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Withinsyriablog claims that Syria used a homemade copy of the Israeli Hero loitering munition against HTS in Idlib yesterday. 

I think that it's because they feel the need to have the firepower. 

12.7x55 with Rosgvardia

A leaked footage shows the evacuation of the three wounded MPs. They were all able to walk on their own at least. 

Slovak MOD released the final statement regarding the investigation of the accident of one of the few operational MiG-29 from last year. The report basically confirms what was circulating around already at the time of the accident. The plane simply run out of fuel due to a rapid change of weather and subsequent inability to land on Sliač airbase. Instead the pilot tried to reach Bratislava airport but he didn't have enough fuel for that. 

https://spravy.pravda.sk/domace/clanok/557181-pricinou-nehody-mig-29-bol-nedostatok-paliva/ 

Not good, the deck completely melted in places. 

Airborne cargo carrier

Another USAF plane crashed. This time it's F-16 and the pilot ejected safely. 

SVBIED hit the joint Turkish-Russian patrol in Ariha (seems that it was hidden in a garage next to the road when the convoy was passing). Three Russian servicemen confirmed wounded. At least one BTR-82A and one Kirpi were damaged. From the video it looks like a Tigr was hit too.

Azeri Major General and Colonel among the dead. 

Armenia admits two dead. 

37 minutes ago, LoooSeR said:

Well, NLOS as in "if enemy moves out of LOS of a tank, ATGM still have a chance to get it" and not about long-range NLOS systems like Spikes/ALAS/etc.

That's what Fire & Forget is. 

NLOS means that you can fire on an enemy which is out of your line of sight and that means you need some means and people to monitor beyond the line of sight which is not a work of the tank and its crew.  

Crashed Azeri SkyStriker suicide drone.

11 minutes ago, LoooSeR said:

   To add to the point - modern ATGMs are getting longer anges and NLOS capabilities (Serbian ALAS, Isreali Spikes, French MMP, Chinese AFT-10 and so on) and a jeep or lightly armored AFV can fling much more powerfull and more effective ATGMs than a tank. GL-ATGMs can be somewhat usefull for a tank to fight against enemy infantry ATGMs teams using not a top of the line weapons, but it needs to be NLOS or at least F&F capable and have range of a Kornet; or in long range ambush situations, when first hit probabiliy against moving targets is very needed. 

I don't think that NLOS is something for a tank. IMHO tank shall do tank things and not play also the supporting roles. But I do agree that if a missile is used in a future tank, it shall be F&F.  

4 minutes ago, LoooSeR said:

   Well, that "proxy-war" thing is already happened in 2016, so nothing new. In fact, this is a very old conflict, older than me, so nothing new at all, except of weapon systems used.

Sure, it's old but basically frozen aside of few skirmishes from time to time. What I meant is that it may become hotter at some point. With one skirmish per years as it is now it's hardly a front of a proxy war. 

Saudi AD allegedly sucessfully intercepted several ballistic missiles and suicide drones tonight.

If 2020 wasn't bad enough... another fight between Armenia and Azerbaijan broke out. Azeri side so far admitted at least 2 dead and 5 injured. 

Since Turkey stands behind Azeris and Russia behind Armenia it may become another proxy front after Syria and Lybia... 

Massive fire has been raging on LHD-6 USS Bonhomme Richard in San Diego base. Roughly two dozens of injured were reportedly received by hospitals. It definitely looks really bad for the ship. 

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/34772/uss-bonhomme-richards-bridge-engulfed-in-flames-as-fire-rages-into-the-night

On 7/11/2020 at 10:15 PM, VPZ said:

 

Like any other munition.

If fired on 3000 meters far target, the APFSDS will get there in around 2 seconds. LAHAT would need some 10-15 seconds. For all the time the target has to be illuminated and the missile flies slow and is relatively easy to detect and eliminate through both soft and hard kill measures - good luck with APFSDS. That has to be taken into account because here we speak about the future armament of the Challenger, i.e. for use against future threats (most likely more modern and more capable than those of today). Sure it's good against T-55 in the desert but in any case it seems to me like another example of preparing for a war of the past. 

Ground-launched ATGMs sure still play a role but nearly all their advantages can be exploited by an infantry team hidden somewhere on the hill with a long line of sight. The purpose of a tank is different. 

Moreover you have to try really hard to find a spot where you have a 5 km line of sight in Europe. That's possible basically only in deserts or if the enemy is completely stupid. 

1 hour ago, VPZ said:

And effectiveness of Armata's APS is questionable. It looks like old Soviet Drozd APS, and we don't know if it can be effective against top attack missiles.

The Drozd-like APS rockets are not meant for top attack missile defence. On the turret there are 24 smaller vertical launcher tubes likely intended for that (aside of another 24 rotating smoke grenade launchers). What they atually launch is another question. 

38 minutes ago, BaronTibere said:

Ignoring the problem of APS the LAHAT is designed for top attack is it not? Theoretically an Armata can be hull down with no exposed crew meaning some form of top attack would be required to hit the crew compartment.

But top attack missile would hit most likely the unmanned turret instead of the crew compartment (even if we completely ignore the countermeasures T-14 posses). 

I thought that GLATGM started to go out of fashion with the rise of APS systems and advance with the ballistic computers and ammo. Sure they still bring a capability which is useful (not sure if against T-14 though) but is that worth of the investment and the development effort? 

Afghan air force Super Tucano crashed in an area controlled by the Taliban carrying a US crewmember on board (it could have been shot down). It seems that the injured US pilot was rescued however it is not clearl if there was a second pilot and if so, if he was saved as well. 

Not sure how recent the footage is but nevertheless it shows a Turkish Blackhawk crashing near Diyarbakir. Nobody was hurt appearantly.

It's not that much about emotions or blaming anyone after so much time (after all if things went different way that time I would never be born myself). To be very honest the state as created at the end of WW1 was hardly viable for a longer period of time and it would have to either transform itself into proper federation or disintegrate sooner or later anyway. However what keeps fascinating me is just how incredibly successful this German/Italian bluff resulting in Münich agreement was. In the end it resulted in a series of other events known as a WW2 which seen by today's optics could have been relatively easily prevented, but I guess it's like that with many historical events. 

Anyway I definitely recommend to visit Lešany especially if you are interested in artillery because there is a huge collection of mainly Škoda guns including dozens of prototypes which can not be seen anywhere else. 

7.62x64? What is that?