MoritzPTK

120mm DM23

130mm Gun will also be showcased.

Technology demonstrator APC with hybrid propulsion
Made by FFG Flensburg
 
https://soldat-und-technik.de/2020/09/mobilitaet/23977/genesis-funktionsfaehiger-vollhybrid-technologie-demonstrator-von-ffg/
 

BMD->ground.

 
 

Hungarian Leopard-2 training began. Video is in hungarian, but basically what they say, is that first impression is Leopard-2 is far superior to T-72A in every imaginable way.
 

Technology demonstrator APC with hybrid propulsion
Made by FFG Flensburg
 
https://soldat-und-technik.de/2020/09/mobilitaet/23977/genesis-funktionsfaehiger-vollhybrid-technologie-demonstrator-von-ffg/
 

Technology demonstrator APC with hybrid propulsion
Made by FFG Flensburg
 
https://soldat-und-technik.de/2020/09/mobilitaet/23977/genesis-funktionsfaehiger-vollhybrid-technologie-demonstrator-von-ffg/
 

Technology demonstrator APC with hybrid propulsion
Made by FFG Flensburg
 
https://soldat-und-technik.de/2020/09/mobilitaet/23977/genesis-funktionsfaehiger-vollhybrid-technologie-demonstrator-von-ffg/
 

To fricking fast, was just about to post it

2PL in the field
 


 

SEOSS-2 Specs:
 
Ranges for Thermal channel (NATO 2.3x2.3 target)
 

SEOSS-2 Specs:
 
Ranges for Thermal channel (NATO 2.3x2.3 target)
 

Maybe me knowledge will suffice as well.
 
This is the VT-001 (Versuchsträger) prototype of the Marder 2 vehicle.
With the introduction of the Leopard 2 there was a need for a new IFV that could keep up with the MBT, both from a mobility and technology standpoint. The German army then put the „Kampfwagen 90“ to life. The requirements were then given to the manufacturers (KMW main contractor) to come up with an offer. Main requirements were for the vehicle to carry at least 7 grenadiers and to protect them against 30mm AP(DS) munitions on the frontal arc.
 
In theory the armor concept was to be modular, but due to the heavy weight (44t) this was wishful thinking. The armor made the vehicle immune to 14.5mm AP all around, with the already mentioned 30mm protection on the front. It also had a spall liner.
 
The main armament (found in the rather cramped 2 man turret) was the Rh503 35mm external propulsion gun.
 

 
An innovative concept with quite a lot of firepower for its time (even upgradeable to 50mm if the need arises) with then newly developed Oerlikon APFSDS rounds and just like the modern Puma it had a programmable HE round against infantry. While the Marder 2 for some reason had no anti tank missiles, a major upside compared to the Marder 1 was that the gun now was fully stabilized.
 
Powering the Marder 2 was carried out by the 1000hp MTU Ka-500 from the Pzh2000 and the same gearbox from Renk which is also used on the SPH. The propulsion allowed for top speed of 60km/h (which produced an unpleasant sound for the passengers). In contrast to the Puma the Marder 2 relied on a torsion bar suspension system.
 
The fire control computer was a modified version of the ATLAS FLT2 found on the Leopard 2. 
The gunner was supposed to use the PERI-ZTWL sight, which was very similar to the EMES-15 (Both with the same daylight cameras and WBG-X thermal imager).
The commander had the PERI-RT 60 periscopic daysight (No dedicated thermal imager, just access to the gunners view).
 
While the vehicle was technically ready for mass production, the end of the Cold War (like so often) ultimately was the reason for the cancellation of the program.
 
The only existing prototype now is displayed at the WTS Koblenz. A disappointing end to a maybe overweight and simple, yet very powerful and (in contrast to Puma) maintainable machine.
 

 
I hope i was able to portrait it in an interesting manner, if there are still questions about the vehicle that i cannot answer, i can ask a curator at the WTS 
 

T-15 and T-14 are visible in footage from UVZ's Workshop 130 in latest TV Zvezda's Voennaya Priemka episode mostly dedicated to (spreading myths about) BMPT
 
 

 

 

 

 

 
T-15:

 

https://cloud.mail.ru/public/9dEX/djuwzbp4V/Jahrbuch der Wehrtechnik/Jahrbuch der Wehrtechnik 8 (1974)
Vol.8 done from cover to cover (well, with the exception of covers themselves (as they do not contain anything except "Jahrbuch der Wehrtechnik 8") and last page of dust jacket)
 
all 4 parts of article on nightvision are available.
 
...
27.06.20
https://cloud.mail.ru/public/9dEX/djuwzbp4V/Jahrbuch der Wehrtechnik/Jahrbuch der Wehrtechnik 1 (1966)
Volume 1 (1966) done from cover to cover
 
I've decided to decrease amount of "separately photographed" pics I take, as it takes simply too much time (~doubling it).
 
...
01.07.20
Volume 5 done from cover to cover
https://cloud.mail.ru/public/9dEX/djuwzbp4V/Jahrbuch der Wehrtechnik/Jahrbuch der Wehrtechnik 5 (1970)
 
https://cloud.mail.ru/public/9dEX/djuwzbp4V/IDR/1975 vol.8/04 
International Defense Review 1975-04 done from cover to cover
 
...05.07.20
https://cloud.mail.ru/public/9dEX/djuwzbp4V/Jahrbuch der Wehrtechnik/Jahrbuch der Wehrtechnik 3 (1968)
Volume 3 done from cover to cover
 
https://cloud.mail.ru/public/9dEX/djuwzbp4V/Jahrbuch der Wehrtechnik/Jahrbuch der Wehrtechnik 7 (1973)
Volume 7 done from cover to cover except p.129 and 131
 
all pages with odd page numbers are uploaded in Vol.2 (except p.65, 79, and 193-207) and Vol.6 folders.
 
https://cloud.mail.ru/public/9dEX/djuwzbp4V/IDR/1975 vol.8/05
International Defense Review 1975-05 done from cover to cover
 
https://cloud.mail.ru/public/9dEX/djuwzbp4V/JDW/Vol.21 1994/
1-10 issues and supplements of JDW 1994 (vol.21) done from cover to cover
 
...14.07.20
https://cloud.mail.ru/public/9dEX/djuwzbp4V/_tmp
Two dozen issues of JDW from 1990, one issue of IDR from 1975, four from 1991 and 11 from 1990 plus supplements, two (out of two stored at RSL) issues of 1998 Jane's Intelligence Review plus supplement,
along with several pages from Military Technology issues from 2000 and 2001, and pages from Jahrbuch der Wehrtechnik Vol.2, Vol.4, Vol.6, Vol.12 were photographed.
Unfortunately even basic processing (put_into_folder-rotate-delete_blurry_pages_and_doubles-rename_properly) takes too much time,
so I've skipped "rename properly" part, and, in order to avoid confusion, put most of those photos into separate temporary folder - about 7Gb or ~6-7k files.
 
 
https://cloud.mail.ru/public/9dEX/djuwzbp4V/Jahrbuch%20der%20Wehrtechnik/Jahrbuch%20der%20Wehrtechnik%2012%20(1981)
JdWT Vol.12 (which, thanks either to some glitch of my phone's memory or to me forgetting that copying several thousand small files takes a lot of time, especially on old memory card which could go as slow as 50kB/s, and removing memory card while some files were still copying, lost 28 pages, which will be fixed sometime later)
https://cloud.mail.ru/public/9dEX/djuwzbp4V/IDR/1975 vol.8/06
IDR 1975-06
https://cloud.mail.ru/public/9dEX/djuwzbp4V/JIntR/1998 (10)/
and JIntR 1998
were renamed and put into appropriate folders, though.
 
...16.07.20
https://cloud.mail.ru/public/9dEX/djuwzbp4V/Jahrbuch der Wehrtechnik/Jahrbuch der Wehrtechnik 6 (1971)/
Jahrbuch der Wehrtechnik Vol.6 now available from cover to cover.

Also following things were photographed and uploaded to _tmp folder:
International Defense Review 1990-12 with supplement, 1989-01, 02, 03 with supplement, 04; 
all 16 issues of Jane's Defence Upgrades 1997 (Vol.1) stored at RSL (out of 24 published)
I moved all 1990 IDR issues with all pages renamed properly (01, supplement to 02, 05 and two supplements, 06 with supplement) into temporary "a" folder.
 
...17.07.20
https://cloud.mail.ru/public/9dEX/djuwzbp4V/_tmp/JDUpgr/1998 (02)/
Jane's Defence Upgrades 1998 (vol.02) - 23 issues out of 24 published are stored at RSL, and were photographed and uploaded.
 
https://cloud.mail.ru/public/9dEX/djuwzbp4V/_tmp/International Defense Review/1989 vol.22/05/
Only one IDR issue was photographed (1989-05), and only 2/3 of it. Also uploaded.

New Leopard 2A4 upgrade from Roketsan
Twitter Video

ATTICA thermal imager video from Leopard 2:
https://streamable.com/q3jiau
 
SPECTUS driver camera:
https://streamable.com/jhqvek
 
(I don't know how to embed videos on here)
 

Small follow-up to the last post.
 
Here are some pictures from the inside of the Lynx, i thought i may share it as there hasn't been much shown of the internals.
Very clean and tidy if you ask me.
 

 

 

It is basically an Altay tank with added APS but retaining the autoloader...
 

 

https://twitter.com/Militarium/status/1303364818972401669
 

 

Maybe me knowledge will suffice as well.
 
This is the VT-001 (Versuchsträger) prototype of the Marder 2 vehicle.
With the introduction of the Leopard 2 there was a need for a new IFV that could keep up with the MBT, both from a mobility and technology standpoint. The German army then put the „Kampfwagen 90“ to life. The requirements were then given to the manufacturers (KMW main contractor) to come up with an offer. Main requirements were for the vehicle to carry at least 7 grenadiers and to protect them against 30mm AP(DS) munitions on the frontal arc.
 
In theory the armor concept was to be modular, but due to the heavy weight (44t) this was wishful thinking. The armor made the vehicle immune to 14.5mm AP all around, with the already mentioned 30mm protection on the front. It also had a spall liner.
 
The main armament (found in the rather cramped 2 man turret) was the Rh503 35mm external propulsion gun.
 

 
An innovative concept with quite a lot of firepower for its time (even upgradeable to 50mm if the need arises) with then newly developed Oerlikon APFSDS rounds and just like the modern Puma it had a programmable HE round against infantry. While the Marder 2 for some reason had no anti tank missiles, a major upside compared to the Marder 1 was that the gun now was fully stabilized.
 
Powering the Marder 2 was carried out by the 1000hp MTU Ka-500 from the Pzh2000 and the same gearbox from Renk which is also used on the SPH. The propulsion allowed for top speed of 60km/h (which produced an unpleasant sound for the passengers). In contrast to the Puma the Marder 2 relied on a torsion bar suspension system.
 
The fire control computer was a modified version of the ATLAS FLT2 found on the Leopard 2. 
The gunner was supposed to use the PERI-ZTWL sight, which was very similar to the EMES-15 (Both with the same daylight cameras and WBG-X thermal imager).
The commander had the PERI-RT 60 periscopic daysight (No dedicated thermal imager, just access to the gunners view).
 
While the vehicle was technically ready for mass production, the end of the Cold War (like so often) ultimately was the reason for the cancellation of the program.
 
The only existing prototype now is displayed at the WTS Koblenz. A disappointing end to a maybe overweight and simple, yet very powerful and (in contrast to Puma) maintainable machine.
 

 
I hope i was able to portrait it in an interesting manner, if there are still questions about the vehicle that i cannot answer, i can ask a curator at the WTS 
 

Maybe me knowledge will suffice as well.
 
This is the VT-001 (Versuchsträger) prototype of the Marder 2 vehicle.
With the introduction of the Leopard 2 there was a need for a new IFV that could keep up with the MBT, both from a mobility and technology standpoint. The German army then put the „Kampfwagen 90“ to life. The requirements were then given to the manufacturers (KMW main contractor) to come up with an offer. Main requirements were for the vehicle to carry at least 7 grenadiers and to protect them against 30mm AP(DS) munitions on the frontal arc.
 
In theory the armor concept was to be modular, but due to the heavy weight (44t) this was wishful thinking. The armor made the vehicle immune to 14.5mm AP all around, with the already mentioned 30mm protection on the front. It also had a spall liner.
 
The main armament (found in the rather cramped 2 man turret) was the Rh503 35mm external propulsion gun.
 

 
An innovative concept with quite a lot of firepower for its time (even upgradeable to 50mm if the need arises) with then newly developed Oerlikon APFSDS rounds and just like the modern Puma it had a programmable HE round against infantry. While the Marder 2 for some reason had no anti tank missiles, a major upside compared to the Marder 1 was that the gun now was fully stabilized.
 
Powering the Marder 2 was carried out by the 1000hp MTU Ka-500 from the Pzh2000 and the same gearbox from Renk which is also used on the SPH. The propulsion allowed for top speed of 60km/h (which produced an unpleasant sound for the passengers). In contrast to the Puma the Marder 2 relied on a torsion bar suspension system.
 
The fire control computer was a modified version of the ATLAS FLT2 found on the Leopard 2. 
The gunner was supposed to use the PERI-ZTWL sight, which was very similar to the EMES-15 (Both with the same daylight cameras and WBG-X thermal imager).
The commander had the PERI-RT 60 periscopic daysight (No dedicated thermal imager, just access to the gunners view).
 
While the vehicle was technically ready for mass production, the end of the Cold War (like so often) ultimately was the reason for the cancellation of the program.
 
The only existing prototype now is displayed at the WTS Koblenz. A disappointing end to a maybe overweight and simple, yet very powerful and (in contrast to Puma) maintainable machine.
 

 
I hope i was able to portrait it in an interesting manner, if there are still questions about the vehicle that i cannot answer, i can ask a curator at the WTS 
 

Maybe me knowledge will suffice as well.
 
This is the VT-001 (Versuchsträger) prototype of the Marder 2 vehicle.
With the introduction of the Leopard 2 there was a need for a new IFV that could keep up with the MBT, both from a mobility and technology standpoint. The German army then put the „Kampfwagen 90“ to life. The requirements were then given to the manufacturers (KMW main contractor) to come up with an offer. Main requirements were for the vehicle to carry at least 7 grenadiers and to protect them against 30mm AP(DS) munitions on the frontal arc.
 
In theory the armor concept was to be modular, but due to the heavy weight (44t) this was wishful thinking. The armor made the vehicle immune to 14.5mm AP all around, with the already mentioned 30mm protection on the front. It also had a spall liner.
 
The main armament (found in the rather cramped 2 man turret) was the Rh503 35mm external propulsion gun.
 

 
An innovative concept with quite a lot of firepower for its time (even upgradeable to 50mm if the need arises) with then newly developed Oerlikon APFSDS rounds and just like the modern Puma it had a programmable HE round against infantry. While the Marder 2 for some reason had no anti tank missiles, a major upside compared to the Marder 1 was that the gun now was fully stabilized.
 
Powering the Marder 2 was carried out by the 1000hp MTU Ka-500 from the Pzh2000 and the same gearbox from Renk which is also used on the SPH. The propulsion allowed for top speed of 60km/h (which produced an unpleasant sound for the passengers). In contrast to the Puma the Marder 2 relied on a torsion bar suspension system.
 
The fire control computer was a modified version of the ATLAS FLT2 found on the Leopard 2. 
The gunner was supposed to use the PERI-ZTWL sight, which was very similar to the EMES-15 (Both with the same daylight cameras and WBG-X thermal imager).
The commander had the PERI-RT 60 periscopic daysight (No dedicated thermal imager, just access to the gunners view).
 
While the vehicle was technically ready for mass production, the end of the Cold War (like so often) ultimately was the reason for the cancellation of the program.
 
The only existing prototype now is displayed at the WTS Koblenz. A disappointing end to a maybe overweight and simple, yet very powerful and (in contrast to Puma) maintainable machine.
 

 
I hope i was able to portrait it in an interesting manner, if there are still questions about the vehicle that i cannot answer, i can ask a curator at the WTS 
 

Maybe me knowledge will suffice as well.
 
This is the VT-001 (Versuchsträger) prototype of the Marder 2 vehicle.
With the introduction of the Leopard 2 there was a need for a new IFV that could keep up with the MBT, both from a mobility and technology standpoint. The German army then put the „Kampfwagen 90“ to life. The requirements were then given to the manufacturers (KMW main contractor) to come up with an offer. Main requirements were for the vehicle to carry at least 7 grenadiers and to protect them against 30mm AP(DS) munitions on the frontal arc.
 
In theory the armor concept was to be modular, but due to the heavy weight (44t) this was wishful thinking. The armor made the vehicle immune to 14.5mm AP all around, with the already mentioned 30mm protection on the front. It also had a spall liner.
 
The main armament (found in the rather cramped 2 man turret) was the Rh503 35mm external propulsion gun.
 

 
An innovative concept with quite a lot of firepower for its time (even upgradeable to 50mm if the need arises) with then newly developed Oerlikon APFSDS rounds and just like the modern Puma it had a programmable HE round against infantry. While the Marder 2 for some reason had no anti tank missiles, a major upside compared to the Marder 1 was that the gun now was fully stabilized.
 
Powering the Marder 2 was carried out by the 1000hp MTU Ka-500 from the Pzh2000 and the same gearbox from Renk which is also used on the SPH. The propulsion allowed for top speed of 60km/h (which produced an unpleasant sound for the passengers). In contrast to the Puma the Marder 2 relied on a torsion bar suspension system.
 
The fire control computer was a modified version of the ATLAS FLT2 found on the Leopard 2. 
The gunner was supposed to use the PERI-ZTWL sight, which was very similar to the EMES-15 (Both with the same daylight cameras and WBG-X thermal imager).
The commander had the PERI-RT 60 periscopic daysight (No dedicated thermal imager, just access to the gunners view).
 
While the vehicle was technically ready for mass production, the end of the Cold War (like so often) ultimately was the reason for the cancellation of the program.
 
The only existing prototype now is displayed at the WTS Koblenz. A disappointing end to a maybe overweight and simple, yet very powerful and (in contrast to Puma) maintainable machine.
 

 
I hope i was able to portrait it in an interesting manner, if there are still questions about the vehicle that i cannot answer, i can ask a curator at the WTS