Karamazov

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T-90M

Tamanskaya and Kantemirovksaya

 
 

T-15 IFV

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if G12WT1412 is Г12ВТ1412, then it's serial number of soviet made T-72, made in december 1977 on Uralvagonzavod

Stefan Kotsch has published the following excerpts from East-German documents regarding the reliability of the T-72 on Tank-Net.
 


 

True Boss of this Gym is back

Yes you're right, the Pereh was based on M48 hulls, not M60.
But for quite a long time the IDF has been looking to convert old vehicles to APCs. Even the Merkava 2 was repurposed, and perhaps the main reason why no more Achzarit HAPCs were made was because there were no more usable tanks to make them from.
The M60 APC conversion, judging by the image quality, came somewhere between two points in time in which the need for converted tanks was quite substantial.
 
Another aspect to consider is the US aid to Israel. Today the aid is used very efficiently. Not one dollar is spent on unnecessary stuff. When it's not used to purchase the most high end aircraft, it's used to produce outsourced parts for indigenous projects like Merkava tanks, Namer APCs, Eitan AFVs, even the new howitzer, as well as the very expensive air defenses like Iron Dome or David's Sling.
 
But in the 90's that was far from the case. Huge chunks of the aid money were used on equipment and weapons that the IDF really had no need for. They just took them so the money won't be completely wasted. A lot of stuff went directly from the port into scrap yards.
 
Surplus M60 hulls could be purchased in the hundreds in just a couple years.
 
The only explanation I see here is some untold engineering obstacle that is not related to the engine and suspension.
 
No name. As was said, it was only once mentioned by the deceased Yehiam Harpaz, when he talked in a book about his experiences with torsion bar suspension.
 
 
The Magach tanks were officially retired in 2014, and the Pereh was retired in 2017.

No more Magash

Magachon, based on M60 chassis.
 
Reportedly, it was decided not to put it into service because the Centurion and T-55 were seen as much more suitable for such a conversion. 
Exactly what made the M60 unsuitable, I'm not sure. I am guessing it might be because of the size of the powerpack.

Clearer images:



"New Turret" refers to the turret citadel, with re-used equipment mounted on it.

"brand new welded turret"

new photos K4386 "Typhoon-VDV" 

http://otvaga2004.mybb.ru/viewtopic.php?id=1018&p=8#p1179911
Posted on Otvaga, original sources: http://oeps.ifmo.ru/uchebn/UP_TPV.pdf and https://museum.ifmo.ru/images/pages/615/Vestnik_144.pdf
 
Soviet (1987) thermal sight "Progress 2M", competitor for Agava thermal sight. 

   Stats:
 
Spectral range - 8-13 mcm
Number of elements - 500x384
Field of view - 40ox30o
Zoom - 10x and 3x
Temperature sensitivity - not less than 0.1K
 

   Picture from Progress 2 TI.
 

   Sight was tested on T-80U, satisfied all requirements for all-time sight (day and night) and range of detection of threats.

https://btvtinfo.blogspot.com/2017/07/blog-post_91.html

more about this vehicle https://forum.valka.cz/topic/view/103284/CZE-Tatra-815-SOT-vozidlo-specialnich-sil

You are a communist, Ivan! Communist looks into the sight - sees the enemy

The Evolution package is not the "only and best" solution; but there are only very few upgrade options and it is among the best. IBD Deisenroth is a large company, the market leader in composite armor solutions in Germany; it is not a company depending on a single product or man to be succesful. Just last years they revealed winning a contract for a new armor kit for the Boxer, their new Smart ProTech armor, that a new NERA kit for the Puma had been qualified and that they started working on turret designs for the MGCS. The company also has started to offer protection analysis (as computer simulation aswell as ballistic tests) for external costumers, recently the armor for Czech Gerlach from Zetor Engineering was tested by IBD Deisenroth. The company has sold tens of thousands of armor kits and keeps making new ones. As for the changes in company lead; that is hardly relevant. It really doesn't matter if a man or his daughters are leading the company or wether it got sold to Rheinmetall (or any other bidder) is irrelevant, tha doesn't affect the performance. Wether Rheinmetall, IBD Deisenroth or any other name is written on the armor doesn't matter.
 
Also note that I specifically mentioned that these are claims made by the manufacturer and that one always should be careful with marketing claims.
 
The reason why the armor provides such a high level of protection per weight, is that it trades higher weight-efficiency for larger volume and a lower multi-hit capability. Tests with the same armor array in the ISL during the late 1970s showed that by increasing the space between certain layers, a 15% increase in protection could be achieved (or at the same protection level, armor weight could be reduced to ~86%) - that is because NERA, NxRA and anti-KE armor arrays designed to shatter the projectile or induce yaw to it, become more efficient when spaced further away. That is why single NERA layers in scientific papers (with usually more than 1,000 mm empty space behind them) can reduce the penetration of shaped charge warheads by massive amounts, leading to a mass efficiency of sometimes more than 20, while actual armor (like Chobham) had a mass efficiency between 2 and 4 against shaped charges. The added space, new materials and better optimizations allow AMAP-SC allows to reach a mass efficiency of 8 to 10. The Leopard 2A5's wedge armor also relies on the same principles as the AMAP add-on modules.
 
Last but not least you are looking two decades in technological advancements.
 
 
 
KMW is not developing its own special armor. The Bergepanzer 2 (locally called Taurus) of Canada is fitted with MEXAS, these kits were already purchased during KFOR. The Leguan bridge-layer isn't sold with add-on armor by KMW, it uses a standard Leopard 2 hull. The Leopard 2A7V for the German army will receive add-on armor made by IBD's Greek office (as the hulls are remanufactured there), same happened with the Leopard 2A7+ hulls for Qatar. All current products of KMW rely on armor made by other companies, often GEKE/RUAG or IBD, but sometimes other suppliers aswell. KMW just never directly reveal swho makes the armor.
 
 
This is AMAP-SC, a type of NERA or NxRA.
 
 
This is SidePRO-RPG armor from RUAG, it is used on the Leopard 2 MLU at the rear sections of the turret (turret bustle). It is extremly weight-efficient (not as good as slat armor, but has a higher working probability) and can include an optional layer of perforated armor against 14.5 mm AP rounds (when fitted to light vehicles like the M113). It doesn't work against RPGs and ATGMs with long stand-off probes or tandem warheads (i.e. it would fail to protect against the PG-7VLT).
 

 
 
This actually is not the same armor as previously, but SidePRO-ATR; it is also NERA/NxRA and RUAG's competitor to AMAP-SC & AMAP-B. RUAG sells the armor of GEKE Schutztechnik, a German company partially owned by it. GEKE/RUAG provide certain armor systems for the Leopard 2, Puma and Boxer.
 

Hard to tell this by words,  very simple tank, very easy autoloader, looks like "mamoth" in "red alert" game, but with engine in front, next year.

VT-5 and people for comparison