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Artists conception from Rheinmetall on how the MGCS might look:
 

PL-01, is that you?

made pic for better understanding 

The German military currently has a lot of issues with the reliability of new equipment, maiinly because quality control and supply with new spare parts is sub-optimal. Last year 97 new large combat systems (vehicles and aircrafts) were delivered to the German army, of which only 38 (aka 39%) are combat ready. The largest number of new vehicles is formed by the Puma IFV, of which 71 were delivered in 2017, but only 27 are combat ready. One factor could be that for some weird reason (budget?) spare parts weren't ordered for all components at the same time, so when certain things break, a longer period of time has to be waited. There are also some teething problems that need to be addressed.
Furthermore 4 out of 8 A400M transport aircraft and 1 out of 4 Eurofighters delivered in 2017 were only combat ready, although in case of the Eurofighters that is related to an upgrade of the main computer that started shortly after delivery. 14 new helicopters were delivered in 2017 (seven UHT Tigers and seven NH-90s), but only 6 were combat ready (two Tigers and two NH-90s). That's quite a shame.
 
 
 

In the current issue of the InfoBrief Heer, there is an article written by the head of marketing of IBD Deisenroth. According to this, IBD has developed a new armor package for the Boxer, which provides the same protection level at 500 kg weight reduction. @2805662, do you know if the Boxer CRV will use this armor kit? Germany hasn't ordered it, but the Dutch army will make use of it.
A new armor package from IBD for the Puma has been qualified by the WTD 91, which would provide protection against RPGs and IEDs. It would replace the ERA kit from Dynamit Nobel Defence and stay more than 400 kg below the weight limit (so I guess that means it is lighter than the ERA?) while being cheap enough to fit into the budget of the German army. Given that Germany did order only 200 ERA kits for ~350 Pumas, this might mean that in the future IFVs will make use of IBD's NERA/NxRA instead. Maybe that explains the differences in skirt armor layout between the different prototypes.
 

Furthermore IBD is marketing the IBD Smart ProTech armor, they suggest that it would fit well to the Puma, the Boxer and the Leopard 2, allowing the base armor to be more optimized against KE rounds. For the MGCS, IBD Smart ProTech could be used, but IBD also wants to provide internal armor arrays and external add-on armor modules for the MGCS. The company has designed its own turret and hull concepts optimized for maximum protection.

22 BRM-1K and 16 BPsV. And all of them are currently modernized by WZM from Poznan - at least 5 vehicles are after that. 
 
The modernized version received:
- new optoelectronic head ZIG-T-2R
- SR HAWK (V)RE battlefield surveillance radar
- IR binoculars JIM LR
- Radmor RRC-9311 AP, AN/PRC-150(C), AN/PRC-117G and AN/PRC-152A radios
- Honeywell TALIN 5000
- MIMIC mine detector
- AP4C and DPO NBC detectors
- SSP-1 OBRA-3 LWR
- Berberys-C multispectral camouflage
- new passive night-vision vehicle devices
 
 

22 BRM-1K and 16 BPsV. And all of them are currently modernized by WZM from Poznan - at least 5 vehicles are after that. 
 
The modernized version received:
- new optoelectronic head ZIG-T-2R
- SR HAWK (V)RE battlefield surveillance radar
- IR binoculars JIM LR
- Radmor RRC-9311 AP, AN/PRC-150(C), AN/PRC-117G and AN/PRC-152A radios
- Honeywell TALIN 5000
- MIMIC mine detector
- AP4C and DPO NBC detectors
- SSP-1 OBRA-3 LWR
- Berberys-C multispectral camouflage
- new passive night-vision vehicle devices
 
 

And additionally photos from MSPO 2012
 
 

ok, so I fudged up the turret a little bit... and I have to start over, tomorrow. BUT, I did get the shells done!! 
 
I present to you, the 94/74mm Shot Mk-1 APCNR: 
 
 
755mm long complete round (11.4kg without propellant [and steel body]... as I don't know how much propellant I need, yet) 
94x275mm squeezebore projectile (7.63kg with steel body, 5.84kg with aluminum body... dont know which to choose) 
50x200mm Tungsten Carbide penetrating slug (4.88kg) 
 
 
Hopefully I can get the gun and turret done tomorrow. 

I present to you, the 94/74mm C2 squeezebore anti-tank gun: 
 
 
currently, the sliding breach and mount are not made. 
 
Recoil stroke: 300mm 
Barrel length: 3.76m (L/40 if using the 94mm as reference, it's an L/50.8 using the 74mm reference) 
Mass: 833.5kg (using steel alloy 7.73 g/cm3) 
 
Only the first 10 calibers are rifled (940mm), the rest is smoothbore (I hope this is acceptable, it is very similar to the 7,5cm PaK 41 I'm basing this off) 

The another thing - quite short (2' of height) welded turret with two isolated ammo racks
 

The another thing - quite short (2' of height) welded turret with two isolated ammo racks
 

My baby slowly starts to live - one of two versions of the light tank 
 
Length: 18' 6"
Width: 10'
Height: 5' 6 1/4" + 1' 6" ground clearance + currently unknown height of the turret
Engine: It is going to be 27L 340 - 410 HP (250 - 310 kW) V12 compact engine (Liberty L-12 derivative)
 

My baby slowly starts to live - one of two versions of the light tank 
 
Length: 18' 6"
Width: 10'
Height: 5' 6 1/4" + 1' 6" ground clearance + currently unknown height of the turret
Engine: It is going to be 27L 340 - 410 HP (250 - 310 kW) V12 compact engine (Liberty L-12 derivative)
 

Airdroppable directly onto target.

The most interesting thing. Two main rivals in the Maluku Islands using the same soft-kill APS on their tanks. 
 
 

Leopard 2PL won't be unveiled at MSPO 2018. As opposed to two versions of PT-91M2 and LOTR Kleszcz.