LoooSeR

From IDEX-2015.

No AK, but... 

Debaltsevo, Ukrainian forces T-64.

Interesting BTR version. Debaltsevo.

Ukrainian T-64 with destroyed gun barrel, also note amount of damage to near trees from fragments. Somewhere near Debaltsevo.

BMP-2 after frontal hit. 

Ukrainian abandoned positions near Debaltsevo.

BTR and BMP-1

Undamaged! It have superior armor than T-64s!

It survived a direct shot from Armata tank!

Civilian car used by Ukrainian forces. 

Jokes aside, T-64 on a road near Debaltsevo. Add on ERA is showing why designers prefer build-in ERA.

Some vehicls were showed previously, i think that tank is a tank near big piles of logs.

BMP, another angle.

BTR-70, i think.

BMP, maybe 1 or 2. 

Side ERA was hit, big part of ERA was lost.

UFP filler is visible.

T-64.

BTR-3E.

T-64BM Bulat.

T-72.

Possible Ukrainian T-72 left in Debaltsevo.

Better picture of 3 rebels T-64BVs that lost tracks because of mines during assault on Uglegorsk. Tanks are from Demon's ("Bes") unit.

After rebels took Uglegorsk. Same tanks.

Rebels and 2 T-72s.

Picture was made after that assault. This is KMT mineclearing device that can be attached to T-64/72/80/90. 

What is that device on the rifle's muzzle in the last picture?  A blank firing adapter?

Muzzle device to eliminate sideway-moving gases to make life more comfortable for your comrades.

God...

Why are they getting rid of the fume extractor on T-14?  This is also new to me!

Well, those are 'rumors', designers can change their mind. RAE 2015 is when we will see live fire show from T-14, AFAIK.

Is it still an E4 and not an A4?  I did not know.

 

Does anyone know what the ammo storage looks like on the Leclerc?  The autoloader design would appear amenable to isolation and blow-out panels.  But then, the Leclerc is weird.  It doesn't even have a fume extractor!

T-14 will not have fume extractor too. 2A82M gun, mate. 

Leclerk's autoloader photos is hard to find.

Hull ammorack is right after frontal armor near driver. 

It is how that autoloader could look like, as it is conveyor type of loading device. Loading new shell and selecting new shell for next loading are separated operations, which helps to increase RoF to ~12 shots per minute.

Merkava bad? Where is Turkish SUPERIOR Altay if we have mock-up Polish plasma tank? T-84 is not in "bad"? 

Ukraine, live those old veterans alone...

Not to be that type of sperg lord but, isn't the latest US penetrator called the M829E4 and not A4? or am I missing out on some new penertrator design?

I think he was speaking about E4. Russia is also developing new APFSDS rounds for T-14, which are almost 1 meter long. 

Do we know if Russia plans to export them or do they want to keep for domestic use only?

Unknown, although i expect that T-14 would not be avaliable to export, at least for some time.

Ukrainian military. Note old model of BTR.

A model of the T-14 inside of UVZ.

T-14 AA capability confirmed!

BTW, before Victory parade T-14's turrets would be covered so we will see them only during parade itself.

I say bad things about the Merkava alll the time, where's my divine reward?

 

I even urinated on Life_in_Black to claim him as my territory aswell for stepping in my domain.

Expect black Merkava near your home... 3 ..2 ...1... God dammit, today is Saturday. 

     Somebody tried to say something bad about Jewish God and Savior - the Merkava! Life in Black, prepare for Baal Teshuva!

     Anyway, Merkava 1 turret would be hard to pen for Soviet APFSDS until late 1980s. Reason is simple - Soviet APFSDS were pretty bad at high angles (we are talking about export version of Soviet ammunition), they tend to simply ricochet (yes, NII "Stali" in one of their articles about ERA noted that IIRC 30 mm steel palte at angles near 70 degrees would be enough to stop pre-"Mango" shells). Although after combat in Lebanon in 1982 Merkava 1 turret was found to be not so well protected, as it was expected. AFAIK turret was protected by sloped 76mm steel plate and another 76 mm plate after it (so it had spaced armor effect too). Pre-ERA T-64s had generally not much better armor, especially if we take into account weakspots in the middle of the turret and UFP. 

    Merkava 1 would face something like 3BM10 steel penetrators and only later 3BM17, which means that this tank could have high chances to survive direct hit. Don't forget that turret frontal projection of Merkava 1 was only 1 m². Try to hit that while on the move and while Merkava 1 is in hulldown postition.

    Generally speaking Merk1 was a not bad vehicle overall for conditions in and around Israel, which is success for Israeli designers (Merk1 was first true Jewish armor, apart from engine, transmission, gun and coaxial MG, lol), and against almost all opponents of Israel Merk1 was a very serious tank to deal with. Later versions of Merkava are different story, especially Merkava 3 Bet Baz dor Dalet and Merkava 4 Baz M.

Jewish armor is best looking armor.

Again, same ears.

Merkava 2 with interesting UFO device. 

For some reason i like Merkava 3 Baz dor Dalet turret.

Merk 3, i like it more than Merk 4. 

Merkava 4 with Meil Ruakh APS. One and only active protection system in serial production.

I hate those watermarks.

Merkava 3, with those mysterious ears. Second Merk 3 looks excellent. Oh god, that turret... 

Alpha team... death to Vatniks.

Rebels. "Hello from Demon", this is Igor "Bes" (Demon) Bezler's unit.

Note tactical marks.

Ukrainian T-64BM1M for Kongo. 

One block of ERA is opened to allow driver to get out of vehicle. 

I think i should start to write about perfomance of Ukrainian tanks in that war, since active war stage is over, at least for some time.

Might as well be if you're going to spend many hours sitting in a hot sweaty box together.

Azov got new toys. Note RCWS on those Spartans, never saw a single Spartan with this RCWS on army-used Spartans.

RCWS "Sarmat":

2 ATGMs (similar to "Korsar" infantry ATGM), module can use RK-2S and RK-3 missiles (RK-2S is heavier with tandem warhead, 130 mm caliber, can pen about 700-800 mm of steel and max range of 5 km, while RK-3 is lighter, 107 caliber missile for ranges less than 2.5 km). Sarmat is produced in Kiev by "Luch".

One of those Spartans was later captured in combat by Ossetians.

Kharkov.

2014, autumn. Shells were produced in 1979, according to serial numbers. IDK which side is on that photo.

Ukrainian sailors.

One of volunteers- made MRAPs. Looking not bad.

BTR-3E in use by Azov neo-nazi regiment.

BTR-4 and Koguar MRAP.

Poroshenko and KRAZ 'made' MRAPs.

KRAZ Spartan.

Ukrainian MRAPs by 'KRAZ' (not exactly - they just put their logos on those things).

Those vehicles are used by Ukrainian army and National Guards (Spartan in the middle and Koguar on the right are in active use), produced by Streit Group. Not very good MRAPs.

Home made protected cars. Reminds me of this:

MUH ORSIS

lol. Yugoslavia:

M-53 MG?

I like ERA against cats and couch-to-Internet missiles.

Aren't those part of the Trophy APS?

Nope. Thats why they are interesting for me - they don't look like any part of Meil Ruakh active protection system. And note another thing - on top of the turret those jews mounted a some kind of mast with 4 arrays of laser detectors.

Look at that picture, and you will see Merkava 4 with Meil Ruakh and 2 other tanks with something similar to my previous picture.

Trophy/Meil Ruakh

And those "ears". Optics for commander? For Driver? Maybe for whole crew?