I have a question: Is the turret ring armor modelled properly on the M60A3 TTS ? The turret ring area does not seem to have a LOS thickness of 254 mm but 80-125 mm:
Yes , i also kinda figured as much but i did not want to jump to conclusions but how dare you say that about my "precious" Leclerc
The destroyed Leopard 2 reminds of this, where a Merkava 2 seem to have suffered the same fate during the 2006 Lebanon war:
I did not know that there was a renewed heavy-armored threat to Central and Western Europe. What kind of threat is being talked about here? Either way, it is sad that the British are letting their armored formations shrink to insignificance. I hope the French will keep a viable number of their Leclercs running.
I am Leclerc all the way usually but will we ever see the Leopard 2A3 ? It is the Leopard 2 before the the A4 tungsten/titanium turret armor uprade. Could be great for some Cold War 1985-1986 scenarios:
Izvinite! My fingers struck the wrong key but i corrected the error once i realized my mistake )) Thank you for the patent article. Has the 2A82 gun been changed in the past 2 years ? I got the impression that the latest T-14s mount somehwat different 2A82s
Privet Jartsev, spasiba bolschoi! )) Do you know the lenght of the rounds and/or KE projectiles? Is there are any data available ? Will these rounds also fit into the 125 mm 2A82 gun system ? How do they potentially compare to the KE "Vakuum" 1 and 2 rounds?
Reports like these are sadly often very politicized and ideology driven. Independent sources would be preferable. I think it would be best to take these biased pieces with several grains of salt and in general steer clear of them.