army, so ammo supply is secured. Muzzle velocity isnt much better than the L-10, but the performance of AP shells are better, and good HEAT rounds are also available. Mobility: I didnt change much. The original M-17T engine is barely more than a slightly modified BMW VI, so nothing wrong here. I only tuned it a bit, so performance increased by 50hp, I think it is enough, and also do not cause problems with reliability and service life. Other improvements: - Panzer IV style commander's cupola, for good vision. - added fume extractor fan on turret top - replaced soviet radios - add-on armor now covers side vision slits, so the gunner received a replacement periscope - modified, smaller hatch for loader, since the commander's cupola is quite big. - turret became quite heavy (and probbly imbalanced to a degree) with add-on armor, so a reinforced traverse mechanism is added. - old radio antenna rails retained, useful for attaching camouflage.

New main gunner sight's rubber cover on Budget Cuts 3M/UBKh? Maybe they are just for factory test runs, but several tanks had them in the video.

Russian AA systems in Syria, 3 major bases - Tartus, Masiyaf and Hmeymim AB.

Check this : https://drive.google.com/open?id=1d2tc6pcO6omCHJFzNpoc3FCSaf2ya6ML My whole drive : https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Qk3L8CWf4mTHFyE_Zbur_AZAAxBGr7Nl?usp=sharing

A quick reminder: