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  1. Serge
    For the love of God, I hope BAE will develop a complete family of light tracked AFV.
  2. Serge
    I don’t have clue but : - POLE was to test a need, not only to inject fresh money into Nexter. - Leclerc MBT was designed as a tank killer but reality shown tanks are not the only target on the battlefield. Look at the rebirth of tanks in Australia and Canada. - on the market, you have a trend to offer indirect fire (CMI...). - indirect fire capable turret are interesting : - to both FIBUA and montain warfare, - to launch missiles or UAV. So.
  3. Serge
    Yes I don’t know. The purpose of the POLE was (not only) to test the firing of 120mm from a wheeled platforme but to test indirect tank firing. The accuracy achieved was very good. Indirect fire was lost with the Leclerc MBT introduction. Until the AMX-30, tank crew were trained to this capability. Into each AMX-30 turret, you can put a level to use the balistic table. There is a special support on the cradle. With the AMX-10RC, there is only one level per troop and tank crew were not trained to this (even if it was to be known). Indirect firing capability will come back with the next tank generation.
  4. Serge
    It’s always a pleasur to see POLE turret firing.
  5. Serge
    It was called Mulet Système Complet (Mule Complet System)
  6. Serge
    What is the cost of the chassis alone ? You don’t need figures but logic. With or without R&D. R&D for what on CAESAR ? and « service costs » is fun too.
  7. Serge
    How can this : be cheaper than this : ??? Just a mater of logic. I won’t digress on artillery but : - CAESAR is a towed artillery gun on truck ; - Donar is a light SPGH. Both can’t be compared.
  8. Serge
    So, PzH-2000 is cheaper than a CAESAR. So funny Made my day.
  9. Serge
    The price ?
  10. Serge
    Yes.
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  12. Serge
    It stopped only with the Crusader.
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  14. Serge
    The storage boxes are only on the very upper right side.
  15. Serge
    Razor wire.
  16. Serge
    Thank you Damian
  17. Serge
    Elaws are useful to collect EW intelligence too. So, as you noted, it’s quitte strange.
  18. Serge
    Namera was the name of the ARV too, no ?
  19. Serge
    When designing the turret armored structure, like the chassis one, you must avoid ballistic holes and ricochets. But your facing something specific : decapitation. This is why there must be no crew compartment bulge over the roof ligne. A very good exemple is the M-60 cupola wich is very dangerous. You’re right. But there are a few other things. When you want a good fire on the move capability, you must provide very smooth artillery freedom of mouvement inside the crew compartment. With an articulated roof, you will have resistance under a certain level of depression (the breech must rise it). This is incompatible with your search for efficiency. An other option is to provide a motorized roof. This way, the breech will go up and down without jotl. But the result is more weight, more volume, more complexity. One the other hand, articulated roof is a good way to reach a very depression for hull down position and mountain warfare. But, at what cost ? You must keep in mind the risk of decapitation. MBT design is a no compromise one. And beware of the shape of the Leclerc turret. The armored part is not the whole turret. It’s lower. Its shape is made for both thermal and radar mitigation.
  20. Serge
    Because the statistics of deflagration is better.
  21. Serge
    I don’t know the doctrine of the German army but there are two aspects : - you can consider the simple technical aspect. This way, their is no opposition to automatic loader. - but you must remained the tank crew is fulfilling tasks all around the clock. And it’s easier to rest with a four men crew. Two more details : - it’s possible to have both 4 men crew and auto-loader ; - the troop commander’s got troop commander’s tasks, so a 3 men crew becomes a 2 men crew very often.
  22. Serge
    Considering the second hand market, some armies don’t want the top of the technology because they simply can’t afford purchasing it. By 2030, plenty of countries would be pleased to receive Leopard-2. Look at Finland. They just received A6s. What about Austria and they A4 ? Finland is still ruling BMP-2 whatever the Russian standard is. Why didn’t they continue to purchase batches of CV-90 ? Tanks are not only useful to fight against others tanks. In both Australia and Canada, interest in tanks came back during war in Afghanistan. The Nexter TMBT is more obvious to show the bulge : This kind of architecture can be find whenever you need to keep low the turret without the complexity of an articulated roof. But, such a turret is still lighter than an A7 one.
  23. Serge
    I found this : https://forum.warthunder.com/index.php?/topic/378831-leopard-2a0-spoiler-alert-image-intensive/
  24. Serge
    In fact, I’m considering second hand market. I don’t think the German army will keep Leo-2 but, the stock of tanks is so large and its basic capabilities are so good, it won’t desapear quickly. Artillery depression creates opening ? I was convinced the roof was articulated. So the rapide increase of the internal air volume will dive the needed overpressure. And, there is more sealing problems to cope with. Such proposal were made in a period where no add-on armor was considered. The gain was obvious but, as you already noted, this is no more so interesting. If you want a turret, you have the French T21 : I don’t think turret exchange is interesting because it’s very expensive and one needs long evaluation. My proposal is much more limited, less risky but it adress very tricky daily threat.
  25. Serge
    Readyness depands on maintenance and spares. Both maintenance and spares are costs. At this point, this is not a problem of age. If the German army is introducing a new engine, they will need a new gear-box and modified rear compartment. Chassis will be like new. The long term problem will come from the hull fatigue.
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