Main Battle Tanks and Armour Technology

If Tanks have to evolve, which path they should follow?

  • Light Vehicles-Best for mobility

    Votes: 25 7.3%
  • Heavy Armour-Can take heavy punishment.

    Votes: 57 16.7%
  • Modular Design-Allowing dynamic adaptions.

    Votes: 198 58.1%
  • Universal Platform-Best for logistics.

    Votes: 61 17.9%

  • Total voters
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Damian

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It more or less confirms that heavy platform "Armata" will have two hull variants with powerpack at rear and front. Which is a good idea IMHO. It is more efficent that 100% unification with powerpack only at rear or front.
 

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MADE in the USSR: T-80 Main Battle Tank! (English subtitles)

MADE in the USSR: T-72 Main Battle Tank! (English subtitles)
 
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MADE in the USSR: T-80 Main Battle Tank! (English subtitles)

MADE in the USSR: T-72 Main Battle Tank! (English subtitles)

its rather old but a good watch nonetheless (y)
 
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You confused designations.

"Kontakt-5" use 4S22 reactive elements, "Relikt" use 4S23 reactive elements, "Kontakt-1" use 4S20 reactive elements, 4S24 are new reactive elements for lightweight ERA (not heavy universal like "Kontakt-5" and "Relikt").
I added 1 to the designations? :facepalm:

Need to note this down.
 

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@Kunal Biswas, even Alexey Khlopotov (not exactly a great source, I know) has claimed that it is probably a photoshopped image, so let it go.

See the source on Gurkhan Blog
 
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@methos, can you explain how good is HY-80 steel if used as turret side protection?
 
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[video]http://static.dvidshub.net/media/video/1308/DOD_100890239/DOD_100890239-486x274-300k.mp4[/video]

Crews and their M1A1FEP tanks from USMC 2nd Tank Battalion, during gunnery training at Fort Knox.
 

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What differential is there between the Vickers Mark 7 and the Mark 7 / 2 ?


It seems that the Mk 7 / 2 does not use the Universal Turret previously used on the first Vickers Mk 7 and the previous Vickers Mk 4 Valiant who had an aluminium hull.
 

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Is this a T-72 based IFV?

[video=youtube_share;B5jROTAB3_w]http://youtu.be/B5jROTAB3_w[/video]
 

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Is this a T-72 based IFV?

[video=youtube_share;B5jROTAB3_w]http://youtu.be/B5jROTAB3_w[/video]
This is not IFV or Infantry Fighting Vehicle. BMPT means Боевая машина поддержки танков which translates in to Tank Support Fighting Vehicle.

And no, it is based on T-90 hull, however I am sure that due to similarities between T-72 and T-90 (which is further evolution of T-72), BMPT can be builded on T-72 hull.
 

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