Maj.Hans Posted August 25, 2016 Share Posted August 25, 2016 10 hours ago, Ssnake said: Well, 140mm was in the 1980s determined by the Bundeswehr as the maximum caliber that a human loader could still manage as a single cartridge ... with "still acceptable" loading times. There's always the option to separate projectile from propellant to cut down weight. Or to have power-assisted loading. So, it's probably not the simplistic question: "Autoloader - yay or nay?" but rather: "Would you like a human loader, requiring a larger internal volume with the associated resuction in overall protection level and increase in vehicle mass plus power tools to help him handle the ammunition ... or an autoloader that is equally fast (or better) with larger calibers, but no additional capability in near-field security and surveillance, and no support in your maintenance tasks, which will require a reorganization of how we're doing things?" Or, dare I suggest it, that with advancements in armor technology, and if the "loader" does not actually need the room to move around and load the gun, might it be possible to have a fourth crewman who serves merely as an assistant/observer? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iarmor Posted August 26, 2016 Share Posted August 26, 2016 (edited) A short aerial video of the Israeli armored corps tank competition, that took place on March 2016 in the Golan height: Edited August 26, 2016 by Iarmor 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damian90 Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Nick Moran talks about TD's in US Army. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Chacho Posted August 30, 2016 Share Posted August 30, 2016 (edited) Edited August 30, 2016 by El_Chacho 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Maj.Hans Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 What the heck happened to this T-72??? It looks to me like it either fired the first grenade out of the gun, or possibly the grenade lit off the powder charges and thus fired the main gun? And the second one went off down in the turret? Either that or yelling things at it over and over again made it just get tired of hearing it and commit suicide. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bond_Villian Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Thats a lot of hysterical allah snackbar amrika 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12Alfa Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 staged 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maj.Hans Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Now that you mention it, the "alalackbar" did seem awful calm. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fincastle Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 , It isn't just SB where vehicles get stuck in a river , starts at 10:50 (but the whole thing is interesting to watch). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingtiger Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Yeah people think that just because a vehicle is amphibious it can just drive into the water, swim and come up again on the other side. Reality is a bit harder then that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 A different view of the same activity: Sort of explains what the bridgelayer was up to. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Grenny Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 On 4.9.2016 at 2:47 PM, Kingtiger said: Yeah people think that just because a vehicle is amphibious it can just drive into the water, swim and come up again on the other side. Reality is a bit harder then that. If it was like this, the engineers would be jobless :-P I do love the engineer workboats! 2 Pumpjets with 400 HP...small powermonsters :-D, 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maj.Hans Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 (edited) OK, now it's more like, well over 150 attempts to get various vehicles to cross various rivers on various maps have resulted in two successful crossings. I don't consider amphibious operations a feature of ProPE at this point. It simply does not work. Period. End of story. Edited September 5, 2016 by Maj.Hans 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furia Posted September 5, 2016 Share Posted September 5, 2016 Nice exercise!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red2112 Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 This era´s "Desert Rats". Pathfinders "Well gun my son". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marko Posted September 8, 2016 Share Posted September 8, 2016 On 06/09/2016 at 0:13 AM, Furia said: Nice exercise!!! Thanks for posting Furia Enjoyed seeing the PT-91 in action I have heard its the best and most comprehensive upgrade of all the T-72 variants I wonder how the Nato tankers would rate it. Its hard to get an un biased view though of soviet/Russian equipment from western soldiers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ssnake Posted September 8, 2016 Members Share Posted September 8, 2016 IMO the best way to compare vehicles is to simulate them and then to compare for oneself. For example I don't think that the T-72's fire control system is terrible, and the gunner's and commander's place aren't terrible in their ergonomics either (particularly when considering that the Soviets only drafted short people into the tank force because of the vast numbers of recruits every year from which to choose). Where things are substantially different are post-penetration survivability - something that quickly shows on the battlefield, but something that the average soldier may not have an informed opinion. Also a big difference is maintenance and life cycle costs. This is something where soldiers are probably best when giving their opinion, but ONLY if they have received training on both system (and collected some experience). So the best people to judge how the PT-91 holds up to other tanks would be Polish tank soldiers who have received training on both systems. Plus, ask the maintenance guys for turnaround times when it comes to bigger repairs - changing a gun barrel, an engine, replacing tracks, etc. These are all factors that rarely show up on spec sheets, and they are usually glossed over in shallow comparisons. Like, "the best 10 tanks of all times" and similar nonsense. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daskal Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 (edited) EXCELLENT montage & recordings of Challenger IIs operating in Iraq during the war. Seems to an older footage, but haven't seen it so far. You even have the infamous CR2 @ 7:00 which was immobilized & shot up near Basra. Edited September 9, 2016 by daskal 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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