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    Smaller arc than Russian tanks for sure considering the lack of side ERA on the hull, but not much different than western tanks, better in the sense that at least the turret sides have ERA. The LFP is somewhat problematic but it's still statistically unlikely to be hit so not a big deal. Also I really like how the Chinese (finally) fixed the old cleavage weakspot that the original ZTZ99 inhereted from the T-72 (and goes all the way back to the T-64). You can tell if you look at a ZTZ99A without ERA that it doesn't have as much of a weakened zone for the drivers periscope. I think they might have reclined the drivers position like in a Chieftain to do this but I'm not sure.
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    These are both cheap to produce and apparently fairly useful, and yet very few built.
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    Damn it looks nice without ERA
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    That post doesn't say what aircraft it was or who's it is...
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    This is very interesting but I have to point out that not all bodies are recovered and buried, so, take 4.5k as the minimum number of dead, not the maximum. On an unrelated note, does anyone know what's going on with Russia buying those Iranian drones? Any official statement from either party? https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-drones-russia-ukraine-war/31943572.html
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    I've seen some here and there on telegram. Russia claimed HIMARS knocked out but I think that was a lie. But definitely some M777s and the like being destroyed on camera.
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    This is supposed to be a Russian T-90A firing on a Ukrainian tank. I'm not so sure that's actually the case, but either way it shows off the sights pretty well.
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    Oh that makes sense, good to be proactive with fighter procurement.
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    To immediately replace the Gripen or to supplement them? IIRC Czechia has paid to lease them for a few more years still.
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    From the last time someone tried a Leopard 1 with a 120mm we know that the gun is too large to fit the turret without substantially reducing the internal space available to the crew. You could maybe design a new turret, but at that point your budget might allow for a newer tank anyway, so why bother. I guess the cockerill turret is at least a cheap upgrade, probably meant for the south american market (Chile, Brazil, Ecuador). I doubt anyone would buy it but who knows.
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    No I was just curious how it worked The second one is exactly what I'm looking for! Thank you! Oh... yeah I don't have an answer for that I'll ask if he can take some
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    Actually, giving it a closer look, I noticed the steel plate behind the gun shield is very thick so it shouldn't matter much that the shield itself and mantlet(?) is thin. If anyone knows anything about the Merk 4's SLERA composite I'd love to learn more.
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    Buddy says it's around a metric ton each, give or take. It's my friends tank and I don't want him getting a visit from the Aman Slight asymmetry is to be expected on 3 man turrets. The Abrams takes that to the extreme with the right cheek being an entirely different thickness and angle compared to the left cheek. But you'll find it on basically anything with a conventional loader. Anyway, thick sideskirts too. You can see that the area directly around the gun shield is fairly thin. This is normal, and is at least a smaller weakened zone than on a Chally 2 I think.
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    Has anyone ever found an official source that explains why the Merk 4 turret modules are listed as 'explosive'? It's gotta be that SLERA idea they patented, right?
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    But it was a T-80U instead of a BVM I think. My thoughts are that the explosion may have made the filler fly out
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    Nvm figured it out. Someone was passing that image around twitter but I think it's just a bad angle Still weird cuz it looks like a 3 layer rather than 5 layer glacis
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    Not my image, IDK why there's a T-64 in there Anyway, what's up here?
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    @LoooSeRDoes the 'Z' stand for Zapad anyway? I've never gotten a solid answer on that question, even most Russians I've spoken to don't know what it means.
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    https://t.me/romanov_92/8962 I'm not sure if that video will embed properly so I'll just describe it. Ukrainians taking a break on the side of the road. A T-72B3 is driving up. The Ukrainians, assuming it to be friendly, wave. The tank fires a 125mm HE shell right into them. I wanted to talk about this because it highlights a major issue with armor identification in the Russo-Ukrainian war. Ukrainians have been capturing Russian equipment and pressing them into service without doing much to mark them as captured, which I think is what is responsible for this. In the future, Ukraine should come up with some sort of standardized symbol to mark their equipment like the Russians have with the Z. I think their trident would work fine. Edit: Well there I go talking out of my ass again. Apparently that was a T-64BV. Hard to tell in blurry footage and I made a leap, my bad.
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    https://www.reuters.com/world/us-officials-say-china-asked-russia-delay-ukraine-war-until-after-beijing-2022-03-02/ He invaded 1-2 months late, maybe at China's request. So, instead of having Germany by the balls on gas heating in the middle of winter, he invaded right as things were warming up and Russian gas was not particularly relevant to the quality of life in Europe. Reserves and other imports covered march and now it's warm. So, sanctions were made easy for the West. The other thing that happens when you send tanks into Eastern Ukraine in the spring is the mud. How many Tunguskas and T-72s did we see stuck in thick mud in the first week? So, tanks forced onto roads. Armored spearheads pushing deep into enemy lines on roads, getting ambushed, with barely any infantry to cover the flank, if any at all. Oh, and invading the longest front in all of Europe with a skeleton force because without a declaration of war Russia couldn't properly mobilize. Those are the big picture things Putin himself is responsible for. The more small scale stuff you could pin on generals and army procurement (no encrypted comms in the 21st century lmao).
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    Wars, in the modern age, require a lot of political hoops and justifications. Denazification, WMDs, "harboring terrorists" etc. Ultimately politicians just say these things to avoid saying "we want power in this region and are going to take it by force". IMO Putin would have been better off going with a "protecting ethnic Russians" narrative than the denazification thing. Excellent point. I've heard that Ukrainian forces, counting militia men and other irregulars, are coming to outnumber the total Russian forces in Ukraine. Of course, there's a big difference between a gopnik with an AK and a trained soldier, but still. Russia likely intends to fill this gap with mandatory conscription in Donbass but that's a short term solution at best considering how most manpower there has already been tapped. @LoooSeRWhat sort of options does Putin have constitutionally in Russia to fill manpower shortages without a declaration of war? And what happens when the current 1 year service period for conscripts ends? Do they just get to go home?
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    Not sure what I'm looking at here but I think some comedian tried to make a homemade strela-10. Ukrainians on the left guessing by the gear. And here we have a Mi-28 knocked out a couple days ago supposedly by the British Starstreak missile. I believe this is the first recorded use of Starstreak in combat?
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    Also, Russian internet has been separated from the west in a lot of ways. https://www.keyfactor.com/blog/russia-creates-its-own-certificate-authority-ca-to-issue-tls-certificates/ Massive players like Facebook basically blocking Russians from using their services will have the unintended consequence of making non-american social media much more competitive within Russia and asia in general.
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    Very interesting how it was still controllable until touchdown, hydraulics still operable as well. Does anyone know what it was hit by?
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