General AFV Thread

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Some K2 photos.

 

K1 hulls during assembly:

 

Some K2 photos

 

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Israeli Combat Guard (by IMI), military parade in Turkmenistan

 

 

 

Armed with GShG gatling MG.

 

 

Chinese DongFeng Mengshi EQ-2050

 

 

Ajban-440A by Nimr Automotive (UAE) with ATGM.

 

 

I guess because why not?

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More:

 

Kirpi by Turkish BMC

 

 

 

Survivor MRAP by austrian company Achleitner 

 

 

Otokar Ural in police variant

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STA-2 prototype during trials - December 1956 - http://sensha-manual.blogspot.com

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Some K2 photos.

 

Hulls during assembly:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Are you sure that isn't a K1?  I did not think the K2 had torsion bar suspension.

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Are you sure that isn't a K1?  I did not think the K2 had torsion bar suspension.

 

K1A1

[Xoon]

Are you sure that isn't a K1?  I did not think the K2 had torsion bar suspension.

It appears yes to be a K1, look at the engine deck. The K1 has two circular intakes and two round "hatches" on the sponsons, and altogether looks clean:

 

 

While the K2 has square intakes and a more detailed engine deck:

 

Edit: Ninja'ed lol

 

 

 

 

Oh and a quick question:

Does anyone know the thickness of the composite armor on the front of the hull on the Strv 122B?

By comparing the thickness of the add on armor with the base armor I got around 410mm for the add on armor, which means a combined thickness of around 1050mm.

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Edit: Just noticed we have a dedicated tank ammo thread. Whoops.

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T-55AM front idler wheel:

 

T-55AM dampener:

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MBT-70 suspension

 

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Development of Leo 1 tracks

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Gavial:

 

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   3D model of Indonesian-Turkish "Modern Medium Weight Tank (MMWT)" medium tank shown at Indo Defence 2016. This mediaum tank (35 tons) is joint developemnt of Indonesian PT Pindad and Turkish FNSS Savunma Sistemleri.

 

 

   2 prototypes are in production (1 in Indonesia and 1 in Turkey), they will be finished in 2017. Vehicle is nothing really interesting, classic layout, torsion bar suspension, crew of 3, steel armor and layered armor modules. Turret is CMI Defence CT-CV with CMI Defence 105mm rifled (?) gun and 7.62 coax, gun will be autoloader. Gun eleveation is +42 degr AFAIK and depression is -10 degr. FCS is modern and what you expect from it, also thermal imager for both gunner and commander. NBC, automatic firefighting system, GPS, laser sensors, cameras, etc.

 

 

 

 

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M1A1 AIM

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PT-91M Pendekar / PT-91 Twardy don't like sandbags.

 

When a raccoon stuck in your tank:

 

 

          

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Gavial:

 

Aka an unsuccessful attempt to by Rheinmetall to offer a licence-made Petit Véhicule Protégé. Volkswagen, offering the Frettchen (VW Touareg with steel armor) also lost, the Enok (Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen/Wolf with steel armor) was chosen instead.

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Speaking of the Frettchen...

 

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AMX-13 with HOT ATGMs

 

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"An American M-10 Tank Destroyer from the 636th Tank Destroyer Battalion supporting the 143rd Infantry Regiment, 36th US Division, moves through the rubble-strewn streets of Rohrwiller in Alsace on February 4, 1945."
(Photo source - US National Archives)
(Colourising by Paul Reynolds)

 

A now photo:

 

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NORINCO getting in on the 40mm CTA game, apparently.

 

 

 

 

"So far, two natures of 40 mm ammunition have been developed for the system. The first of these is the 40 mm high-explosive (HE) round, that is designated CS/BTE3 and has a muzzle velocity of 1,000 m/s.

The second is the 40 mm armour-piercing fin-stabilised discarding sabot (APFSDS), which is designated CS/BAA3. This has a muzzle velocity of 1,450 m/s, and it is claimed that it will penetrate 130 mm of rolled homogenous armour at a range of 1,000 m."

 

http://www.janes.com/article/65100/airshow-china-2016-norinco-lifts-lid-on-40-mm-case-telescoped-weapon

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Russian blog I stole this from say it's a BMP with the high velocity 60mm fitted, looks about right.

 

Edit: Random Russian dude was wrong, it's actually a Dardo chassis.

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Somewhere in E-stonia

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It is actually desert version of Piranha 5

 

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M-80A modernisation