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https://x.com/roketsan/status/1765800390170140775?s=20
 
MZK Turret

DOT&E on the AMP round:
 

 
On M1A2 SEP v3 & APS:

 
On AMPV:

 

109 CAESAR Mk2 ordered by the French army. 
https://www.knds.fr/actualites/nos-dernieres-actualites/la-direction-generale-de-larmement-commande-109-caesar-mkii
They will first supersede the AUF1.
Good news for French artillery. 
 
- better armoured cab ;
- better inertial station ;
- better engine ;
- faster spades.

An oddity. SEPv3 hull, weird turret. Unsure if it's a mockup, photoshop, or whatever have you.
Image was posted by the "E-4 Mafia Official" on Facebook. 
 

A correction to the above post.
 
New images of the Joint New Years Training show that I was incorrect with what I had read about the US unit training with the Capital Mechanized Infantry Division. These new images, along with a little more digging on the matter, show that the Stryker Brigade was of the 4th Infantry Division and not the 2nd Infantry Division (2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division.) 
 

 
Reading from DVIDS on the matter,
"(June 10th, 2023)The 2/4 SBCT, from Fort Carson, Colorado, will replace the 2nd SBCT from 2nd Inf. Div. in the coming weeks as part of a regular rotation of forces..." 

The first time I see this KNDS proposal of MRLS

I don’t know the state of the concept. 

50mm ammunition pricing for the XM30 now out & about. 
 
 

The hinge-mounted armor module next to the gun mantlet consists just of four steel plates and weld lines, just as described by @Wiedzmin.
 

 
How exactly this armor is attached to the turret isn't known to me. I don't think that it is directly screwed into the trunions as there are no attachment points/screw holes, so there might be a small additional steel piece with a slightly more complex geometry.
 
Overall, it is weakspot but probably not that much different in terms of effective protection. Behind that armor block are the trunions and the mount for the gun, so the armor is basically the arrow-shaped add-on module consisting of two layers of heavy NERA, an air gap, ~350 mm of steel, an air gap with potentially some more steel inside and then 200+ mm of gun mount or the trunions.
 
 
It is solid steel.
 
 
That would be depend on what exactly Hungary ordered. IIRC they placed their order before the Leopard 2A7A1 was ordered, so there might be no connections for an APS like Trophy to the onboard power - however it is not unlikely to ammend a contract to incorporate new requirements that only became apparent during (pre-)production.
 
 
That is not really how it works.
 
 
The armor module is just solid steel plates welded together and has an overall thickness much lower than 600 mm, more like 350 mm.
 
 
Nobody knows, as the armor's performance is classified and Germany itself is not measuring armor protection in terms of "milimetres of RHA". There also is not just one AMAP package, it is a modular armor kit and it is applied/offered based on the end user's demand.
 
 
Because Trophy was initially ordered as urgent operational requirement for the Leopard 2A7A1, being preferred over other options for being more mature/battle tested. The Leopard 2A8 was only ordered as a gapfiller following the delivery of tanks to Ukraine. Integrating another APS into the Leopard 2A8 would have delayed the adoption/order by several months if not years.
 
 
It is prepared for use of KMW's Type E/Panzerung in E-Technologie armor, which is based/derived on the armor developed for the Leopard 2 PSO.
 
 
No.

A bit more on the matter was posted on TankNet by Wiedzmin. There was a proposed upgrade for the turret armor to meet the increased protection requirement ("stretch potential"). Also more detailed CR1 protection estimates:

The "lower glacis" is the part of the hull covered by the special armor, the lowest section (only RHA) is described as "toe" armor. The add-on armor for the CR1 fielded during Gulf War increased the hull front to 350/700 mm vs KE/CE (i.e. section where ROMOR-A ERA overlap).

 
The side armor with Chobham armor modules was only protected against the most basic RPG-7 munitions. No wonder it was replaced on CR2 after a few months in Iraq with ERA.

 
Challenger 2 apparently had barely improved hull armor and somewhat improved turret armor - that is, if the upgrade was implemented and funded. Even with the upgrade, the increased requirement (600 mm vs KE) was not met.
 

Ze Germans have ordered as many as 24 Leopard 2 Fahrschulpanzer driving training tanks for their armed forces in two versions: 18 for the A6A3 and 8 (option of up to 32) for the 2A7V. Deliveries 2026-2029. They will replace the current A4 vehicles, in-service since 1984.
 
https://x.com/baainbw/status/1737121245659889712?s=46&t=NgApUr0JxJVmdHJ5mss_Sw

Photo of the finished XAP-1000 AIPS used on the CATTB.

With the AAI ROKIT mockup being discovered not too long ago I had a figuring of there being more than just that mockup being thrown into the ROKIT program ring. Some info was found recently that makes mention that, along with AAI, Teledyne also was selected to make a mockup for the ROKIT program.
No photos were included in this document of either mockup, though more interesting would be that of what Teledyne had in mind, but at least suggests there is one more design we haven't seen yet.
 

The K9A1 testbed for the AS9 Huntsman for Australia during test firings at the Proof & Experimental Establishment under the Joint Proof and Experimental Unit in Port Wakefield, November 21st, 2023. 
 

 

M48 
 

Not too much new, but the first available picture of the Manned Weapon Station AFAIK.

It's always nice to see M1s with actual effort put into camouflaging them for woodland environments.
 

Bare K2 turrets and hulls at the Hyundai Rotem Changwon production plant. Photo comes from the May 2021 Issue of Defense Times Korea.
 

A better picture of a previously posted picture of two K2s at the Hyundai Rotem factory in Changwon. The K2 with the KAPS on the left is XK2 PV-2 while tri-color camoed K2 on the right is a bit harder to determine but it could possibly be XK2 PV-1 or PV-3.
 

Not too much new, but the first available picture of the Manned Weapon Station AFAIK.

Not too much new, but the first available picture of the Manned Weapon Station AFAIK.

Not too much new, but the first available picture of the Manned Weapon Station AFAIK.