General AFV Thread

[LoooSeR]

Libya, Nimr N35

 

[LoooSeR]

http://bmpd.livejournal.com/2767080.html

 

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   Algerian television published footage from the annual exercises of the Algerian army MAJD 2017, which are held on the border with Morocco. Traditionally, parts of the Algerian army in this area are not equipped with the latest systems, which turns the teachings into a kind of time machine for the viewer. 

 

 

[Scolopax]

[LoooSeR]

 

[Stimpy75]

M60T 

 

 

p.s. couldn't find any info about the mast mounted optics,but most probably it's an ASELSAN system,but which one ???as soon as i find out,will share it!

Edited August 8, 2017 by Stimpy75

[Walter_Sobchak]

On 8/4/2017 at 6:55 AM, LoooSeR said:

http://bmpd.livejournal.com/2767080.html

 

 

 

It's like watching footage of the Egyptian army during the 1973 war...

[LoooSeR]

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Tankmen of the Danish army during the crossing of the water obstacles in winter conditions with Centurion tanks; 1964

 

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[Xoon]

1 hour ago, LoooSeR said:

 

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Looks like it failed to cross. 

[Iron Drapes]

What's the story here? Did it freeze up as they were halfway through or something? Or maybe the tank got stuck and they couldn't get it out before the water froze?

[Mighty_Zuk]

 

[Xlucine]

15 hours ago, Iron Drapes said:

What's the story here? Did it freeze up as they were halfway through or something? Or maybe the tank got stuck and they couldn't get it out before the water froze?

 

I suspect someone mis-judged the thickness of the ice, and it fell in while crossing the ice

[EnsignExpendable]

The British seems to have had a very sober opinion about the Crusader.

 

[Donward]

1 hour ago, EnsignExpendable said:

The British seems to have had a very sober opinion about the Crusader.

 

 

But the Crusader IS an inherently sexy looking tank, for all of its defects.

[Renegade334]

14 hours ago, Xlucine said:

 

I suspect someone mis-judged the thickness of the ice, and it fell in while crossing the ice

 

Considering it sports what appears to be (I'm not quite familiar with the Centurion, so please cut me some slack) fording equipment (snorkels), I'd say it was in the water in the first place. Maybe it got stuck, lost traction or had a leak and had to be evacuated, who knows.

[Bronezhilet]

26 minutes ago, Renegade334 said:

 

Considering it sports what appears to be (I'm not quite familiar with the Centurion, so please cut me some slack) fording equipment (snorkels), I'd say it was in the water in the first place. Maybe it got stuck, lost traction or had a leak and had to be evacuated, who knows.

Most likely a precaution. In the spoiler there's a Cent with snorkels while driving on ice.

[Xlucine]

Would have been fine if the water under the ice was ~6" shallower, or if the drivers hatch was closed

[LoooSeR]

 

[EnsignExpendable]

There is a category called SP, 6-pdr in the Department of Defense archives. Curious, I decided to check it out, since I didn't know about any self propelled 6-pounder. Turns out that this is the only page in it.

 

 

WHY EVEN HAVE A TOPIC

[Sgt.Squarehead]

Scratch my original 6pdr Portee/AEC Deacon waffle.....Realised this was supposed to be a US made vehicle, I'd assumed it was British.

 

T-44 GMC perhaps:

[Walter_Sobchak]

Perhaps they are talking about the T48 Gun Motor Carriage? 

 

[Sgt.Squarehead]

That's probably a lot more likely than the T-44 (which I must confess I'd not heard of prior to following up this subject).....For some reason I thought the Soviets used the ZIS-2 in their halftrack TDs, so this is a doubly enlightening post for me.

 

PS - The Deacon was still the coolest:

 

 

http://www.warwheels.net/AECDeacon_Haugh.html

[Walter_Sobchak]

1 hour ago, Sgt.Squarehead said:

That's probably a lot more likely than the T-44 (which I must confess I'd not heard of prior to following up this subject).....For some reason I thought the Soviets used the ZIS-2 in their halftrack TDs, so this is a doubly enlightening post for me.

 

PS - The Deacon was still the coolest:

 

 

http://www.warwheels.net/AECDeacon_Haugh.html

The T48 was originally built with the UK in mind, but the British refused them so we shipped them off to the USSR.  So it's certainly possible they were also offered to the Canadians, who, like the British, refused them as obsolete. 

[Bronezhilet]

[ZloyKrolik]

Now you have to clean up the mess.

 

If you don't realize that you've hit a car in a modern tank, you'd think you just hit a small bump. 

[Belesarius]

Huh... Lebanon has Bradleys now.

 

http://www.janes.com/article/73167/lebanon-receives-first-bradleys

 

"The United States handed over the first eight of 32 Bradley M2A2 infantry fighting vehicles to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) on 14 August, in a ceremony held at Beirut's port."