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Afaik the mission master is based on the Canadian Zeal Motor Inc FatTruck While this vehicle is inspired by the Sherp, i doubt that they use the same tires considering they have different diameters and different inflation systems. But i could not find where the FatTruck tires are actually made, just one source describing them as "bespoke".
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This site has a bunch of Dornier publication (in German) including from their time as part of DASA and later EADS. It claims approval by 'Airbus Corporate Heritage'. The most interesting bit is a cloud-storage with digitized Dornier Post issues.(1935-1943+1962-1994) Included is also a spreadsheet with a list of all the articles and a weird .exe that allows you to search the text contents of the archived issues.
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the smaller drone is apparently a Hero-R rotary-wing loitering munition source (in german)
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A few year old, but i just found it and thought the launching method was fascinating: The video shows a RPK-6M Vodopad anti-submarine missile being launched from the torpedo tubes of the cruiser Pyotr Velikiy
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Looks like a Luna NG drone carrying a smaller drone (maybe quad-copter) carrying a warhead
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StuG III Thread (and also other German vehicles I guess)
Voltzz replied to EnsignExpendable's topic in Mechanized Warfare
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv4Dw1x1OP0 tracked Boxer video on KMWs Youtube -
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General artillery, SPGs, MLRS and long range ATGMs thread.
Voltzz replied to LoooSeR's topic in Mechanized Warfare
i am fascinated by this concept of letting the unitary explosive descent on a parachute. Now im not very well versed on artillery matters, so pls correct me if im getting something wrong, but as i understand it Elbit uses the parachute to achieve a more vertical descent creating a more efficient spread of the fragmentation (it would be interesting to know if the "Standard HE" is also pre-fragmented, or just natural fragmentation). But regardless of their claims about the improved cover area, im interested in the plausibility of two other uses of this mechanism. If their existed the option to time the exit of the payload from the shell body, couldnt this be used as a 1 dimensional course correction mechanism (in combination with a muzzle velocity radar)? And shouldnt it be possible to achieve MRSI, without altering the amount of propellant, by adjusting the timing of the release for every elevation?- 1,906 replies
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No good source on it yet, but it looks just so cursed, so i need to post it: The top one is an LRAC F1 (found the image on its wikipedia site) the bottom one is apparently an AC300 Jupiter, a cooperation between MBB and Luchaire, mating an armbrust recoilless grenade launcher to a milan 2 warhead. edit: found a source: But still no source on it being a Milan warhead or on it being reusable(seems unlikely) edit2: found another source with an image. Stand-off tube and warhead diameter fits the milan 2. But the source is meh; just below it labels an armbrust as a Strim. as far as i know Strim was just another name for the LRAC
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Main Ground Combat System (MGCS) and Euro Main Battle Tank (EMBT)
Voltzz replied to FORMATOSE's topic in Mechanized Warfare
isnt it 50 50?- 390 replies
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Main Ground Combat System (MGCS) and Euro Main Battle Tank (EMBT)
Voltzz replied to FORMATOSE's topic in Mechanized Warfare
this hits the nail on the head. i think the French position is understandable when you consider that German companies (KMW, Renk, MTU, DST) will almost certainly get the lead role in designing the automotive components for the tank. Nexters capabilities for heavy tracked vehicle mobility were severely reduced by the end of Leclerc manufacturing. So France was hoping to get the lead on the turret and armament, arguing that they had the superior technology based on the Leclerc. From the german perspective, most innovation in MGCS will be in the Turret and weapon system (see Panther, EMBT) so as the lead on MGCS the want the biggest share. But that would leave only electronics for France and even there a possible entry of Italy and Leonardo into MGCS could mean giving up even more workshare. Imo the French complaints about MGCS mirror the german ones about FCAS and so the German desire to link these 2 together makes sense even, bith that makes both programs an organisational nightmare. i think everyone agrees that most or all components should be single-source My preferred solution, even if its not very realistic, is to let Dassault build the Plane, KMW the Tankhull and Rheinmetall the Turret while Airbus and Nexter only act as subcontractor. To make up for that both companies could get the lead on projects that are not essential to the main platform. So a MGCS equivlent of Airbus getting the ucav lead.- 390 replies
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StuG III Thread (and also other German vehicles I guess)
Voltzz replied to EnsignExpendable's topic in Mechanized Warfare
interesting that the pictures from the test show the turret without the MUSS infrared jammer while in the marketing material it is present -
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StuG III Thread (and also other German vehicles I guess)
Voltzz replied to EnsignExpendable's topic in Mechanized Warfare
interesting Rheinmetall patent i found, in which part of the frontal turret armour is attached to the gun, and recoils with it, to reduce the recoil path. An additional patent shows a more complicated version of this that is supposed to also manage the vertical component of recoil when the gun is elevated. But honestly i am to dumb to understand that version. i find it interesting that there seems to be a bunch of patents from around this time about reducing the required space for recoil and elevation of an MBT gun. I would guess with a perspective of integrating larger calibre guns without increasing turret volume. -
StuG III Thread (and also other German vehicles I guess)
Voltzz replied to EnsignExpendable's topic in Mechanized Warfare
Could you point me to the post? Im having a hard time finding it. the integration on the turret looks a bit cluttered, i hope they find a better way of doing this. I also think an RF sensor is a solution very much focused on commercial quadcopters. An IR sensor could be more versatile. Ah, thanks, so it is the same turrets just with different effectors. I do remember Rheinmetall being involved in some way though. If i understand this press release correctly they seem to have some role in developing/building the turret. But still weird that they are involved both with MBDA and with Diehl for NNbS. -
StuG III Thread (and also other German vehicles I guess)
Voltzz replied to EnsignExpendable's topic in Mechanized Warfare
Sorry, i dont mean the dedicated anti-drone version with the gmg. In the slide for the ifv version the last bulletpoint is "Befähigung zur Drohnenabwehr"(capable/capability of drone defence) But i dont recognize any radar or visual sensor for that in the picture and im not sure if the elevation of the 30mm autocannon (45°maybe) would be enough