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  1. Beer
    Yes but we know from Iraq and Yemen that the turret side can be penetrated with quite a lot of weapons when hit from the sides. Hence why I said that having there an era (like in T-90M) is an advantage even if it doesn't cover 100% of the turret side (for whatever reason).
  2. Beer
    Who is using PSO kit? Are there any ARAT-2 equipped Abramses anywhere outside Iraq? Never saw any in photos from Europe but I may have missed them.
  3. Beer
    Their stronger side turret armor is effective enough only under angles for which the Turret of T-90M is covered by frontal ERA. If hit directly from the sides it's not strong enough and the ERA on T-90M definitely offers more protection even if placed strangely high. Isn't it like that because if placed lower the turret could not rotate 360°? The ERA adds a lot to the turret size.
  4. Beer
    It's still 100% more ERA covered than Abrams M1A2 or Leopard 2A7. Isn't it?
  5. Beer
    Some curiosity. Czech Ministries of internal affairs and defence started a massive airlifting operation to carry medical supplies from China because the local production is way too small for the current demand due to COVID-19 spread (funily part of the stuff is produced by Czech companies having production lines in China). Such an operation has never ever happened in our history. At the moment it looks like around 10 planes take part in the operation to carry hundreds of tons of equipment stored on three Chinese airports (Shen-Zen, Shanghai and I forgot the third one). Antonov Airlines An-124, army Airbus A-319, two Czech Airlines A-319, China East B-747F and possibly up to five SmartWings B-737. The smaller planes fly through Novosibirsk where they refuel. An-124 refuels in Baku as it looks like the Ukraineans can't enter the Russian airspace (or maybe it would take too much time to arrange it). Most of them will land in military airport in Pardubice which can take even the An-124. Some in Prague Kbely (military Airbus), some in Prague Ruzyně (China East). At the moment the situation is that one army A-319 landed in Prague Kbely yesterday with COVID-19 speed-tests and some protective equipment. One ČSA A-319 is currently in Novosibirsk refueling on the way to China. Another one will start from Prague in one and half hour. The An-124 is on the way from Kiev to Baku. The COVID-19 spread seems to be relatively under control here due to early implemented very strict measures but we'll see how it evolves further. Most of the cases have connection with skiing in Italy and Austria in late February and early March. Anyway this situation shows that even small country like ours need to have proper airlifting capacity. Currently our army has only one A-319 and several CASA-295 planes but those are useless for cargo flights to China. In my opinion we shall have at least one or two planes like KC-390 (which is moreover partially produced here in Prague).
  6. Beer
    Slovakia selected Spike LR2 as the new standard ATGM. The first batch of 10 launchers and 100 missiles was ordered but more will follow. https://www.armadninoviny.cz/slovensko-kupuje-protitankove-strely-spike-lr2.html
  7. Beer
    A little info about URZ with some drawings and photos. It's in Czech but maybe you can get something out of it. The weapon was never intended for domestic use. All the development was done with some export intentions because there was no requirement for such weapon from our army at that time. Hence why it was designed for NATO ammunition. I think the prototype was in Prague Žižkov muzeum but that is closed now due to a reconstruction. http://www.vhu.cz/utocna-puska-urz-univerzalni-rucni-zbran/ https://www.valka.cz/CZK-URZ-t38624
  8. Beer
    One Russian soldier and two civilians died in a traffic accident.
  9. Beer
    It's getting hot in Iraq again. Two US soldiers and one Brit died in a rocket attack on Camp Taji. Around a dozen of wounded is reported as well. This incident happend just few days after two US marines died in a firefight with IS.
  10. Beer
    I guess you mean Browning M2...
  11. Beer
    You can't omit the economial side of the game. Sure there are better ammunition types available BUT you have to buy tenths of thousands of new weapons and billions of new bullets and scrape huge stock you have and which cost you fortune to buy some time a go. Hence why more special types of ammo are used basically only in limited number of specialized units.
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    After the terror attacks in Paris the French GIGN units ordered ČZ-806 in 7.62x39 to replace the 5.56x45 weapons. We can see that FSB units in Russia frequently use 9x39 weapons and it looks like they start using even 12.7x55 round for urban fighting. These units typically fight on very short distance with enemies often barricaded or equipped with ballistic vests. Hence why I would agree that there is a good reason why larger infantry calibers exists and it's up to the user to use them effectively.
  13. Beer
    Allegedly that was just an evacuation of a sick Turkish soldier from one of the surrounded observation posts and not any kind of patrol.
  14. Beer
    Don't know if it's true but a long time a go I read that the radars were supposed to track shells equipped with remotely controlled speed brakes for enhancing range accuracy without a need for terminal guidance or barrel elevation adjustment. The speed brake kit was supposed to be simply a new balistic tip for a standard ammo, so allegedly very cheap solution.
  15. Beer
    Anyway where did the table come from? Is that from Thailand? Also any idea why only several features of VT-4 are deleted from the table and nothing from Oplot-M? The selection of what was deleted is also pretty weird for me (such as engine dimensions - why would that be secret?)
  16. Beer
    They would do that anyway. The only difference would be a lot more blood spiled. Putin won on two fronts in one battle... A lot of airstrikes against the jihadists in Idlib
  17. Beer
    So did 61 Turkish soldiers, yet Turkey achieved exactly zero of its declared objectives while SAA achieved all of its aimed targets (M4 + M5). All areas captured by SAA (2000+ km2) stay with SAA despite being very clear that in an all out war (which could happen if situation further escalated) Turkey would have an upper hand over Syria. Russia clearly neither want nor need a war with Turkey because Turkey moving back closer to NATO would be far worse outcome for Russia than few towns left in the hands of jihadists in Syria. By all means this is a victory for Syria but of course a partial one.
  18. Beer
    Let's just leave this here...
  19. Beer
    Big new of today is the result of Putin - Erdogan meeting in Moscow. My take: 1) Erdogan admitted he lost 2) SAA will not retreat an inch 3) Syria to win basically what was the aim of the ongoing offensive (opening of M4 and M5 highways) - but that may happen only on paper 4) The jihadists are theoretically fucked because according to this agreement they have to retreat 6 km north of M5 (technically they can stay cut off south of it but that makes no sense whatsoever) 5) Opening of the M4 and M5 highways was to be arranged by Turkey already accroding to the previous agreements but it never happened, same can be expected again 6) The jihadists won't adhere to the agreement so the fighting will continue By the way the safe corridor includes Jisr al Suqur or Ariha. I can't imagine TIP leaving Jisr al Suqur without a fight. Meanwhile TSK lost another two fallen soldiers for nothing.
  20. Beer
    Can you tell me how to understand even the information alone (if we let the exact ammo type aside). How can the armour protection be rated to 1100 mm for an ammo with 500 mm penetration? I understand that these values are more or less relative due to the nature of the armor being no RHA at all but still what does it mean? That it needs 2+ hits into the exactly same place to penetrate or what is the meaning of such value? I understand simple protected/non-protected but not to this.
  21. Beer
    I don't comment on armour because my knowledge is too limited but this statement is incorrect. Maybe the prehistoric Malyutka is an exception but against most of the ATGMs the slat armor is rather useless because it can't cut the fuze in them unlike with the old RPG/LAW warheads. Even against those it's far from being 100% effective in not initializing the warhead. Unfortunately I can't find the video now but I remember that there was one on youtube where they test fired now already dated and pretty light RPG-26 on a slat-armoured APC and the slat armour failed to achieve anything. The warhead detonated and penetrated the vehicle completely in and out. Maybe someone who can write in cyrilic may find it.
  22. Beer
    Sorry, old video and bullshit info.
  23. Beer
    Aha, IMHO by the original he meant the first video.
  24. Beer
    What kind of doubts? I can't find them in your post. For me this one looks like the KamAZ version with older radar, i.e. something what SAA definitely has. The reason why the system didn't detect the attacking UAV is most likely heavy EW. I don't think that Syrian AD units operate in a true multi-layer network but rather as a bunch of lone batteries or even single vehicles. As such they must be rather vulnerable to EW if used against well eqipped enemy. Turks definitely are well equipped.
  25. Beer
    Today SAA took Afes and pushes back to Nayrab. Maybe the jihadists took Sheikh Aqil at the northern sector of the front but we have to wait for some evidence. Map from @suriyakmaps SAA captured one a bit used F9 Panthera today and claims to have recaptured the lost T-90, however it's clearly a different tank. Therefore they either lost more T-90 previously or it's bullshit claim.
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