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  1. Iranian Shahed-129 UAV crushed near Iran-Pakistan border
  2. Chassis of that TD looks familiar, but i don't remember where i saw it. Type 89 internal layout. Ammunition is in same places as with Merkava tanks (Siman 4 have several rounds in turret bustle)
  3. I don't know, Calli. Although it have IFV-like armor - around 50 mm in the frontal parts. Type 89 is like combination of Merkava, Gvozdika/Akatsia and Sprut-SD, modern SU-152 Taran :-D Rear door. Strange vehicle for modern days.
  4. AFAIK that thing mounted near muzzle is laser for training games. Type 89 is a TD that was made to counter hordes of Soviet T-72s. It is a primarly direct fire vehicle with 120 mm gun (later China accepted 125 mm guns for MBTs).
  5. First turret is Proriv-2 (T-90M turret) and second one is Burlak. Burlak had a turret bustle autoloader with blow out panels. Bustle sides were covered by active protection system, possibly a previous itteration of Afganit/Shtandart. Prototype of the Burlak turret on T-72 chassis, AFAIK. If you google T-72 Burlak turret, you can fimd more photos.
  6. Soviet future MBT programm had number of tank proposals with meter of frontal armor and some of them had layered side armor. "Nota" is Kharkov design that was under work for Russian MoD. IIRC several Boxers are left in Russia.
  7. http://andrei-bt.livejournal.com/377625.html Azov continue their attempt to build heavy IFV based on T-64.
  8. On side note - latest wave of information about Kharkov-designed future soviet MBTs projects is rather nice for tank nerds, but i suspect that Ukraine is trying to sell those things. Latest photo of Molot shows a partly freshly painted tank hull and seriosly rusted tracks. Why anybody will paint 20 years old prototype, if it is not supposed to go to museum or showed to public anyway?
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