FORMATOSE Posted December 30, 2018 Report Share Posted December 30, 2018 54th artillery regiment open day, Hyères, France, 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoooSeR Posted January 2, 2019 Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 Re-posting from otvaga. Quote VBMR Griffon. From here. Spoiler Quote EBRC Jaguar turret. Serge, Zyklon and Belesarius 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TokyoMorose Posted January 3, 2019 Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 On 1/2/2019 at 12:42 PM, LoooSeR said: *Snip for brevity* Nice of them to leave the markings on from the mill there. Quick research shows that to be 7020 (Constellium's only defense alloy made at Issoire in T651 processing), and that's an alloy not too commonly used as armored hulling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serge Posted January 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2019 Test of the next French camo : FORMATOSE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xlucine Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 Leclerc has been used as a platform to test a 140mm gun: Quote IAV 2019: Nexter tests 140 mm gun on Leclerc MBT Nexter has fit a 140 mm gun on a Leclerc main battle tank (MBT) to gather data for the Franco-German Main Ground Combat System (MGCS) programme to replace it and the Leopard 2, Jane's learned at the International Armoured Vehicles (IAV) 2019 conference held in London on 21-24 January. This is understood to be the first time that a 140 mm gun has been successfully integrated onto a 50-tonne MBT and conducted over 200 firings. It is expected to provide a 70% increase in firepower over a NATO standard 120 mm gun. Nexter has resurrected past efforts to develop a 140 mm main weapon to establish which firepower solutions are best suited to meet the MGCS requirement. https://www.janes.com/article/85934/iav-2019-nexter-tests-140-mm-gun-on-leclerc-mbt Alzoc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alzoc Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 Probably the old one. Spoiler Spoiler Though AFAIK while the gun was tested on it's own, integrated to a turret to test the new autoloader, it has never been tested in a complete tank. So my guess is that the purpose of those test is to determine if a 140mm is much harder to integrate than a 130mm and if it would be interesting to makes provision for it. They probably already have all the ballistic data needed (unless they are testing new 140mm ammo). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramlaen Posted January 25, 2019 Report Share Posted January 25, 2019 Alzoc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Alzoc Posted January 28, 2019 Report Share Posted January 28, 2019 https://www.monch.com/mpg/news/land/4868-nexter-trials-leclerc.html Apart from the confirmation that the 140mm trials where to asses the capability to integrate a 140mm in a 50t tank, it was announced that at IDEX 2019, they'll present a Leclerc with a drone attached which main purpose would be reconnaissance and target designation. Qualification of a new programmable HE round called M3M (Impact, delay, airburst) will begin shortly. Nexter is also working on yet another APFSDS called SHARD (probable that it will never see service like it's predecessors) and apparently the Polynege guided ammunition is still on the table (which would work well with the new reconnaissance UAV) Xlucine 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Moyes Posted February 3, 2019 Report Share Posted February 3, 2019 https://www.arquus-defense.com/by-your-side/referencehttps://www.arquus-defense.com/arquus-key-player-act-military-planning-2019-2025https://www.edrmagazine.eu/arquus-inaugurates-mro-hub-at-fourchambault Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zyklon Posted February 6, 2019 Report Share Posted February 6, 2019 Weird looking baguette! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alzoc Posted February 6, 2019 Report Share Posted February 6, 2019 24 minutes ago, Zyklon said: Weird looking baguette! ELC EVEN There are quite a few different turret: Twin 30 mm: Spoiler Smoothbore 90mm: Spoiler Recoiless 120 mm: Spoiler SS-11 and/or SS-12: Spoiler They were the entry in competition with the AMX design for the ELC project: Spoiler Zyklon, Laviduce, Lord_James and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laviduce Posted February 17, 2019 Report Share Posted February 17, 2019 IMHO, approximate design and layout of the Leclerc front hull special armor cavities: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laviduce Posted February 20, 2019 Report Share Posted February 20, 2019 AMX Leclerc Series 1 Special Armor distribution in the hull and turret (not including the spaced heavy side skirts). Once the model is complete i will use it to do some vulnerability modelling along the lines the data presented in the Swedish Tank Trial diagrams: Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler Spoiler SH_MM, Zyklon, Serge and 6 others 6 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FORMATOSE Posted February 21, 2019 Report Share Posted February 21, 2019 Your front hull cavities aren't deep enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laviduce Posted February 21, 2019 Report Share Posted February 21, 2019 43 minutes ago, Sovngard said: Your front hull cavities aren't deep enough. I used this image to get the lower boundary of the center hull cavities. For the the cavity thickness I used a prototype Leclerc diagram as a reference and two images of the Leclerc front hull under contruction. Using the two images I got a rough ballpark range of around 590-690 mm using CAD and photomatching techniques. With the prototype diagram i got a thickness of about 620 mm. It seemed like a plausible number so I went with it. I can provide some more detailed explanation including the sources if someone wants to know. I was very careful in my evaluation. I will use this model to create a vulnerability map: Gun Ready 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FORMATOSE Posted February 22, 2019 Report Share Posted February 22, 2019 15 hours ago, Laviduce said: I used this image to get the lower boundary of the center hull cavities. For the the cavity thickness I used a prototype Leclerc diagram as a reference and two images of the Leclerc front hull under contruction. Using the two images I got a rough ballpark range of around 590-690 mm using CAD and photomatching techniques. With the prototype diagram i got a thickness of about 620 mm. It seemed like a plausible number so I went with it. I was referring to your vision of the height of the special armor cavity. In your drawings, it stops at the heigh of the welding seam between the top and the lower front hull plates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiedzmin Posted February 22, 2019 Report Share Posted February 22, 2019 IIRC there was video with tank production where you can see all cavites Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laviduce Posted February 22, 2019 Report Share Posted February 22, 2019 2 hours ago, Sovngard said: I was referring to your vision of the height of the special armor cavity. In your drawings, it stops at the heigh of the welding seam between the top and the lower front hull plates. What weldline are you referring to? At the weldline B the bays might be a tiny bit deeper but I do not think it will be more than 30-40 mm. 2 hours ago, Wiedzmin said: IIRC there was video with tank production where you can see all cavites I used this image as a reference as well. Sadly, I have not found the original video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiedzmin Posted February 22, 2019 Report Share Posted February 22, 2019 18 minutes ago, Laviduce said: I used this image as a reference as well. Sadly, I have not found the origianl video. something like this video Serge 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serge Posted February 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2019 https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/one-tough-tank-why-frances-leclerc-one-best-planet-44577 Not in French. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serge Posted February 22, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 22, 2019 Alzoc, LoooSeR and Laviduce 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiedzmin Posted February 23, 2019 Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 Ramlaen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicious_CB Posted February 23, 2019 Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 Any info if the VBL is going to be replaced by the CRAB? I havent heard of any developments in the vehicle since 2012. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serge Posted February 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 The CRAB is no more on track. FORMATOSE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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