General AFV Thread

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It's a bit funny to see Italian terms for armor without translation... "blindo armata" (see Centauro 2 posters) sounds like "blind ol' (T-14) Armata". Maybe the Centauro 2 is a bit more ahead of it's time

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Wow nice. So it's a T-72S with some cheap add-ons. Already speculated by some people because of the fuel drum mechanism:

 

 

   Yeah, my expectation that it was T-90MS was wrong, but my second theory is still alive about UVZ helping/participating in T-72S upgrade kit design to make Iranian T-72s to be closer to T-90MS. Although ERA deisgn is strange, is it Iranian anti-tandem ERA? 

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Altay

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   Yeah, my expectation that it was T-90MS was wrong, but my second theory is still alive about UVZ helping/participating in T-72S upgrade kit design to make Iranian T-72s to be closer to T-90MS. Although ERA deisgn is strange, is it Iranian anti-tandem ERA? 

 

In terms of thickness it looks similar to earlier Iranian ERA:

 

 

However I've never heard that the they have any sort of anti-tandem ERA. Seeing the side armor and the RWS I don't think it has any Russian involvment.

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Upgraded BVP M-80A. It seems tiny.

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In terms of thickness it looks similar to earlier Iranian ERA:

 

 

However I've never heard that the they have any sort of anti-tandem ERA. Seeing the side armor and the RWS I don't think it has any Russian involvment.

   Well, than 3rd option is this - after S-300 deal and Sukhoi attempt to sell jets to Iran, Iranian defence companies feel that their share of Iranian market is under pressure, and looking at UVZ attempts to sell T-90MS to Kuweit ummm... *anybody*, they decided to make their T-90MS look-alike tank just to say that Iranian gov. don't need to buy them from UVZ.

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A little bit more on Iranian MRAP, that i posted in this thread earlier:

 

   Developer is Shahid Kolah Dooz Industrial Complex, showed MRAP is a prototype, based on KamAZ parts, including engine (360 hp V8). IT is uknown if it uses chassis from KamAZ, or just parts.

 

Photos by Mahdi Safaei from military.ir

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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That Shahid Kolah Dooz Industrial Complex company (lol that name) also makes those armored cars:

 

Yoz 102

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Iraqi Abrams tank, Shiite Imams give you +10% damage against Daesh.

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Abrams tank struck by what seems to be Kornet ATGM.. Ammo cook off seen after a hit at the back part (engine) of the tank..

Video

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Video

Ok on my second watch, the missile flew over the engine deck and and hit dead center on the turret rear.

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If  you let the enemy sneak up that close behind you, you pretty much deserve it.

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Serbian Lazar-2 APC

[ZloyKrolik]

With everybody and their brother producing new IFV, vehicle ID is getting harder and harder.

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lol, Serbia.

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One of proposed K2 Black Panther layouts - with unmanned turret.

 

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One of proposed K2 Black Panther layouts - with unmanned turret.

 

I can't say these images look very promising. 

 

The tank in the spoiler looks like it is using a low profile turret and not a unmanned turret, and I am not sure if it is possible to depress the breach, it looks like the breach already touches the roof. Also, the tank is 3,75m wide if that drawing is correct, isn't that too wide for rail transport? Or is rail transport not a concern for SK?

 

 

When it comes to the first image, I am wondering how the autoloader works, since if it is a unmanned turret they can't reload it from under armor right? 

And by stacking the ammunition standing in the front of the tank the front is going to be quite big, which would not be the most efficient design. 

 

One thing I noticed though is that the tank in the first image seems to use a tranverse engine setup, while the one in the spoiler uses and conventional setup.  Judging from the size of the engine compartment. 

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At first I thought this was an M60.

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Is it a PZ 68?

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This is one of the more interesting articles I have come across lately.  

 

Meet the Tank Girls Taking on Al-Shabab

 

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Is it a PZ 68?

yep

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BMP-2, BVP-M2 SKCZ/Jackal and Czech T-72