11 hours ago, LoooSeR said:

   DPR, moded BMP-2 from 23.02.2020 celebration of Day of the Defender of the Fatherland.

Iraq war style.

After all, why does M1A2C have additional frontal armor - for protection or for balancing APS?

One with additional armor and another without it

11 hours ago, Ramlaen said:

It has the boxes on the roof that were in graphics for Trophy, perhaps those blocks on the turret face really are the 'ballast kits'.

The other tanks with Tophy didn't have additional armor.

Defender Europe 2020. Look at the turret frontal armor

https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=iw&tl=en&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.israeldefense.co.il%2Fhe%2Fnode%2F41914

IAV 2020: Elbit’s Iron Fist engages kinetic energy round

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Key Points

• An Iron Fist Light Kinetic (IFLK) round has successfully intercepted an APFSDS projectile in tests
• It is unclear how interchangeable the IFLK is with the Iron Fist Light Decoupled (IFLD) system ordered by the US and Israeli militaries

Elbit Systems' Iron Fist active protection system (APS) has successfully engaged a 120 mm armour-piercing fin-stabilised discarding sabot (APFSDS) projectile under test conditions, Adam Griffiths, programmes and engineering director at Elbit Systems UK, told the International Armoured Vehicles (IAV) conference in London on 21 January.

The presentation included video footage of what Griffiths described as a "miss-to-kill" interceptor that was launched by the Iron Fist Light Kinetic (IFLK) system exploding near an APFSDS, thereby altering its trajectory. This would result in it hitting a vehicle fitted with the APS at a less-optimal angle, reducing the resulting penetration.

The development raises the prospect of armoured vehicles effectively defending themselves against main battle tanks as well as man-portable anti-tank weapons.

Griffiths said the IFLK is designed to intercept APFSDS and anti-tank guided missiles, while the Iron Fist Light Decoupled (IFLD), a system already ordered for the US Army's Bradley and Israeli military's new Eitan infantry fighting vehicles, is better suited to rocket propelled grenades (RPGs) and recoilless rifle projectiles.

He did not explain how the two systems differ or say whether the IFLK interceptor requires a different launcher.

He said Iron Fist includes a solution to the problem of APS radar emissions giving away the location of vehicles but did not explain how this has been achieved.

The problem was touched on during a later presentation by Rheinmetall Protection Systems, which indicated that an APS with a 200 W-radar system could be detected from a range of 500 km by electronic intelligence assets.

 

 

https://www.janes.com/article/93902/iav-2020-elbit-s-iron-fist-engages-kinetic-energy-round

52 minutes ago, Ramlaen said:

 

The black grid shaped object on the turret is part of the MILES CV-TESS kit.

 

https://saab.com/globalassets/commercial/land/training-and-simulation/live-training/vehicle-simulator/cvtess_web.pdf

I'm talking about the exhaust on the chassis. 

Some articles claim, that SEPv2 has no APU. Then, what is this exhaust on the side?

https://www.armyrecognition.com/january_2020_global_defense_security_army_news_industry/general_dynamics_land_systems_releases_first_picture_of_new_mpf_combat_vehicle.html

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The new “light tank” will have improved armor and a 120 mm main gun that looks like the Abrams’ 120mm cannon. 

Though it is rather 105 mm cannon on the prototype.

Missile Rover

52 minutes ago, David Moyes said:

BAE to Get Green Light for $10 Billion Howitzer Project:
 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/bae-to-get-green-light-for-dollar10-billion-howitzer-project/ar-BBYxHIM?ocid=st

 

The Army Now Has Enough Upgraded Abrams Tanks To Equip An Entire Brigade:
 

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/army-now-has-enough-upgraded-abrams-tanks-equip-entire-brigade-109656

 

BAE Raven:
 

 

 

I haven't seen any photo with M1A2C with APS, only v2 stationed in Europe.

Maybe they want to increase ammo

Are they going to install both ARAT and Trophy on the same vehicles? Seems like overkill.

Lima

Alliant Techsystems Operations to produce M829A4 120mm APFSDS rounds

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Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC, Plymouth, Minnesota, was awarded a $100,294,127 firm-fixed-price contract for the production of the M829A4 120mm Armor Piercing, Fin Stabilized, Discarding Sabot (APFSDS) with Tracer cartridge.

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120mm round with APFSDS head (Picture source: Wikipedia)

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One bid was solicited via the internet with one bid received. Work will be performed in Plymouth, Minnesota; Keyse, West Virginia; Morgan Hill, California; Jonesborough, Tennessee; Elk River, Minnesota; Coachelle, California; and Aschau, Germany, with an estimated completion date of Feb. 26, 2022. Fiscal 2018 and 2019 procurement of ammunition, Army funds in the amount of $100,294,127 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, New Jersey, is the contracting activity (W15QKN-20-C-0002).

The M829 is an American armor-piercing, fin-stabilized, discarding sabot (APFSDS) tank round. Modeling was designed at the Ballistic Research Laboratory (BRL) at Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), which was incorporated into the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) in 1992. The round is specifically modeled for the 120mm M256 main gun on the Abrams M1A1 and M1A2 main battle tanks. The penetrator is carried by a sabot during its acceleration in the gun barrel.

 

https://www.armyrecognition.com/december_2019_global_defense_security_army_news_industry/alliant_techsystems_operations_to_produce_m829a4_120mm_apfsds_rounds.html

Finnish Navy Lifts Veil On Its Future Anti-Ship Missile: The Gabriel V

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2019/12/finnish-navy-lifts-veil-on-its-future-anti-ship-missile-the-gabriel-v/

https://breakingdefense.com/2019/12/direct-hit-army-test-fires-lockheed-precision-strike-missile/

Russia's only aircraft carrier catches fire; 6 believed injured and 1 missing

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/12/12/europe/russian-carrier-fire-intl/index.html

*At this time 11 injured and 3 missing

2 hours ago, LoooSeR said:

   Lack of good commander's sight is not because of lack of tech or avaliable commander's sights, it is lack of desire on MoD part to pay for them. After Ukraine and Syria some things changed in minds of MoD and vehicles started to get new Relikt ERA, side protection modules, BTR-82as started to get thermal imagers and addon protection, same with BMP-3s. And now look at T-90M - commander's panoramic sight, RCWS, Relikt all around, new turret, soft-kill APS, etc.

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   Hydromechanical transmission doesn't give much of a difference in the end of the day. 

I know about T-90M, but it's not in service yet, and there are thousands of tanks that still have outdated sights.

On 12/4/2019 at 1:10 AM, LoooSeR said:

   Such as?

Such as modern commander's sight, which all serial Russian tanks lack. Or hydromechanical transmission.