Scolopax

BTR-82A that suffered damage during IED blast in Syria was quickly put back into work, received it's own name - Nesokrushimiy ("Indestructible") 
 

Nice photos
https://www.dishmodels.ru/wshow.htm?p=3828
 
https://www.dishmodels.ru/wshow.htm?p=3827
 
 

was there a version of K2 which looks that much like K1 from the rear?

 

 
Given that's how other K2s look like (3 screenshots from the same video, 4th from another):

 

 

 

Some views through the CITV on an Abrams SEPv2 I got to use today.
Incredibly smooth and easy to use, really fun to see which cadets on campus today were a little sweaty. 
 

 

“Hay, how about going into town for some beers, the tanks will be fine here for a bit...”

B-17 testbeds with various turboprop engines mounted in their noses
 

A great post by tankoff about Russian thermal imagers and sights with thermal channel.
https://otvaga2004.mybb.ru/viewtopic.php?id=1872&p=25#p1355718
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Just a couple of updates to the last few posts…
 
It has been confirmed that the 20 additional CV90s for the Norwegian Army will be CV90RWS variants based on rebuilt Mk I hulls. We still do not know the composition of the upcoming order, but unless they decide to add additional variants to the Norwegian CV90 family, there are only two to choose from, namely CV90RWS STING (combat engineer vehicle) and CV90RWS Multi-BK (multi-role mortar carrier). This also means a third order of (between 20-40 vehicles, if I have to guess) CV9030 MkIIIb will also probably take place sometime in the next years
 
Regarding the upcoming lawsuit between Rheinmetall/Rheinmetall Norway and the Norwegian state, more details have been revealed here as well. The article is pretty long, but I’ll translate the parts that I found to be the most relevant:
 According to Oslo district court, it was discovered that the original spring charged sensor mast could be a safety hazard for personnel inside the vehicle. The updated version, however, is claimed to be too sensitive to harsh environments to fulfil the Norwegian requirements.  This issue can apparently be fixed by switching to an electronically stabilized camera, which Rheinmetall Norway had originally intended to be a part of the system but abandoned for reasons that are not specified in the article. Because of these as well as other delays, the Norwegian side concluded that it would take several years  until the system could be delivered, and that’s why they decided to terminate the contract in 2018. For these reasons, the Norwegian state will also be suing Rheinmetall for 76,6 MNOK, as well as the cost of acquiring a new sensor system!  
Rheinmetall & Rheinmetall Norway are refuting the claim that the updated solution would not fulfil the Norwegian requirements. They are also pointing out that their solution has been found acceptable by both the Norwegian Border Guard (fitted to their border installations) and the Malaysian Armed Forces  (on the AV8 Gempita). They are also claiming that most of the delays were caused by an incompetent Norwegian project management failing to come up with clear and comprehensive requirements, demanding several changes after the contract had been signed, as well as attempting to but failing badly at coordinating the CV90 project/BAE Systems Hägglungs and the Vingtaqs II project/Rheinmetall Norway (according to Rheinmetall, a better solution would have been to let Hägglunds handle the CV90 part of the Vingtaqs II project, as had been planned initially). In another article, Rheinmetall have also been really leaning into the angle that incompetency is running rampant in the Norwegian Defence Material (and its predecessor in the Norwegian Defence Logistics Organization) by pointing to various acquisition projects that have been problematic (NH90, Archer etc.). To prove this, they’ve also issued a request to be able to go through the documentation of all Norwegian acquisition projects in the later years, but the court did not allow this, stating that it would be sufficient if Rheinmetall can prove that the project management have been incompetent in this specific case. (On a sidenote, one would think it that might not be the smartest idea to attack the entire agency from whom you’ll be competing for contracts in the future, but it certainly did not stop Rheinmetall Norway from winning a contract on the delivery of new soft-mounts for the M2A2Ns.) For these reasons, Rheimetall claim that Norway did not have the right to terminate the contract, and are demanding that the latter pay a refund at the discretion of the court (calculated to be at around 125 MNOK).  

Higher efficiency at the cost of thrust. It seems to indicate optimisation for long duration, level flight.

https://fragout.uberflip.com/i/1281650-frag-out-magazine-30/5?
 
My article about 17 years Wolverine in service. So all about difficult APC Rosomak in Poland.
Enjoy!

Find the Warrior.
 

screenshots

 
 

I love this. 

BMP-3 with Parallax observation system.

 
   BMP-3 Manul (Boomerang-BM on top of BMP-3 Dragoon)

 
 
   MGTT-LB

 
   BMP-2M with Berezhok

 
   BMP-3M

At Army 2020:

Croatian JDB creation

 
   Kurdish branch of JDB:
   

First live-fires from the M1A2 SEPv3 tanks with 3-8 CAV.
 

 
 
https://twitter.com/TreatEmRough/status/1295732476707590148?s=20

Beat me to it.  Of note is that these are 37mm guns, not 57mm.
 

 
 

Object 326 SPG (Unofficial name - "Shayba"), was an initiative development by DB. 46 rounds, "double stack" in circular autoloader, crew in hull compartment outside of "turret". The gun, ammunition rack and loading mechanism are made in a single unit operating in automatic mode, providing a 360 coverage of fire. Vehicle was armed with 2S3 Akatsiya gun (152mm caliber howitzer).

 
 

Decided to collect all of variants of Vodnik that i can find. For those who are unfamiliar with Vodnik - this is a modular car, a platform to be precise, that was in development in late 80s-early 90s by GAZ and was supposed to be offered both for military and for civilian market. It was in production for some time in small numbers, so some amount of those vehicles are floating around. Initially design programm was ordered by MoD of USSR in mid 80s. Currently almost not used anywhere, except Uruguay.
   Car was build on a platrofm by adding 2 modules on top of it ("cabin" and "cargo"). Some parts of BTR-80 were used - torsion bar suspension, and some other parts of suspension.
   Prototype, 1994 IIRC

 
 
 
   Civilian versions:

 
 
   Military vehicles:

 
 
   In Syria:

 
 
   Uruguay