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T-14 with side-screens installed

At least actual "Kurganets-25" IFV does not differs too much from known presentation models...

There are 2 pedals to control the engine... First one controls fuel supply(acts as accelerator pedal); the second one is RSA(reaktivnyj soplovoj apparat) control. To simplify things: this pedal controls 3rd engine stage, e.g. free turbine- this, in turn, affects power output to transmission and protects turbine during change of gear range; think about this pedal like about clutch control...

So true...

Dont like politics but should make some comments. 1) Video is filmed at hill 307 in vicinity of village Sanzharovka after successful assault by separatists. Attack was badly coordinated and losses were high(its hard to expect anything better from gang of mercs and marauders) 2)Yes, Ukraine have quite large stocks of ex-soviet supplies and hardware, but probably everything serviceable is sold-out; local industry is unable to repair remaining stuff in required quantities. There is another aspect- both sides of this conflict hardly can be called a "good guys" and some ukrainian officials already seeking contacts in EU to launder money received for stolen military aid. Yeah, loyalist are stealing western donations and separatist are stealing russian "humanitarian" aid. Think about this.

No, ropes were routed externally thru the open hatches. What else can you do with broken intercom...

Smart solution is to use 2 ropes Tie one to left driver`s shoulderstrap, and another to the right shoulderstrap- now TC have nice and effective tool to control driver without saying a word Works fine in BMP...

Its just a artist`s fantasy, inspired by scale model of proposed fire support vehicle(based on "Armata" chassis). Anyway we have a chance to see an actual tank in next 5 months.

2015 finally came to Estonia, happy new year everybody! :bigsmile:

Well... Actually in A-stan DShK was a prime killer of Hinds. Mi-24 integral steel armour not exceeds 5 millimeters(sufficient to reliably stop only 7,62mm bullets, if not to consider oblique shots) and partially covers only certain vital areas and systems like cockpit(sides, not belly or front!!!), engines and rotor gearbox. In real life even a well-placed or abnormally lucky burst from old good AKM can make Hind to go down as happened during first Chechen campaign. Survivability issues were only resolved in Mi-28.

Huh, good news indeed... But! Any previous attempts of joint NATO/ European efforts in area of MBT design were not successful...

Presumably ex-Dutch PzH2000`s.

Meantime ukrainian national guard unit captured a russian T-72B3 MBT in vicinity of Ilovaisk: http://youtu.be/FOhEqpS_9GU Update. Same tank:

Its a new version of T-72B- with panoramic sight(TI+ CCD channels), vehicular information system, automatic gear change etc. A kind of "sporting tank", probably build because of demand expressed by Shoigu("For the next year we need a new vehicle...").

Vehicles rebuild for "Tank biathlon-2014" -31 "object 188-4" also known as T-72B3M or T-72B4(T-72B3 with VIS, panoramic sight and other bells and whistles) -22 T-72B -65 T-72B1 There no plans to use regular T-72B3 for this event.

Nobody talks about equal opportunities. Foreign teams can bring own vehicles(like PLA team did), or to use regular T-72B/B1 provided by hosts. There just not enough "object 188-4" tanks(30 or so rebuild) to equip all participating teams. Better FCS is not a significant advantage since all competition is more about high speed driving and obstacle crossing.

Nope, T-72B3 are build exclusively for russian team. The rest will get overhauled T-72Bs.

So, with this logic AN/VLQ-6 and AN/VLQ-8 are useless too, right? Basic principle of operation is the same as for OTShu-1-7. :bigsmile:

IR emitters(dazzlers) are designed to simulate beacons used to track missiles. Since dazzlers are usually placed with offset from vehicle`s center of mass, guidance system will generate wrong steering commands for the missile. E.g. guidance system of SACLOS ATGW will see one or two fakes in addition to original tracer, or original missile tracer will be completly expelled by fakes.

Issue was caused by 5-degree side slope. In conjunction with main gun depression this led to error in lead calculation. Turret azimuth resolver can not make wonders. P.S. Actually most of the problems with tank should be addressed to the team dispatched to Greece and to those who failed to prepare equipment for the trials(episode with broken transmission explains a lot).

Open "Start" menu(assuming you are running Win Vista or 7), select "all programs" and locate "eSim games" folder- shortcuts to launch the game and to access supplementary documentation should be there.

According to most recent(and not yet confirmed) news from Latvia only 21 AFVs will be purchased, and they will be Spartans with few Samaritans. Vehicles will be used to equip one mechanized infantry company.

All this stuff just points on to significant issues with training and leadership in russian military.

"Enemy Intel of Position" will expose units to opposing side for planning and initial stages of execution phases, if my memory does not fails.

According to one of TOEs, leaked in 2009, SPH battalion should have 3 batteries of 152mm howitzers, 2 firing platoons x3 vehicles each. Units are allowed to use 2S3 till replacement by 2S19. Phase-out of 122mm systems was announced a couple of years ago, but how this meets with reality is a big question(especially if take on to account recent odd efforts to resurrect regiments and divisions).