Ramlaen Posted October 13, 2022 Report Share Posted October 13, 2022 https://www.greencarcongress.com/2022/10/20221011-allison.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TokyoMorose Posted October 16, 2022 Report Share Posted October 16, 2022 On 10/11/2022 at 9:18 PM, Ramlaen said: Correct me if I am wrong but the ASCOD 2 uses torsion bar suspension. The MPF, which is not based on the ASCOD or AJAX, uses this The use of in-arm units is a big step forward... but I'm kind of amazed that GLDS managed to make a design where they had overheating issues. While I'm sure it's not the first vehicle with in-arm suspension to have overheating issues, I've never heard of one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade334 Posted October 17, 2022 Report Share Posted October 17, 2022 FORMATOSE and Clan_Ghost_Bear 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramlaen Posted October 29, 2022 Report Share Posted October 29, 2022 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade334 Posted October 29, 2022 Report Share Posted October 29, 2022 Well, we had the M60 hull with an Abrams turret and a Leopard 2 hull with a Leclerc turret and now, from the annals of History, we have this Frankensteiner: Laviduce 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2805662 Posted November 1, 2022 Report Share Posted November 1, 2022 BAE report on their OMFV submission, which included this graphic. Laviduce, Clan_Ghost_Bear, Cleb and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanch90 Posted November 2, 2022 Report Share Posted November 2, 2022 20 hours ago, 2805662 said: BAE report on their OMFV submission, which included this graphic. Seems very familiar. 2805662 and Clan_Ghost_Bear 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clan_Ghost_Bear Posted November 7, 2022 Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 The Army has been testing an unmanned turret called LCAS. https://ndiastorage.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/ndia/2022/future/Tues_Grassano.pdf Ramlaen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramlaen Posted November 7, 2022 Report Share Posted November 7, 2022 Might be the unmanned turret that was funded by that NDAA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade334 Posted November 8, 2022 Report Share Posted November 8, 2022 SEPv3 Abrams at Lima, sporting a rather uncommon paint scheme. These photos were taken during a visit of the plant by the Polish Minister of Defense, Mariusz Błaszczak. Spoiler Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ministerstwoobronynarodowej/albums/72157720030847410/ Laviduce 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleb Posted November 9, 2022 Report Share Posted November 9, 2022 M1A2s and an M1A1 of the 1st Battalion, 7th Calvary Regiment during the recent Project Convergence 22. According to DVIDS photos at least one M1A1 was equipped with an ATLAS System as shown in these photos. Spoiler Clan_Ghost_Bear and Ramlaen 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clan_Ghost_Bear Posted November 10, 2022 Report Share Posted November 10, 2022 From BAE's website. Ramlaen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheburashka Posted November 10, 2022 Report Share Posted November 10, 2022 What is this thing circled in red?Our country has started using JLTVs and I haven't seen this add-on being used by any other operators. Ramlaen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2805662 Posted November 10, 2022 Report Share Posted November 10, 2022 Looks like some kind of driver viewer equipment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2805662 Posted November 12, 2022 Report Share Posted November 12, 2022 Interview with the AMPV product manager & walkaround. Ramlaen and Clan_Ghost_Bear 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade334 Posted November 12, 2022 Report Share Posted November 12, 2022 On 11/10/2022 at 9:09 PM, Cheburashka said: What is this thing circled in red?Our country has started using JLTVs and I haven't seen this add-on being used by any other operators. Przezdzieblo on tank-net identified it as a DVE AN/VAS-5B(V) thermal driver vision system. PatriotANVAS5BV_NVTS_2.10.pdf (nvtsglobal.com) The JLTV used to have a different sensor at that spot, though: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramlaen Posted November 12, 2022 Report Share Posted November 12, 2022 Yeah it's an individual country equipment thing, US JLTV use the Driver Vision Enhancer from Leonardo DRS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramlaen Posted November 12, 2022 Report Share Posted November 12, 2022 4 hours ago, 2805662 said: Interview with the AMPV product manager & walkaround. Ah this clarifies that the cage you sometimes see is in fact a wire guard. Lord_James, Clan_Ghost_Bear and 2805662 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheburashka Posted November 24, 2022 Report Share Posted November 24, 2022 I have a couple of M60A3 questions. Is the M19 Commander's cupola power rotated or hand cranked? Is the M36E1 sightings complex for the commander's M85 .50 cal stabilised or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SH_MM Posted November 25, 2022 Report Share Posted November 25, 2022 CATTB turret Clan_Ghost_Bear, Stimpy75, Alzoc and 5 others 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZloyKrolik Posted November 25, 2022 Report Share Posted November 25, 2022 On 11/24/2022 at 12:10 PM, Cheburashka said: I have a couple of M60A3 questions. Is the M19 Commander's cupola power rotated or hand cranked? Hand cranked only, IIRC. Is the M36E1 sightings complex for the commander's M85 .50 cal stabilised or not? Not stabilized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade334 Posted November 25, 2022 Report Share Posted November 25, 2022 (edited) A rare picture: an overhead shot of the M1 Thumper, used to test the XM291 ATAC gun (sometimes referred to as LW120) in conjunction with the XM91 cassette autoloader. The Thumper, which was built out of a M1A1 at Anniston Depot, used a 120mm XM291 in three different barrel lengths, one 265in/6.75m long (the standard, "long tube" XM291), a second one cut the same length as the M256 ("short tube", 5.3m) and a third, intermediary one ("medium tube") that stands somewhere between 6.75m and 5.3m. On-the-move test fires done at speeds of 10, 15 and 20mph showed that the target impact dispersion (TID) was bigger (read: lower accuracy) with the "long tube" XM291 compared to the "short tube" or EVEN the M256, which was problematic. To support the increased barrel length, Benét Labs also had to create a 415lbs and 22in-long extension for the gun cradle...which was later reused in the proposed installation of a XM360E1 inside the notional M1A3...and, quite likely, inside the M1 AbramsX demonstrator showcased at AUSA 2022. The 1988 M1 Thumper was only fitted with the 120mm ATAC gun, but the XM291 installed on the 1993 M1 CATTB, on the other hand, went on to trial a 120mm and a 140mm barrel. At one point, the ATAC prototype pool was noted to have successfully fired 1,300 rounds, 150 of which were of the 140mm variety. The latter (at least the KE part) was even judged capable of defeating the armor of what was tentatively described as the FST-3 (Future Soviet Tank 3, essentially a Obj.477/477A); there are no known numbers for the 140mm XM964's performance, but the 140mm ATAC itself was expected to produce a great maximum of 25MJ of muzzle energy. The ammunition for the ATAC was developed by Valentec International and Hercules. While the Thumper was originally meant to trial the 120mm ATAC, some of the official literature indicates it may have also undergone the 120-to-140mm tube conversion and done static test firings at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, where it showed precision equal to a M1A1 but "with greater penetration". >> Source document for the two above scans << Also, a common mistake (one I've also been guilty of, mea culpa) I often see around in forums and milblogs is that the Thumper is a derivative of the CATTB, which is false, as the Thumper (AKA the ATAC Demonstration System) predates the CATTB Phase I by at least five years. M1 CATTB Phase I (using a M1 hull as basis), in 93/94, about to be shipped to Aberdeen Proving Grounds for testing: Picture of the CATTB Phase II (ATTD?) hull under construction, completed in 1994. Note the closed back with no exhaust grille, the absence of apertures for torsion bars (replaced by a hydro-pneumatic suspension system) and the smaller engine compartment designed to receive a Cummins XAV-1000 AIPS instead of a Honeywell AGT-1500. The freed-up volume between the XAV and the turret basket was reclaimed to accept two vertically-stacked non-ready cassettes housing a total of 22 rounds (either single-piece 120mm or two-piece 140mm), which would have given the CATTB Phase II a maximum loadout of 39 rounds (either 120mm or 140mm), just five less than a M1A2. The huge tradeoff, of course, was that all this made the CATTB massively overweight. Apparently, at least one of the two CATTB testbeds is currently sitting at the Sierra Army Depot in Herlong, California, but one has to wonder if it's not a case of mistaken identity; the Thumper was, after all, spotted in 2010/09/30, in Ohio, as it was being relocated by train to parts unknown. Here's to hoping any of these big bois shall make their way to a museum one day, as did the TTB, the Crusader and many others before them. XM291 ATAC with its 17-round Benét Labs XM91 bustle autoloader: Edited April 7, 2023 by Renegade334 Corrected a mistake over the XM291's TID performance + added some hypertext references Newtonk, Jackvony, SH_MM and 9 others 9 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheburashka Posted November 26, 2022 Report Share Posted November 26, 2022 On 11/12/2022 at 10:08 PM, Renegade334 said: Przezdzieblo on tank-net identified it as a DVE AN/VAS-5B(V) thermal driver vision system. PatriotANVAS5BV_NVTS_2.10.pdf (nvtsglobal.com) The JLTV used to have a different sensor at that spot, though: Thanks for the info! On 11/12/2022 at 10:51 PM, Ramlaen said: Yeah it's an individual country equipment thing, US JLTV use the Driver Vision Enhancer from Leonardo DRS. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade334 Posted November 26, 2022 Report Share Posted November 26, 2022 EDIT - source for the CATTB construction images: EME Journal 1994 issue #2 AAI RDF-LT on display at Nokesville, Virginia, in September 2021: Spoiler Source. Blast from the past: RDF-LT with unmanned turret and two quad Stinger launchers, at AUSA 1984. Ramlaen, Laviduce, Stimpy75 and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramlaen Posted November 30, 2022 Report Share Posted November 30, 2022 https://breakingdefense.com/2022/11/a-real-life-lego-tank-bae-touts-modular-design-for-army-omfv/ David Moyes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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