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1 minute ago, Mighty_Zuk said:

The whole thing about the Yatagan is the 120mm ammo. If you switch it back to 125mm then you're back at square one.

No, they have different turret design.

9 minutes ago, Mighty_Zuk said:

So long as they have 125mm ammo, there is no reason to switch to Yatagan.

They can swap 120mm cannon to 125mm cannon.

Are they going to produce Yatagans, or just wanna show this only tank on parade? 

Just different cranes (in one post) 

And Russia. 

5 minutes ago, Mighty_Zuk said:

Who told you it's out of service? The Meitar unit, the one responsible for its combat use, was closed, but the missile itself is still in service. I don't know who got it, but the artillery corps still makes use of it.

I read it in some military blog. There are not many sources where i can find info about this vehicle.

6 minutes ago, Mighty_Zuk said:

Welcome to the forum @Adraste.

Thank you for your input, first of all.

Second, there is a replacement for the Pereh. It's called Hafiz and is an M113 platform.

Hafiz is not a replacement. AFAIK, it's out of service.

15 minutes ago, Adraste said:

it is not necessary based on a tank chassis.

Thank gods it isn't.

4 minutes ago, Adraste said:

Maybe it is a data-link antenna, the kind of the one on the defunct M60-based Pereh missile carrier. I found its weird the IDF chose to retire the type without bringing a worthy replacement.

How can you know that there is no replacement?

3 minutes ago, asaf said:

I don't think so

Then, what is it?

It's Barak.

28 minutes ago, Mighty_Zuk said:

Right, and I have no idea what kind of forum it could have been posted on. 

I hope that it is not Israeli forum, cause if it is, this photo is already deleted.

It is said that photo was posted on some forum. 

https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/diplomacy-defense/180631-180731-idf-soldiers-leak-sensitive-photos-of-classified-military-equipment-report

2 hours ago, Mighty_Zuk said:

I believe it was the standard APFSDS round for the Merkava 4 tank.

31 minutes ago, Mighty_Zuk said:

that claims it's no longer developmental

Does this round have entered service?

19 hours ago, Mighty_Zuk said:

Not new

Actually, new. That's how it was presented earlier:

http://www.imisystems.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/120mm-m338.pdf

New picture of M338 round. It looks huge.

5 hours ago, Karamazov said:

What's the point? It is old photo from 2014. I dont understand what you wanted to ask =/

I thought that it was a repost. So, it was.

4 hours ago, Karamazov said:

 ? 

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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1 hour ago, Renegade334 said:

It can easily be argued that the ACT3205 would be more lethal than an Abrams just by virtue of its main gun, the XM360, which can accept higher pressure ammunition (meaning, it can shoot more powerful/heavier rounds) than the Abrams' M256. USAR has been meaning for quite a while already to replace the M256 with the XM360E1, but several setbacks such as the FCS cancellation and other budgetary constraints got in the way of that (not to mention, when the FCS program was still alive, the plan was to mount the XM360E1 on the Abrams once they finalized the A3 version...and we have no idea whether we'll ever see a M1A3 or merely get another sarabande of SEPs and ECPs instead).

 

As for protection, since it doesn't have a crew, it frees up space for electronics and/or stuff like spaced armor to protect the said digital vitals. Of course, one can argue that a remote-controlled tank brings its own caveats (see the multitude of troubles the Russian Uran UGV went through in Syria, such as intempestive disconnects and reduced visibility/attack range), but it has also its own perks (not risking any crew).

Still not enough. The real "tank killers" are ATGMs (because they have real firepower advantage over tanks).

On 7/17/2018 at 7:32 AM, 2805662 said:

Another image of the catchily-named ACT3205 Unmanned Tank Killer Concept:

 

How can this vehicle be a "tank killer", it has no advantages in protection and firepower over MBT. Just like Russin "Sprut-SD" - it's not a "tank killer" but that's how media calls it.