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  1. Serge
    https://www.armyrecognition.com/november_2018_global_defense_security_army_news_industry/israeli_8x8_apc_eitan_scheduled_for_series_production_in_2021.html
  2. Serge
    And, I found this : that : and this too : If you want more : http://www.toadmanstankpictures.com/tracer.htm
  3. Serge
    I can’t resist posting this one :
  4. Serge
    From the past : TRACER team Lancer. Team SIKA. Just to emphasize the difference of size between AJAX and the TRACER :
  5. Serge
    I don’t call for any technology fairy. I just think the job is the following : providing a chassis able to do the job until 2070 (at least). Considering the 40 years (50 ?) to come with the OMFV, it a mistake to look for a «good enough» power train because power train will be changed within a continuous upgrade process. The critical part is the hull structure. This is the only one wich will stay unchanged. So, the quality of the OMFV in the long term will comes from to the hull. If the suspension is not good enough today, it will be changed tomorrow. But, if torsion bars are less safe than hydro gas suspension, it’s harder to change the hull configuration. It’s possible, but harder. This is why I’m worried by the contenders.
  6. Serge
    Yes. This photos was taken during the very first public appearance of the Mk4.
  7. Serge
    Yes
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  9. Serge
    Is-it a male ? A female ?
  10. Serge
    How old is this photo ? 16 years ?
  11. Serge
    I don’t where to post it, so I opened a new topic dedicated to dress code. US-Army annonces adoption of Pink and Green. http://soldiersystems.net/2018/11/11/us-army-announces-adoption-of-pinks-and-greens-dress-uniform/
  12. Serge
    White parts are measuring instruments. Green parts are from the Leclerc demonstrator. But, there is no radar and I never heard about any radar test for this MBT.
  13. Serge
    If I rememberwell, they have the most important M60 fleet in the word but, they still have a large M48 fleet.
  14. Serge
    Let us open a topic dedicated to the Optionally maned fighting vehicle. What we know now is that we don’t know so much. What is sure, the US Army : - wants 9 men strong dismounted section ; - doesn’t want to continue to share an IFV between two sections when mounted ; - is awared that it’s complicated to fight with an IFV carrying a 9 men section. Platforms showed available at AUSA 2018 were : Griffin III from General Dynamic CV90 from BAE Lynx from Rheinmetall Maybe a proposal from SAIC ? My point here is the following : I have the strange feeling that there’s a misunderstanding. During last years, US Army spend lots of money to study new manufacturing process, new designs... and today, when we are looking at news, all we see is old concept. The Lynx is optimized to be a cost effective platform with proven components. But what is its upgrading capability to stay in services until 2070 ? CV90 is very good but it got limitations too. It need a deep reworked of its hull. The Griffin was introduced as the response to the Army call but in fact there’s no other tracked other platform in the GD catalog. I may be wrong but I can’t see any real disruption. What about monolithic forged hull ? What about decoupled running gear ? Are torsion bars still a solution for suspensions ? I think, this is the very beginning of the story but it’s very strange.
  15. Serge
    French tanks were good when considering armor, weapons and engine. But, the rest was very poor. Bad organisation, bad logistic, no radio...
  16. Serge
    A light-tank based on the TH495 chassis, maybe ? Very fun to read about the Mars-15 proposal.
  17. Serge
    And here : http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/24114/one-of-these-big-cannon-toting-armored-vehicles-may-replace-the-bradley-fighting-vehicle
  18. Serge
    Made by ARDEC.
  19. Serge
    This turret was made by the US-Army. The real difficulty is the US-Army seems to call for a « never seen before » elevation. Just to remind : BAE’s got another turret available for the CV90 : Of course, this is a 40CTA, but, maybe the US wanted 50mm can be integrated.
  20. Serge
    We can add : - Compatible with larger caliber than 30mm, - Big elevation too : 60deg.
  21. Serge
    This is not possible because the TARDEC artillery solution is very different from the BAE CV’s one. With the TARDEC, the linklees feeding system is cohesive with the auto-canon. When the cradle is moving, everything is moving. Inside the CV90 turret, you have a supple conveyors wich transfer the ammunitions from the magazine to the chamber. The first solution permit a very high travel course. With the more classic Swedish solution, you are more limited. The Tardec drawback is the turret roof which must be raised. So, the CV90 turret can’t house the TARDEC solution. The only solution to reach 85deg of travel would have been to use a rotating chamber. But it means the use of a CTA canon... wich is not US at all.
  22. Serge
    Are the charges soft ?
  23. Serge
    FNSS at Indo-Defense 2018 https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/landwarfareintl/indo-defence-2018-indonesian-fnss-tank-prepared-pr/
  24. Serge
    So, if Rheinmetall is losing, they can integrate there failed proposal into a better platform. They will integrate machine gun, auto-canon, optics, FCS, situational awareness system, smock-grenade launcher... into the winner platform. And off course, the ADF will pay for an additional batch of tests. Makes sens.
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