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Well, I really don't care that you don't read what you post. The interview clearly stated Russia's "technical backwardness" in the tank engine coming from your own link. Vladimir Popovkin, Chief of Armaments stated in 2010 that Russia lacked auto transmissions and modern power packs so that...

195 failure was completely technical, It wasn't successful in any of the aformentioned subsystems to make it a modern tank. Leclerc has all the systems in operation Russia wished it had.

@Damien & Methos How can you guys seriously debate a failed prototype rusting in a field being better than an operational MBT? That is absurd...

Funny, if they have the engine, why does Deputy Director General of the Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant say "overcoming the technical backwardness of the Russian engine is possible through the creation of several federal centers in key areas... That's the direction we are ready to take on, because it...

WoW, you are in serious denial. At the VTTV Expo 97' the announcer said "Black Eagle" and the mock-up display said "Black Eagle". There is a project number and name. If you knew anything about Russian nomenclature you would know this. Object 195 was a complete failure. RuMoD was so...

You are talking about the first batch without tropicalisation which has been in storage since the third came out. The current standard is one the most reliable.

More like DGA...

Leclerc is the lightest Western MBT, it is the closest to their weight requirement.

Oh No? Black Eagle = FAIL Object 195 = FAIL Auto Transmission = FAIL Strong Power Packs = FAIL 1400hp+ Engine = FAIL (even the 1000hp only produces 850hp) Battle Management = FAIL HD Comms = FAIL 3rd gen FLIR = FAIL Sounds like they have serious problems to me...

The Catherine FC is 15% the value of a new T-90S, adding Thales comms gear brings the total over 20%. The deal with Sagem will help make its future BMS pushing it to 25%. This is already in the works. SESM tranny and PPs will push it over a third if selected. France already runs the Russian...

You would have to be blind not to see it. The failure has been going strong for three consecutive rearmament plans and now a third failed tank.

Don't you have to spend something to make something? Russia is busy slashing its R&D budget at the same time it is cancelling armour purchases.

ЦАМТО / Главное / Французская компания SESM предлагает новое МТО для танков T-72 и T-90

This is the third Russian attempt at a modern MBT and the trend is it will be full of French kit. They might as well give up trying to make domestic systems as every year there is a new contract with French companies. First it was Catherine FC, then it was Thales comms gear, then it was Sagem...