skylancer-3441

Lynx KF41 
some photos (originally posted in twitter):

pictures from that pdf:

Rheinmetall press-release 
https://www.rheinmetall-defence.com/en/rheinmetall_defence/public_relations/news/latest_news/index_17408.php
https://www.rheinmetall-defence.com/media/editor_media/rm_defence/publicrelations/pressemitteilungen/2018/2018-06-12_Rheinmetall_Eurosatory_Lynx_KF_41_en.pdf

and some more pics from twitter:

video:

some screenshots:

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Question: is it a correct thread for this vehicle? Or i should've been posting this in German vehicles thread like @2805662 did with his photos of this vehicle http://sturgeonshouse.ipbhost.com/topic/11-stug-iii-thread-and-also-other-german-vehicles-i-guess/?page=49&tab=comments#comment-133254
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UPD:19-12-2018
With words "pictures from that pdf" there should've been this link https://gallery.mailchimp.com/ebe687fe800f7d0f2f28fa168/files/cd7abd56-13d7-4921-8eb5-aa4eee834446/Lynx_KF41_Special_Supplement_final.01.pdf 
whicn wasn't - I guess it was lost in process of editing this post severall times to add more pictures.

another photo from twitter

more photos (originally posted in twitter) of ASCOD 2 IFV with UT30 Mk2 turret

and one from this article http://defence-blog.com/army/gdels-unveiled-new-variants-ascod-family-tracked-vehicles-eurosatory-2018.html:

10 minutes ago, SH_MM said:

https://bilder.t-online.de/b/83/91/55/08/id_83915508/920/c_raw/tid_da/index.jpg

removing /920 from this link provides opportunity to see and download larger image (1920x1280 pix) https://bilder.t-online.de/b/83/91/55/08/id_83915508/c_raw/tid_da/index.jpg

On 6/7/2018 at 1:40 PM, SH_MM said:

KMW and Nexter apparently developed a new amphibious vehicle. No idea if this will be KMW or Nexter branded...

On 6/8/2018 at 9:12 AM, Serge said:

This is a KNDS brand. 

Nexter already communicated about AFV they will showcase at EuroSatory (TITUS with UGV kit, Jaguar....).

Shareholders were calling for a rapid common project between Nexter and KMW. Here it is. 

Shephard Media's video about this vehicle - interview and some footage from driving and swimming tests

screenshots:

photo from Polish article on this vehicle http://www.defence24.pl/przemysl/eurosatory-2018-nowa-amfibia-kmw-plywa-do-tylu

another article on ASCOD 2 MMBT and IFV https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/landwarfareintl/eurosatory-2018-gdels-unveils-new-configurations-a/ 
with 3 photos:

Patria's new 6x6 - kinda like Pasi XA-180 - but with independent suspension

article on this vehicle https://www.patria.fi/en/media/news/eurosatory-2018-patria-6x6-multifunctional-transport-capacity-far-future

And another photo of TARDEC's combat vehicle prototype's hull

Otokar's Tulpar with Cockerill 3105 turret, pics from several posts in twitter and instagram:

7 second long video with those two ASCOD 2 vehicles

from this post https://twitter.com/RT_Shephard/status/1006070754323193856


and from this post https://twitter.com/xaviervav/status/1006075929742004225


and this https://twitter.com/GrantTurnbull_/status/1006083568056111104

and this http://scout-thedeaddistrict.blogspot.com/2018/06/eurosatory-2018-leopard-2-lecerc.html

and this https://twitter.com/BGoodlad/status/1006115583837065217

and this article https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/deutschland/militaer-verteidigung/id_83914894/leopard-hersteller-ueberrascht-mit-neuem-kampfpanzer.html

those two pictures are from this article https://www.idf.il/אתרים/חטיבת-הנחל/האיתן-של-הנחל/ 
which also has a video on Eitan. Some screenshots from this video:
 

some changes are noticeable comparing to this:


 

parts of the same footage also appeared a month ago in another video, which also has more footage from different angles and from inside the vehicle:

screenshots:

A couple more photos (from varoius bulgarian websites):

1 hour ago, LoooSeR said:

Even Viktor Murakhovskiy said basically same thing i said about BMPT

 

He also added this point against BMPT:

 

and about BMPTs smashing some dirt in Syria and suddenly becoming "combat prooven"

 

Source:

http://discussio.ru/technologies/dorozhe-tanka-chto-ne-tak-s-bmpt-terminator?utm_source=warfiles.ru

It seems like in this article Murakhovskiy basically repeats what he said about BMPT back in late 2000s on Otvaga forum - there http://otvaga2004.mybb.ru/viewtopic.php?id=20&p=13#p4615 and in other threads

Army Recognition's video - interview in french about Jaguar EBRC and also they've filmed this vehicle from different angles, for example:

 

more screenshots https://imgur.com/a/0mqOVX8

May be they'll show it later

Army Recognition's video on that robot-carrying version of Titus

2 hours ago, Alzoc said:

I hope that it has an adjustable suspension or the obstacle crossing capability will be poor:

well, there was a 3,5 yr old video from DefenseWebTV, and they explained a thing or two about it's capabilities, and around 1:00 this 3d model shown doing what appears to be an change of ground clearance

btw loooking at this photo:

(from link to twitter posted by Ramlaen on previous page)
there:

it seems like that wishbone axle is not parallel to ground, like if it's and adjustable and set in position of shorter-than-normal ground clearance.

Pavlov-and-Pavlov's article about object 279 in Technika i Vooruzhenie 2015-06 does mention some studies of 1955-1958 on the subject of non-metallic filler for composite armor, and it also has this picture of what appears to be an proposition on use of composite armor in frontal part of 279's hull. 
Apparently it went no further than that, and remained a paper design. (Though maybe i'm misunderstanding what's been said in that article.)

In lower part of this image there is a spreadshit on the right, located  allmost inside cross-section #4, and it shows - for all 4 cross section variants - numbers for surface, and numbers for weight of 1cm thick slice of given composition. And also it shows which part of this area and weight refers to steel and which part of this weight refers to armor filler. 
I've divided numbers of given filler weight on given filler area, and got density of about 3.2 kg/cm3, same for compositions 2-4

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Speaking of heavy tanks, one may remember Chelyabinsk's object 780 of early 70s, which was described in "Morozov's diary" as a 49,8 tonnes vehicle, 9-11 tonnes heavier that Leningrad's 225 and Kharkov's 450.

On 8/7/2017 at 9:56 PM, Renegade334 said:

 

 

Eh, that's the so-called HD-40T Wombat ("Highly Deployable 40-ton Tank"), some sort of extremely low-profile precursor/testbed to the FCS, and there's extremely little information available about that weird thing.

 

Concept of 40-ton tank was also mentioned there http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a358002.pdf (proceedings of 1998 Combat Vehicles Conference) on some pages starting from 46th (accoring to a pdf viewer page counter)
https://imgur.com/a/IOJcNHT
 

This conncept without a doubt appeared on pages of magazines of that time too, though a lot of those of those are not available on the internet now, like Jane's IDR for example. I mean - this russian article on wartank.narod.ru was taken from Zarubezhnoye Voennoye Obozreniye (Foreign Military Review) magazine, 1998-12. And there were articles in polish magazines like Raport WTO and Wojskowy Przeglad Techniczny i Logistyczny which talked about this this concept or at least printed pictures of similar vehicles 

On 4/30/2018 at 8:39 PM, Sovngard said:

 

I demand to see the transmission of this thing.

photo of this model with open rear door:

 

it's a vehicle based on Kharkovite's tank with compact "suitcase"-shaped Kharkovite engine and two gearboxes
T-84 cutaway:



T-80UD:

Achzarit has passageway above some parts of the transmission, and next to both an upper half of its transversely-mounted engine (which is shorter than V2-derieved diesel, so it leaves some space for lower part of passageway) and cooling system

On the other hand it seems like if this Kharkovite BTMP-84 has passageway (judging by what it shown on model's photo above - it's floor panels are entirely horizontal, unlike some of those on Achzarit) located above left part of its engine and one of the gearboxes, and next to a cooling system. Which sould've been redesigned to make it narrower (albeit higher, probably, - but passageway's roof should be somewhat higher anyway), and also they've probably removed that red boxy thing and put it somewhere else

that picture with "M1A3" and "BLK III" appeared on page 171 in this document A historical summary of the Armored Systems Modernization program and the lessons learned from its interaction with the acquisition environment which is also available there https://calhoun.nps.edu/handle/10945/30593 

On 3/8/2018 at 12:11 AM, SH_MM said:

This is from a presentation by R. Lindström, who works/worked for the Swedish FMV:

It's interesting.
Presentation (which contains this page) which available now on ontres.se is 110 pages long
about 2-and-a-half years ago i've downloaded on my computer presentation which was 119 pages long. Apparently it's exactly the same as one available now online, except for some pages on tank protection https://cloud.mail.ru/public/FVLe/iUZw87trH 
(according to Chrome history file, which i've backed up in dec.2015 and still have now, this pdf was without a doubt downloaded from ontres.se https://i.imgur.com/ysAJQgr.png)

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new link https://cloud.mail.ru/public/579x/2Z1Bqxm2m