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Jackvony

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    M1A2 SEPv3 being used to test a new German railcar to support increased weights.

     

    However, interesting to note is that this particular tank came from the prepositioned stocks in Mannheim, Germany. Therefore it seems that at least some portion of US prepositioned armor in Europe is made up of SEPv3 tanks (in a gorgeous three-tone paint job).

    https://www.army.mil/article/249293

     

  2. Had the fantastic opportunity to PMCS, boresight, and road test a M1A2 SEPv3 from 4-9 CAV at Ft. Hood today.

     

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    https://i.imgur.com/X0GEL89.mp4

    https://i.imgur.com/h0McxcP.mp4

     

    Many images:

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    Frontal armor: 

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    Side skirt:nVaRYfx.jpg

    Dat booty:ChD70ix.jpg

    Turret serial number:yqi4Ncz.jpg

    Gunner and Commander seats:yBRdaKX.jpg

    Loader's new display aka Abrams IPad (its removable):xSk76RF.jpg

    Back deck opened up:

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    King of the world:gKi9frQ.jpg

    Periscope: lCNmSpr.jpg

    Django, love that movie:m8cIu8G.jpg

    Some photos on the road:UHxja3z.jpg

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    I can confirm the photo I posted previously that the turret weight of the SEPv3 31.5 tons (28.6 metric tons). I have a photo of the name plate but I haven't removed the serial numbers to upload it. 

     

    I also made an extremely rough estimation of the turret armor LOS using my boot and then measuring my boot after (I didn't have a measuring tape on the tank nor did I want to piss off the crew). Using this very rough method I found the armor to be at least 1150mm LOS including the backplate. 

     

    I may be able to get back on a SEPv3 next Monday. 

  3. Not sure if this has been posted here before, if so, forgive me.

     

    https://patents.google.com/patent/US6662726B1/en?oq=US+6%2c662%2c726+B1

     

    This is a patent by General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems Inc for a kinetic energy penetrator. 

     

    The initial filing date is 03/08/2000 and the patent was publicized 12/16/2003, which matches up very closely with the M829A3 program. I believe this patent shows the design behind M829A3, feel free to read through and draw you own conclusions. 

     

    Things I noted:

    • The round is shown defeating what appears to be dual-flyer plate ERA
    • It is said to have a tungsten tip and DU main rod, as opposed to the conventional idea that the tip is steel

     

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  4. 16 hours ago, Ramlaen said:

    Almost looks like the nose section is fatter than the rest of the rod.

     

    Exactly, which is why  I'm inclined to believe this round is M829A4, as we have seen M829A3 in-flight and it does not look like this:

     

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    The fatter nose could house the tech/mechanisms necessary for an advanced precursor/tip separation maybe? Just eyeballing it compared to the photos of in-flight M829A3, it does appear longer as well.  My really fast and crappy image edit to try and show this. Both projectiles are 12 pixels thick in the image, but due to perspective differences its not perfect.

     

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