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12 hours ago, LoooSeR said:

   Somewhere in US

Nozh ERA on the glacis, I suppose.

50 minutes ago, Lord_James said:

What do they think this artillery will be doing, that it needs 2 roof mounted MGs like the Abrams? 

Just in case of Best Korea infantry zerg rush.

1 hour ago, Chanou said:

Original link please ?

https://twitter.com/8ermat/status/1356625823932035073?s=21

The reactive armor that protects the bustle sides of the Leclerc SXXI is being upgraded with new reactive kits :

As part of the Leclerc modernization, the 8th RMAT Materiel Regiment and the 12th Cuirassier armoured cavalry Regiment have been appointed for the fitting of reactive armor kits on 12 Leclerc tanks.

Source : Twitter

11 hours ago, David Moyes said:

Challenger 2 had a similar availability during the Iraq invasion and only downtime was due to a massive sandstorm.

This could have been worse without the lessons learned from Saif Sareea 2 exercise.

Was the Kronach Lorin coal-powered ramjet engine a viable concept ?

I mean, just heating some pelletized coal in a pierced basket would have been sufficient to produce a coherent thrust ?

Now that its protection level has been finally revealed, I'm curious about the Osório.

2 hours ago, Toxn said:

The name is iconic as well.

...the Magic School Bus ?

On 12/21/2020 at 11:15 AM, Wiedzmin said:

115mm 3BM21M....maybe

What a strange idea to re-use the designation of an old APFSDS from the 1970s.

15 minutes ago, TWMSR said:

So Turkish bought IMI's M325 and Poongsan K277 HEAT-T ammo for their tanks. And the latter type works so-so.

Does the M325 HEAT-MP-T has pop-out fins ?

On 9/19/2020 at 12:25 AM, LoooSeR said:

   In parallel universe, AMX-90, kek.

KBCM active protection system

The AMX-40 was the first French MBT to feature NERA (a.k.a PAC in French ; shock-accelerated plates) :

T-90M Proryv documentary :

On 11/29/2020 at 5:50 PM, Gun Ready said:

In my opinion it is a very bad scaled model of a Leopard 1

20 hours ago, Lord_James said:

A paper mache leopard 1? 

I expressed myself poorly, I was referring to the unknown model of ERA.

What could it be ?

5 hours ago, Marsh said:

One thing I know, with absolute certainty, is that this is not correct. 

This information comes from the writings of Marc Chassillan.

20 hours ago, SH_MM said:

How does Israeli steel compare to Soviet, US or German steel?

All Merkava models are made of rolled armor plates produced by Creusot-Loire Industrie (now Industeel).

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The XM735E2 APFSDS round (entered production as M735) could defeat the NATO heavy triple target at 2,000 meters.

What about the M735 versus the NATO Heavy Single target ?

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Spiraling flight pattern is common on all types of SACLOS missiles, even wire-guided systems like Milan and HOT. It really depends on the exact pattern, shape and size of missile to identify Kornet by the pattern alone.

The Kornet can also be recognized by its lack of visible tail flare and its rather smooth in-flight trajectory.

What is the difference between the V-46 (T-72 Ural) and the V-46-6 (T-72A) engine ?

There was a good explanation on the now-defunct Kampfpanzer.de website (Stefan Liess).

Some parts of this video are obviously sped up.

Video on the story of the little-known Vickers Mk. 4 (a.k.a Valiant) MBT with some exclusive photos :

Does anyone know if it is possible to find the 1954-1965 back issues of the ARMOR magazine online ?

5 hours ago, Wiedzmin said:

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The Merkava Mk. 3 were built in a series of at least three production blocks.

It's likely a Block III on the two lower pictures.

I guess they retained the stowage space on the right side of the driver, putting the 15 rounds on his left.

15 hours ago, Wiedzmin said:

30+30mm ? at lower angle ? doubt 

 

30mm of base front is more than enough, side armour addons don't know how thick

AFAIK, the front armor is 50 mm thick.