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Yeah I think the armor cavities did get enlarged on the M1A2C.
 

These pics I took at Land Forces 18 may be of use:
 

 

 

 
 

These pics I took at Land Forces 18 may be of use:
 

 

 

 
 

Armor coupons are armor samples for ballistic testing, not integrated into a vehicle's structure. A small panel, say 0.5x0.5m, built to the same spec as the actual armor but in a small easy-to-test and cheap package.

The two teams of eight section in Australia has been superseded by the 3/3/3 model (3 crew, six dismounts). 
 
Check this (excellent) article on the implementation of the IFV within the Australian context. 
 
https://www.cove.org.au/breakin/article-land-400-phase-3-a-case-for-reviewing-that-other-case/
 
it summarises the organisational & doctrinal background to what is coming, set against the 50+ years of M113 operation by the Australian Army. 
 

Seems like a show of customizability again. The trend is clear - unmanned turrets. But those who want a manned turret can often get that option from the same manufacturer, even within the same turret.
 
A single hatch may be less comfortable for exit and entry, but it's doable, and more importantly it saves a ton of space on the roof to add things. On such small turrets, every square inch is valuable real estate. Even on the large turrets of MBTs you will more often than not see an issue of over-crowded equipment.
 
For normal exit and entry, I suppose they'll just have to take turns unless the Aussies decide they value ergonomics highly enough to sacrifice available space.
 
In any case when that's not possible, one can lock the turret in place, and exit through a hole in the basket. Not all designs permit that. In some it can be very dangerous, but it's also doable if there's will. Not complicated either, as it takes just not welding a piece of metal to the basket, and adding a simple interruption command to the turret controls.
 
 
In the Merkava 4 there are now 2 hatches - TC's and Loader's.
The single hatch variant was an early production one. 
The idea was maintaining the integrity of the roof armor.
How he got out is fairly easy: Use the back door. It's actually more comfortable in a lot of cases, and allows for a safe evac when the tank's exposed. Only the driver has to actually rely on his hatch.
 
I'm now advancing the idea of a rear-placed hatch-less crew capsule with a back door, center placed unmanned turret, and front placed powerpack.

Correct - the gun is only specified in terms of ammunition,

The gun is *not* common between phases. The caliber is. 

I have to disagree (from CV-90 thread): 
 
 
New Kongsberg MCT-30-based turret has built in ATGM/missile launcher, while also having same gun and RWS. I doubt it would be that hard to change the MMP launcher to an FGM-148, Spike, or FIM-92 (or the TOW series, if the army wants to handicap themselves). Unless the army is looking for something similar to the Namer turret, I don’t think they’re going to find much better. 

new DTR issue http://defencetechnologyreview.realviewdigital.com/#folio=1
with those renders:

This issue seems to be blown out of proportions. 
 
I have a friend who is doing his service time as a conscript in Panserbataljonen.  He has not heard anything about this issue. They also train with kampeskadronen. 
 
It does seem that some CV90s have a manufacturing fault, with welds causing the leak apparently. It is also rumored that one affect CV90 has had leaks since it was adopted.  Though it would not really be surprising, Forsvaret is a mess from what I have been told. 
 
This is at least what I have heard. I can translate the articles from Teknisk Ukemagasin if anyone is interested. 

Apparently that’s the turret being offered by Hanwha on the AS21.

New turret from EOS and Elbit Systems.

Brochure

More of Rheinmetall’s submission has made it I to the public domain.
 
120mm Nemo mortar
 

 
Protected amphibious vehicle:
 

 
 

More of Rheinmetall’s submission has made it I to the public domain.
 
120mm Nemo mortar
 

 
Protected amphibious vehicle:
 

 
 

DOT&E report for 2018 published. 
 
Abrams: http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2018/pdf/army/2018m1a2sep.pdf
 
APS: http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2018/pdf/army/2018aps.pdf
 
AMPV: http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2018/pdf/army/2018ampv.pdf
 
Bradley: http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2018/pdf/army/2018bradley.pdf
 
JAB: http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2018/pdf/army/2018jab.pdf
 
M109A7: http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2018/pdf/army/2018m109pim.pdf
 
Stryker - Dragoon: http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2018/pdf/army/2018strykericvd.pdf
 
RWS-J: http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2018/pdf/army/2018strykercrowsj.pdf
 
ACV: http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2018/pdf/navy/2018acv.pdf

DOT&E report for 2018 published. 
 
Abrams: http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2018/pdf/army/2018m1a2sep.pdf
 
APS: http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2018/pdf/army/2018aps.pdf
 
AMPV: http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2018/pdf/army/2018ampv.pdf
 
Bradley: http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2018/pdf/army/2018bradley.pdf
 
JAB: http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2018/pdf/army/2018jab.pdf
 
M109A7: http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2018/pdf/army/2018m109pim.pdf
 
Stryker - Dragoon: http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2018/pdf/army/2018strykericvd.pdf
 
RWS-J: http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2018/pdf/army/2018strykercrowsj.pdf
 
ACV: http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2018/pdf/navy/2018acv.pdf

DOT&E report for 2018 published. 
 
Abrams: http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2018/pdf/army/2018m1a2sep.pdf
 
APS: http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2018/pdf/army/2018aps.pdf
 
AMPV: http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2018/pdf/army/2018ampv.pdf
 
Bradley: http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2018/pdf/army/2018bradley.pdf
 
JAB: http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2018/pdf/army/2018jab.pdf
 
M109A7: http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2018/pdf/army/2018m109pim.pdf
 
Stryker - Dragoon: http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2018/pdf/army/2018strykericvd.pdf
 
RWS-J: http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2018/pdf/army/2018strykercrowsj.pdf
 
ACV: http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2018/pdf/navy/2018acv.pdf

DOT&E report for 2018 published. 
 
Abrams: http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2018/pdf/army/2018m1a2sep.pdf
 
APS: http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2018/pdf/army/2018aps.pdf
 
AMPV: http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2018/pdf/army/2018ampv.pdf
 
Bradley: http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2018/pdf/army/2018bradley.pdf
 
JAB: http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2018/pdf/army/2018jab.pdf
 
M109A7: http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2018/pdf/army/2018m109pim.pdf
 
Stryker - Dragoon: http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2018/pdf/army/2018strykericvd.pdf
 
RWS-J: http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2018/pdf/army/2018strykercrowsj.pdf
 
ACV: http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2018/pdf/navy/2018acv.pdf

Qatari KF-41 Lynx? 
 
https://twitter.com/jeremybinnie/status/1075008024136306689?s=21 

I took a few, but it's nothing particularly new.

It was also narrower - 100/107 inches according to this diagram from Raport WTO 2002-12 (article on AUSA-2002):


photos:

T-72 autoloaders have eaten the arms of enough Soviet tank crewmen that the Russian Army was able to form an entire battalion of slavic Def Leppard tribute bands. 

I saw some parts of this system on upgraded Merkava 3s.

 
https://below-the-turret-ring.blogspot.com/2017/06/merkava-with-ears-its-alwacs.html
 
SH_MM posted in his blog about this (or similar) system.
 
Here it is on Arjun