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    Filthy thief!
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    Kuzmin's photos from 2014. http://vitalykuzmin.net/?q=node/560 AEK-971 with GP-25 SVU AK-74M with FAB and Zenit stuff 9A-91 9x18 AEK-919K Kashtan PP-19-01 Vityaz-SN with FAB Defence and Zenit products PP-19 Bizon PP-2000 9x19 mm OTs-27-2 Berdysh
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    More from FSKN-2015 competition.
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    "Max speed" don't say much. How much time tank can hold this speed until wear of rollers will start to affect movements of tank? How it can survive turns at high speeds? How well it can resist vibrations and rough terrain? T-64 had problems with vibrations and "naked" stamped narrow rollers wearing down quicker than Army could accept, IIRC. T-14 use suspension, that was clearly based on T-80, even if it use diesel engine (although it is pretty powerfull, maybe even more than T-80 GTDs). T-72 suspension and GTD? IDK how it would work, but looking at size of rollers of all modern tanks with Gas turbines and T-72's rollers i think there is certain reasons why engineers didn't worked on this project. Seems to me T-72's rollers are too heavy and their dynamics is not fit for speeds and accelerations of tanks with gas turbines. But this is my uneducated guess.
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    http://www.interfax.ru/world/478282 Syrian Airforces made 98 sorties in 3 days, destroying the headquarters and terrorists equipment, said Syrian army spokesman Brigadier General Ali Mayhub.
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    2A65 Msta-B towed 152 mm caliber cannons, used by SAA near Homs. 9.11.2015.
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    From 6th November to 8th (3 days) Russian VKS conducted 137 sorties and bombed 448 targets. Videos i posted earlier.
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    Somewhat relevant, for those who are not very familiar with T-80. Stolen from Walter's blog.
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    http://477768.livejournal.com/3318725.html "Police Academy". The British version. A small selection of photographs taken in October 1967 at the training center, that provided training for the police department in London - Scotland Yard
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    Chevrolet XP-897GT concept car, 1972-73. It ws created jointly by the experimental studio of the American firm "General Motors" and the Italian studio "Pininfarina".
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    Modification of the American light tank T-24 / M-24 using pparts of suspension from the German Sd.Kfz. 8; ~ 1944-1945 During the test the tank with this chassis, it has been found that it did not had any advantages over the base chassis, so any further development works were cancelled.
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    Chief Mk3/3
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    That is Chieftain FCS right here!
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    US/PLND STRNG training Do you see anything in front of a tank?
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    "Volk" Russian military car/prototype
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    I disagree about T-64. T-80UD was pushed by Kharkov factory so that Kharkov could produce T-80s. T-80U was clearly a better vehicle that had (and still has) upgrade potential [Oplot, lol]. While T-64 - don't. T-64BM Bulat already have overstressed suspension, while being just worse T-80U, and there is no way to bypass this problem without serious redesign work. T-64 suspension clearly hit it's limits, including how it perform at high speed. T-80 was needed just because of suspension, but this tank was designed by LKZ, design team of which did not had much experience during initial work. This tank didn't went too far from T-64, which was it's main problem IMO. But in several parts where it went futher than T-64/72 - those changes were absolutely needed. With Object 292, T-80 could have got reasons to exist - gas turbine with 152 mm gun was exactly what people would consider as "heavy" tank. T-64's puny rollers would not be able to handle gas turbine and 152 mm gun. This tank potential was not fully used because of 1990s and problems with LKZ and later "Spetsmash". Object 299, a promising design, was also never made into anything substantial. LKZ probably was one of most interesting tank design bureau in USSR. I already posted somewhere a T-80-based prototype with crew capsule and pretty interesting crew compartent design. Driver even got a drive wheel instead of tractor leverstm!
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    The thing is that T-80 didn't had better armor than other tanks of the same production year. It got better armor than T-64 later, but part of main reason "why" was canceled production of the T-64. It also had exactly the same main gun as both others Soviet tanks. BTW, T-80 range on internal fueltanks was 320 km, while Leo2A4 (IIRC) had 350 in similar conditions.
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    I don't understand why people think that T-80 was supposed to be "heavy" tank. Is there any doc or interview that suggest so? Because now this idea looks like an attempt to try to make sense out of Soviet tank development after 1960s.
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    http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/cheetah-forces-advancing-to-the-kuweires-airport-after-capturing-the-strategic-town-of-sheikh-ahmad/ Arab Source reporting about recent push by SAA to Kuweris base. Cheetah Forces Advancing to the Kuweires Airport After Capturing the Strategic Town of Sheikh Ahmad
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    http://www.almasdarnews.com/article/yemeni-army-and-popular-committees-advance-towards-aden/ Yemeni Army and Popular Committees Advance Towards Aden
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    "Tigers" resting after taking Sheikh Ahmad.
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    Basically from the front - amount of drivers optics and ERA layout will help to tell apart T-64/72/80/90. Small stamped rollers without rubber, 1 periscope, Luna on the left from gun (looking from the tank) - T-64. ERA is Kontakt-1, "V"-shaped => T-64BV. Big heavy rollers with rubber - T-72. ERA is Kontakt-1, mounted without any attempts to create "V" shape => T-72B, 1985 model. Luna IR light is on the right from gun (looking from tank). "Average" rollers with rubber, 3 periscopes, visible Kobra GL-ATGM antenna -> T-80/T-80B. ERA is Kontakt-1 -> T-80BV. Shtora jammers on top of the T-72-esque tank - early T-90
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    Mazza airport, Damascus.
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