General AFV Thread

[Beer]

Not realy breaking news but this is visualisation of Sabrah light tanks which were recently ordered by Philipines (their exact configuration may be different). They ordered 18 vehicles on ASCOD 2 chassis and 10 on Pandur II chassis (plus command and recovery vehicles on ASCOD 2 chassis). The main armament is Elbit 105 mm/L52 gun. The contract is to be delivered by Elbit, GDLS and CSG (Excalibur Army). It is likely that another contract will follow because the initial one was cut down from original 114 vehicles as a part of Covid measures. 

[BaronTibere]

Do you have any info on the autoloader? I have an old elbit PDF but it mentions 6rpm for the gun system which seems rather long for a 105 autoloader in this day and age.

[Beer]

3 minutes ago, BaronTibere said:

Do you have any info on the autoloader? I have an old elbit PDF but it mentions 6rpm for the gun system which seems rather long for a 105 autoloader in this day and age.

 

Sadly no. 

[LoooSeR]

   Tigr vs Serbian Milos

[Beer]

Another short video from Czech IFV trials.

 

[Beer]

Nice gallery from Czech IFV trials from today (opened day for media) inlcuding a video at the end (some driving and firing). A lot of details inside. Also the competitors were invited to prepare their final bid before the 1st July. 

https://www.idnes.cz/zpravy/nato/bvp-armada-ascod-cv90-lynx-obrana.A210527_115942_zpr_nato_inc/foto/nahledy#TBR8babef_135356_9542183.jpg

[Beer]

More photos and video. So far all vehicles fulfilled all requirements. What is left is climatic and EMC tests. Also interesting info about criteria for the final selection. 55% weight goes to the contract price. 30% to technical parameters and 15% to the offset offer. 

https://www.novinky.cz/domaci/clanek/strelba-i-jizda-tezkym-terenem-vyrobci-v-libave-predvadeli-sve-obrnence-za-miliardy-40361588

 

[Beer]

First photo of the new Czech army modular multi-band jammer STARKOM on armoured Tatra chassis (VHF, UHF, SHF). The army ordered eight systems. It shall be able to jam also various datalinks, missile guidance or drones. 

[LoooSeR]

 

   Military vehicles starts at 1 hour 48 minutes. A whole zoo of MRAPs, armored cars and some JDB contraptions.

[LoooSeR]

   From Yuri Lyamin's LJ, some vehicles from parade:

 

SBM VPK-233136 "Tiger" in a five-door version 

 

Spoiler

Jordanian armored vehicles Al-Mared 8x8

 

 

   Panthera T6 from Minerva Special Purpose Vehicles (MSPV) from the UAE 

 

 

... and various other armored vehicles - Spartan, Cougar and Cobra from Streit Group (its headquarters, in my opinion, is now also in the UAE), Terrier LT-79 from the American The Armored Group (TAG), etc. 

 

 

Possibly a command vehicle based on Typhoon 4x4 from Streit Group 

 

 

[LoooSeR]

   Serbia STRNG - M-84AS1.

 

Spoiler

 

 

[Beer]

Czech IFV competition takes another delay. The date for final offers was moved from 1st July to 1st September (officially per request of the bidders) which effectively means that the final decision was thrown on another government (parlamentary elections are scheduled on 8-9th October) and it is very likely that it won't be taken even this year... 

[Stimpy75]

upgraded İraqi T-72

[Lord_James]

18 hours ago, Stimpy75 said:

upgraded İraqi T-72

Trying to role play as a T-90A? 

[Stimpy75]

more like the iranian wannabe version kharasth

 

[Stimpy75]

Belarus new 8x8

Spoiler

 

[Stimpy75]

Cayman with a punch

[LoooSeR]

   Interesting victim in the yard of 38th NII testing ground (Russian army main testing facility for AFVs)

[Stimpy75]

Kuwaiti M1A2K 

with CROWS and a 12.7 on the main gun

 

[Stimpy75]

french will restore ARL-44

Spoiler

 

[Beer]

Excalibur Kapa, amphibious transport for Indonesian competition to replace PTS-10 (54 to be bough): https://www.armadninoviny.cz/kapa-cesky-obojzivelny-transporter-pro-indonesii.html

[Beer]

Slovak MOD presented a plan to acquire 500 8x8 AFVs and 228 tracked AFVs till 2035. The acquisition shall happen in five stages with first deliveries already in next year. We'll see how much of this ambitious plan comes true. Anyway in the first phase they want to buy 76 8x8 vehicles (mostly IFV) and 156 tracked vehicles (again mostly IFV + some command vehicles, ARV and training ones). In the second phase they shall buy another 72 tracked vehicles but only 6 in IFV variant and the rest in a mix of heavy APC, mine clearing vehicles, mortar carriers or engineering vehicles. For the IFV they request 3+7 crew, 30-40 mm cannon. The wheeled vehicles shall be amphibious (i.e. no Boxer). ATM the talk is about Lynx, CV-90 or ASCOD as the tracked vehciles and Pandur II, AMV or Rosomak as the 8x8. All three tracked vehicles were already presented to Slovak army.  

 

Official document: https://www.mosr.sk/data/files/4410_zamer-projektu-pre-obstaranie-bov-8x8.pdf

[Lord_James]

Is the Freccia not amphibious? 

[Serge]

Not amphibious but the SuperAV, yes. 

[Beer]

One more video from Czech IFV trials.