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@Collimatrix
Sorry for the waiting and confusion i.e article was avtomats in 7.62 and their history.
Anyway part two
By the end 1946 Red Army was in same situation as 3 year back: there wasnt any avtomat that fully satisficied Army requirements.Development of new avtomats and chosing best from newly developed avtomats was neccesary .Soon GAU announces beginning of new trials for avtomat and one of participant of the competition was young reserve seniour sergeant  M.T Kalashnikov with 5 five prototype guns build in metal behind his back .

Simonov Avtomat As-4-P-44

Degtyarev Avtomat KB-P-315
Preparatory stage of the competition for second avtomat trials with intermediate cartrige (May-October 1946)
Factoring in difficulties with designing new avtomat Firearm Directorate of GAU KA announced new avtomat competition.
Design of Avtomats should be conducted based on refined Tactical Technical Requirement № 3131–45 in doing so suggested that trial should encompass most experienced designers .Сompetition involved couple of design bureaus such as:
-KB-2 and PKB OGK (Kovrov) V.V Degtyarev,S.V Vladimirov,P.P Polyakov and A.P Bolshakov,V.V Zubov, V.A Vedensky , I.I Slostin and E.V Ivanov ,A.A Dementiev ,G.F Kubynov,  S.M Krekin
-KB of plant № 535 (Tula) S.A Korovin
-KB NIPSMVO(Shurovo vilage) N.V Rukavishnikov ,K.A Baryshev ,M.T Kalashnikov
-KB of Red Army Artillery Academy (Moscow) I.K Bezruchko-Vysotsky
-TSkB-14 (Tula)  A.A Bulkin ,G.A Korobov
-KB-180 (Podolsk) S.G Simonov, N.N Efimov

Tokarev Avtomat AT-44

Korovin Avtomat first version

Korovin Avtomat 1946 version
In order to reduce time and resources in beggining  competition whcih  should be proceed in two round. USV GAU received 16 project in the first round.Competition commsion basing upo order of chief of GAU from  June 19 of 1946 and conditions of competions chosen 10 designs for participation in competition (projects of A.A Dementiev,P.P Polyakov,K.A Baryshev, A.P Bolshakov, S.V Vladimirov,N.V Rukavishnikov, M.T Kalashnikov, G.A Korobov,A.A Bulkin, I.I Rakov).Interestingly some of participant brought working firearms alongside technical documentation(S.A Korrovin ,G.F Kubynov,S.G Simonov, N.N Efimov)

Priluchsky Avtomat 

1-st variant of Kubynov Avtomat

Efimov Avtomat Ap-34 OKB-180
10 was participant was allowed to entry second round six of them was considered as generally satifisfactory according to tactical technical requirements (Projects of K.A Baryshev,A.A Dementiev,N.V Rukavishnikov,G.A Korobov,A.A Bulkin,M.T Kalashnikov).Project of I.I Rakov,S.G Simonov,P.P Polyakov,A.P Bolshakov have design flaws and therefore wasnt recommended for continuation of development.In same time commsion decided that not a single project was deserver 1- prize.Commision given 2-nd prize to N.V Rukavishnikov. Encouragement Prizes received A.A Dementiev,K.A Baryshev,A.A Bulkin,M.T Kalashnikov.

Probably based on assumption that it is either made on base of what we had on hands in T-72B3, or that we are using Chinese export crap, both of which is a possibility. GurKhan had a comment on our thermal imagers, and he wasn't postivie in it about their capabilities.

@Collimatrix
Sorry for the waiting and confusion i.e article was avtomats in 7.62 and their history.
Anyway part two
By the end 1946 Red Army was in same situation as 3 year back: there wasnt any avtomat that fully satisficied Army requirements.Development of new avtomats and chosing best from newly developed avtomats was neccesary .Soon GAU announces beginning of new trials for avtomat and one of participant of the competition was young reserve seniour sergeant  M.T Kalashnikov with 5 five prototype guns build in metal behind his back .

Simonov Avtomat As-4-P-44

Degtyarev Avtomat KB-P-315
Preparatory stage of the competition for second avtomat trials with intermediate cartrige (May-October 1946)
Factoring in difficulties with designing new avtomat Firearm Directorate of GAU KA announced new avtomat competition.
Design of Avtomats should be conducted based on refined Tactical Technical Requirement № 3131–45 in doing so suggested that trial should encompass most experienced designers .Сompetition involved couple of design bureaus such as:
-KB-2 and PKB OGK (Kovrov) V.V Degtyarev,S.V Vladimirov,P.P Polyakov and A.P Bolshakov,V.V Zubov, V.A Vedensky , I.I Slostin and E.V Ivanov ,A.A Dementiev ,G.F Kubynov,  S.M Krekin
-KB of plant № 535 (Tula) S.A Korovin
-KB NIPSMVO(Shurovo vilage) N.V Rukavishnikov ,K.A Baryshev ,M.T Kalashnikov
-KB of Red Army Artillery Academy (Moscow) I.K Bezruchko-Vysotsky
-TSkB-14 (Tula)  A.A Bulkin ,G.A Korobov
-KB-180 (Podolsk) S.G Simonov, N.N Efimov

Tokarev Avtomat AT-44

Korovin Avtomat first version

Korovin Avtomat 1946 version
In order to reduce time and resources in beggining  competition whcih  should be proceed in two round. USV GAU received 16 project in the first round.Competition commsion basing upo order of chief of GAU from  June 19 of 1946 and conditions of competions chosen 10 designs for participation in competition (projects of A.A Dementiev,P.P Polyakov,K.A Baryshev, A.P Bolshakov, S.V Vladimirov,N.V Rukavishnikov, M.T Kalashnikov, G.A Korobov,A.A Bulkin, I.I Rakov).Interestingly some of participant brought working firearms alongside technical documentation(S.A Korrovin ,G.F Kubynov,S.G Simonov, N.N Efimov)

Priluchsky Avtomat 

1-st variant of Kubynov Avtomat

Efimov Avtomat Ap-34 OKB-180
10 was participant was allowed to entry second round six of them was considered as generally satifisfactory according to tactical technical requirements (Projects of K.A Baryshev,A.A Dementiev,N.V Rukavishnikov,G.A Korobov,A.A Bulkin,M.T Kalashnikov).Project of I.I Rakov,S.G Simonov,P.P Polyakov,A.P Bolshakov have design flaws and therefore wasnt recommended for continuation of development.In same time commsion decided that not a single project was deserver 1- prize.Commision given 2-nd prize to N.V Rukavishnikov. Encouragement Prizes received A.A Dementiev,K.A Baryshev,A.A Bulkin,M.T Kalashnikov.

I went to the range with a friend of mine the other day. It wasn't difficult to decide which rifle to take. While we were there, his AR was having some problems, and we needed some tools to take it down and address the issues. He starts looking around for something that can stand in as a punch; car keys, cartridges, knife, etc. I calmly walk over to the ever prepared Kalashnikov rifle and retrieve it's included toolkit, which I used to repair his decadent capitalist rifle, pampered and unprepared for use in the field.
 
Without me even saying a word, my friend looks over to me and says "shut up, just shut up"

490A  Rebel - competitor of 490 Poplar
 
http://btvt.info/2futureprojects/490a.htm
 

While on train i will try to translate tactical technical specification № 2456–43
-Total weight of Avtomat shouldn't exceed 5 kilograms including magazine,bipod and bayonet
-Lenght of Avtomat shouldn't exceed 1200-1300mm with bayonet  
-Lenght without bayonet shouldnt exceed 900-1000mm
-Avtomat must feed from detachable 30 rounds box magazine
-Avtomat should have open iron sight sighted to 1000 meters with 50 meters increments
-Groupings in semi-auto should be equal to 7.62 rifle mod 1891/30 and in automatic fire should be comparable to DP machinegun
-Rate of Fire shouldn't be more than 600 round per minute. Practical firerate when firing in 3-5 bursts no less than 80 round per minute while in semi auto no less than 35 round per minute
-Durability of system shouldn't be less than 20000 rounds
@Collimatrix

Gun, at some point, every tank manufacturer was not a tank manufacturer. There's always a first design for a company, and there have been several times when these first designs were good. EE-T1 Osorio comes to mind, for its goal (cheap reasonably modern tank for third world nations on a 40t weight limit) it was a fantastic design from a firm with no previous tank work, in a country with no tank industry.

1A3 turret armor btw

destroyed German tanks at Kursk:
 
 
@EnsignExpendable @LoooSeR
 

Development of future Soviet tank in 80-s and was a continuation of works started in 1970-s under designation “Project 101”. Necessity for development was grounded by the development of next generation tank in US and NATO. The importance of this task was well realized by Nikolay Shomin, a new chief designer of Kharkov design bureau, who replaced Alexander Morozov after he retired in 1976. The development of the tank had two main directions – conventional layout with 3-man crew and unmanned turret, which was known under designation “Object 490A” and later “Object 477” and unconventional 2-man design known as “Object 490”. The project “490” developed in the 80s was under development by Eugenie Morozov, son of the famous designer of tanks T-34, T-54, T-64 Alexander Morozov. 
The main features of the “Object 490” were:
- crew consisting of two people - commander-gunner and driver. Reduce the crew to two people and place them in a compact, well-protected capsule. Depending on the specific layout, this gives a volume saving of up to 1.2 m3. 
- the use of hydro pneumatic suspension. In addition to solving the main problem - increasing average speeds by improving running smoothness, it allows to control the clearance of the tank, which increases maneuverability and survivability in battle. In addition, controlled hydro pneumatic suspension by changing the hull angle allows to increase the pointing angles of the gun in the vertical plane. 
- Creation of a special armored refueling and reloading vehicle capable of accompanying the tank in the same formation, overcoming hard natural and artificial obstacles, passing through nuclear contaminated areas of the terrain, and operating under conditions of use of nuclear weapons. In layout no. 1 and 2, it was supposed to implement the replenishment of ammunition and refueling the tank without leaving the crews of the tank and refueling-loading machine. 
 
 
 
 
 

Object 490 "Poplar". Unknown Soviet future tank of 80s
 
http://btvt.info/7english/490_eng.htm
 

Realistic cosplay, it broke down on him!

Most NATO-member-made AFVs, especially for marketing, are made to meet a certain protection level described in STANAG 4569. It basically saves the vehicle manufacturers some of the time and money it takes to determine how much protection is required and where. 
So you will usually see designs that are made strictly to meet certain levels. The norm is level 6 on the front and level 4 on sides, plus level 4a/b vs mines as armor technology allows more weight savings. 
But some vehicles do deviate from these standards if the manufacturers are tasked with a requirement above NATO's. The Puma is one example of a vehicle that, as I understand, is marketed with a level 6 protection but can actually go somewhat higher, perhaps even 35mm at short range. Lynx KF41 almost definitely surpasses the STANAG 4569 levels in some areas, in its 50+ ton version.
 
Many MBTs are capable of shrugging off 35mm shells. I believe all can do so on the turret, while on the hull it would take for most tanks an applique if the tank isn't angled.
Leclercs and Leopards were built and sold with passive or the so-called semi-reactive armor that can both take such hits and survive consecutive strikes. Merkava tanks are built since early versions with high protection to the sides, and Abrams tanks pack multi-layered ERA on the sides that is capable of defeating such shells, at the cost of survivability of the armor.
Ariete is an odd one. On one hand, I remember reading it uses large chunks of RAFAEL's ERA, but I don't know how much of the applique is ERA, or whether I read it wrong and it's passive/semi-reactive armor and not ERA. Either way, count it in as a tank that can at least take a couple shots of 35mm.
T-14 seems to be packing a lot of passive and ERA on the sides, so the chances may not be all too great even after you pass the ERA, as the side skirts may have some passive armor behind the ERA plates.
 
So overall, you wouldn't gain much from shooting volleys of 35mm at the sides of modern MBTs.
But what is 99% sure is that no IFV will ever engage an MBT with such a cannon unless it was caught off guard and managed to spot the MBT first but knowing it cannot retreat.
 

The natives up in Alaska who buy 45-70 rifles for bear hunting assured me that caliber's efficiency thermodynamics was  their top choice for picking that cartridge...

The autocannon breech and ammunition feed are both considerably less intrusive into the turret:


 

 
The cannon feeds through the trunnion, so the feed mechanism doesn't need to rotate with the cannon and can be pushed all the way to the front of the turret wall.
 
I'm not sure how well this design would scale up.  Certainly an MBT main cannon would present some serious problems, like the fact that the trunnions are buried in the frontal armor package.
 
The ammunition is somewhat more space efficient than 40mm L70 Bofors.  The outside diameter of the 40mm CTA is the same as the rim diameter of the L70 ammo, but the case only about 70% as long.  Ballistic performance somewhat favors the CTA.

http://www.janes.com/article/81952/zvs-completes-125-mm-tapna-ammunition-development
 
 

Claimed to be DU Svinets.

don't bother, whatever you will find will not be a proof of video being fake. I also remember those talks, there were funny.

Link:https://www.kalashnikov.ru/v-samom-nachale/
Lets begun proper translation .

After examining German auto-carbines Mkb.42H and its modification MP-43 in USSR quickly begun work on domestic intermediate power cartridge .By the august of 1943 specialist from Artillery Committee of GAU developed tactical technical specification № 2456–43 for entire family of firearms such as self-loading carbine , handheld machinegun(LMG) and Avtomat. Initial primary requirements for supposed avtomat are as such:
-Total weight of Avtomat shouldn't exceed 5 kilograms including magazine, bipod and bayonet
-Length of Avtomat shouldn't exceed 1200-1300mm with bayonet  
-Length without bayonet shouldn’t exceed 900-1000mm
-Avtomat must feed from detachable 30 rounds box magazine
-Avtomat should have open iron sight sighted to 1000 meters with 50 meters increments
-Groupings in semi-auto should be equal to 7.62 rifle mod 1891/30 while and in automatic fire should be comparable to DP machinegun
-Rate of Fire shouldn't be more than 600 round per minute. Practical firerate when firing in 3-5 bursts no less than 80 round per minute while in semi auto no less than 35 round per minute
-Durability of system shouldn't be less than 20000 rounds

Designer are designed weapon for cartridge that are haven’t yet appeared .Cartridge and firearm are designed concurrently which lead to considerable difficulties in the process of the design .Work on design of new cartrige begun at in jule 1943 by specialists of OKB-44 (Kuntcevo village) N.V Elizarov ,P.V Rozanov surmounting massive technical difficulties design of the cartridge finalized by end of 1943 and formally adopted in september of 1943 as "7.62 cartridge mod 1943".Using this cartirge and basing on tactical technical requirement № 2456–43 designers from various organisations set to work on new firearms .
In this trials participated :
-KB-2 and PKB OGK (Kovrov) V.V Degtyarev under leadershipof V.A Degtyarev 
-KB NIPSMVO(Shurovo vilage) A.I Sudaev V.F Kuzmishev
-KB of plant № 535 (Tula) S.A Korovin 
-KB-180 (Podolsk) S.G Simonov
-TSkB-14 (Tula) F.V Tokarev A.A Bulkin S.A Prilucsky
-KB of plant № 367 (Vyatskie Polyany known today as Molot orushie) G.S Shpagin
In the beginning of the work technical look of this weapon wasnt clear .In the beginning avtomat was seen by the GAU as universal firearm which combines advantage of LMG,SMG and rifle .This is clearly seen due to inclusion of bayonet and bipod into design.And it heavily influenced lenght of barrel which is 500mm which was calculated to provide longer range.Mkb.42 primary design solutions influenced work of certain designers and specialists from GAU .However it cannot be said that designer are strictly adhering to specification from GAU.Designs are extremely varied and diverse.Designs ranged from from enlarged SMG ( simple blowback action of Shpagin Avtomat ) to full-fledged LMGs that are incapable to serve as compact and light individual weapon such as Degtyarev KB-P-315 and KB-P-280 ,Simonov RPS-M3-44 and AS-4-P-44  and Bulkin AB-44 .Part of these Heavy Avtomats are moved to handheld Machineguns group where they are tested independently .

In order from left to right S.G Simonov,F.v Tokarev ,G.S Shpagin

In same order A.A Bulkin,V.V Degtyarev ,G.F Kubynov
Best out of all designs are emerged in NIPSMVO in AS-44 which was recommended for production of pre-production series .1000 was produced at Tula Plant №536 and in July 1945 entered service trials.Service trails revealed that As-44 satificied amjority of Army demands but its needed further refinement .Sudaev enthusiastically begun work on improving the rifle and managed to churn out couple of variats but sadly he was died from sickness in 1946.Sudaev doesnt have any helpers or students so after his death his work was left unfinished.

Shpagin avtomat

Kuzmishev Avtomat 
Part 2 will be continued tomorow

While on train i will try to translate tactical technical specification № 2456–43
-Total weight of Avtomat shouldn't exceed 5 kilograms including magazine,bipod and bayonet
-Lenght of Avtomat shouldn't exceed 1200-1300mm with bayonet  
-Lenght without bayonet shouldnt exceed 900-1000mm
-Avtomat must feed from detachable 30 rounds box magazine
-Avtomat should have open iron sight sighted to 1000 meters with 50 meters increments
-Groupings in semi-auto should be equal to 7.62 rifle mod 1891/30 and in automatic fire should be comparable to DP machinegun
-Rate of Fire shouldn't be more than 600 round per minute. Practical firerate when firing in 3-5 bursts no less than 80 round per minute while in semi auto no less than 35 round per minute
-Durability of system shouldn't be less than 20000 rounds
@Collimatrix

Link:https://www.kalashnikov.ru/v-samom-nachale/
Lets begun proper translation .

After examining German auto-carbines Mkb.42H and its modification MP-43 in USSR quickly begun work on domestic intermediate power cartridge .By the august of 1943 specialist from Artillery Committee of GAU developed tactical technical specification № 2456–43 for entire family of firearms such as self-loading carbine , handheld machinegun(LMG) and Avtomat. Initial primary requirements for supposed avtomat are as such:
-Total weight of Avtomat shouldn't exceed 5 kilograms including magazine, bipod and bayonet
-Length of Avtomat shouldn't exceed 1200-1300mm with bayonet  
-Length without bayonet shouldn’t exceed 900-1000mm
-Avtomat must feed from detachable 30 rounds box magazine
-Avtomat should have open iron sight sighted to 1000 meters with 50 meters increments
-Groupings in semi-auto should be equal to 7.62 rifle mod 1891/30 while and in automatic fire should be comparable to DP machinegun
-Rate of Fire shouldn't be more than 600 round per minute. Practical firerate when firing in 3-5 bursts no less than 80 round per minute while in semi auto no less than 35 round per minute
-Durability of system shouldn't be less than 20000 rounds

Designer are designed weapon for cartridge that are haven’t yet appeared .Cartridge and firearm are designed concurrently which lead to considerable difficulties in the process of the design .Work on design of new cartrige begun at in jule 1943 by specialists of OKB-44 (Kuntcevo village) N.V Elizarov ,P.V Rozanov surmounting massive technical difficulties design of the cartridge finalized by end of 1943 and formally adopted in september of 1943 as "7.62 cartridge mod 1943".Using this cartirge and basing on tactical technical requirement № 2456–43 designers from various organisations set to work on new firearms .
In this trials participated :
-KB-2 and PKB OGK (Kovrov) V.V Degtyarev under leadershipof V.A Degtyarev 
-KB NIPSMVO(Shurovo vilage) A.I Sudaev V.F Kuzmishev
-KB of plant № 535 (Tula) S.A Korovin 
-KB-180 (Podolsk) S.G Simonov
-TSkB-14 (Tula) F.V Tokarev A.A Bulkin S.A Prilucsky
-KB of plant № 367 (Vyatskie Polyany known today as Molot orushie) G.S Shpagin
In the beginning of the work technical look of this weapon wasnt clear .In the beginning avtomat was seen by the GAU as universal firearm which combines advantage of LMG,SMG and rifle .This is clearly seen due to inclusion of bayonet and bipod into design.And it heavily influenced lenght of barrel which is 500mm which was calculated to provide longer range.Mkb.42 primary design solutions influenced work of certain designers and specialists from GAU .However it cannot be said that designer are strictly adhering to specification from GAU.Designs are extremely varied and diverse.Designs ranged from from enlarged SMG ( simple blowback action of Shpagin Avtomat ) to full-fledged LMGs that are incapable to serve as compact and light individual weapon such as Degtyarev KB-P-315 and KB-P-280 ,Simonov RPS-M3-44 and AS-4-P-44  and Bulkin AB-44 .Part of these Heavy Avtomats are moved to handheld Machineguns group where they are tested independently .

In order from left to right S.G Simonov,F.v Tokarev ,G.S Shpagin

In same order A.A Bulkin,V.V Degtyarev ,G.F Kubynov
Best out of all designs are emerged in NIPSMVO in AS-44 which was recommended for production of pre-production series .1000 was produced at Tula Plant №536 and in July 1945 entered service trials.Service trails revealed that As-44 satificied amjority of Army demands but its needed further refinement .Sudaev enthusiastically begun work on improving the rifle and managed to churn out couple of variats but sadly he was died from sickness in 1946.Sudaev doesnt have any helpers or students so after his death his work was left unfinished.

Shpagin avtomat

Kuzmishev Avtomat 
Part 2 will be continued tomorow

July 30, 1943
Tactical and technical requirements number 2456 for the development of a 7.62 mm avtomat for a special cartridge.
Objective:
Develop and produce a avtomat under a special cartridge that would, at a relatively low weight, provide high firepower at short and medium ranges of infantry combat.
1. Avtomat - an individual weapon designed to defeat single and group live targets of the enemy.
2. The weapon are designed for a special cartridge, which has the following main characteristics:
a) caliber - 7.62 mm
b) the initial velocity of the bullet is 670-720 m/sec (calculated data are given for a barrel long - 500 mm)
c) bullet weight - 8 grams
d) weight cartridge - 16 grams
e) the maximum pressure is 3200 kg/cm2
3. The total weight of the weapon with bayonet, magazine, belt and accessories should not be more than 5.0 kg.
4. The length of the weapon without a bayonet should be 900-1000 mm, and with a bayonet 1200-1300 mm.
5. The supply of cartridges is provided from a detachable magazine capacity of 30 cartridges.
6. Magazines should be interchangeable. Filling the magazine with cartridges should be convenient and made without special tools.
7. Mounting the magazine on the gun should ensure a quick replacement of the magazine in any position of the shooter.
Magazine should not spontaneously drop out of the weapon, even with an accidental impact on the latch of the magazine fixation.
8. Locking the barrel bore must be rigid and must exclude the possibility of a shot when the shutter is not fully closed.
9. The trigger  mechanism must ensure the conduct of a single and automatic fire, have a reliable fuse, safety catch, trigger pull force - from 2 to 2.5 kg, not to allow double shots when firing single,
do not allow the trigger  on the fingers during automatic shooting. The design of the weapon (the trigger bow and the trigger bracket)  should provide the possibility of shooting from the weapon in thick gloves.
10. The weapon should have an open sight for shooting at distances up to 1000m. with the divisions every 50m.
11. The front sight should have a safety catch and a reliable fastening, which should provide lateral displacement of the front sight (to adjust firing accuracy).
12. A sighting device should provide stability and speed of guidance and ease of use during operation.
13. The accuracy of the firing of a single fire should not be worse than that of the Mosin-Nagant rifle. The accuracy of shooting in automatic mode should be no worse than that of Degtyarev's machine gun.
14. The rate of fire should not be higher than 600 rpm. When firing at 3-5 rounds, the rate of fire is not less than 80 rounds per minute. When firing in a single mode, the rate of fire is at least 35 rounds per minute.
15. The weapon must have lightweight bipods, which in folded form should not protrude sharply from the dimensions of the weapon and must provide shooting standing and shooting standing on their knees.
16. The bayonet should be saber-shaped. The bayonet mount must be fast, durable and comfortable. The bayonet should have a sheath for wearing on  a belt.
17. The butt must be of the usual type with a socket for the placement of accessories and spare parts.
18. The weapon should have a sock belt and ensure the convenience of shooting on the move.
19. Disassembly and assembly of weapons for cleaning should be provided without complex special devices.
20. Work mechanisms should provide 5000 shots without cleaning the weapons.
21. The weapon must fire at any declination angles and in any positions.
22. Breakage of small parts allowed up to 10,000 shots, breakdown of complex parts with 20,000 shots.
23. The number of misfires should be 0.3%when the weapon is cooled after every 150 shots.
24. Weapons should be easy to learn, manufacture, and not have alloy steels, except on some small details.
 
 
 

By the way
 
Archduke Ferdinand did not wear his vest on the day he was shot.  It did not work because it was not on his person.
 
The narrator of that TV show wears Command Sergeant Major rank.

4 months of WoT-free life, i start to see some colors around. Majority of those colors are shades of grey, as i live in St.Petersburg, city that sole existence was "Fuck you, Sweden!" and was build in a swamp with constant rain over it.

Yes, didnt work, i still wonder why

Quote

"Secret: T-54 Maus
 
Advantages:
Firepower The ability to put Maus turrets on T-54s without modification of the turret ring The suspension and turret traverse mechanisms can bear the extra weight Good armour protection Well balanced turret, lots of room for crew Recommendation for modernization in 1952, also in the future when World of Tanks will exist they should get this document and sell this tank for 900 American dollars."