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Anyone play war thunder and lurk forums ? Curious what got leaked.

ERAs in theory can protect against apds rods, if the explosive composition is tuned to initiate at the expected incoming rod velocities, then the oblique moving flyer plates will snap the hard and stiff rod. Even if they are unable to break the rod, deflecting it enough enables the main...

It's ERA armor. The idea is to make the front flier plates diagonally intersect the axis of any incoming rod or jet, and hopefully deflect it.

Technically speaking, up-gunning to 130 and 140mm is a low risk option for western style MBTs as they are heavy and big enough to accommodate the increased mass and possibly bigger breech. But a technically more elegant solution would be to produce a practical ETC or Electro-thermal chemical...

http://defense-watch.com/2017/05/14/photos-french-amx-56-leclerc-with-140mm-main-gun-presented/ These big guns were seriously being considered in the late 80s. Then the USSR fell and Gulf War showed that 120mm was enough. Now with the emergence of newer generation of unmanned turret tanks, NATO...

@Akim why KMDB doesn't revive the Buntar or Nota project ? Obj 490A and 477A looked revolutionary. UVZ has already come up with Armata. Funding problem ?

Is this for export or domestic usage ?

This blog has some nice pictures of the interiors of popular Soviet built tanks, and other interesting info too. https://thesovietarmourblog.blogspot.in/

Look at this post in the Arjun thread, wayy back from 2013. http://defenceforumindia.com/forum/threads/arjun-main-battle-tank-mbt-mark-ii.51358/page-5#post-739722

Well Well I'm no expert and neither know the inside real story. What I see in front of me, is just the fact that T-64, or T-80 never really proved themselves in major conflict. I read stories about T-80 poor performance in Grozny, and see pictures of burnt out T-64 in donbass. I'll readily...

Speaking of which, have they ever mentioned anything about the reliability of the Ukrainian 6TD engines ? Neither the Soviets nor the British could fully harness opposed piston design. Both T64 5TD and Chieftain Leyland L60 had reliability issues. I wonder how exactly are the automotive...

Aren't they periscopes and not direct vision ports ?

Assuming it gets selected, is KMDB going to supply fully built units, or Taxila will integrate/assemble ?

Well it is true Ukraine is kind of the underdog in the arms bazaar, so even if it does manage to develop cool stuff, the established players will downplay it and the lack of explicit and implicit marketing doesn't really help. I hope Morozov isn't turning in his grave. Kharkiv used to be the...

@Akim how good are nozh and duplet era modules when compared to kontakt, relikt, or blazer series ? Plus has Ukraine managed to produce something comparable to sosna-u ?

Can't really answer that, logistics, supply chain, inventory there's too many variables. But if Ukraine did manage to iron out all the issues, then that would be a significant achievement. The jumo 205 was after all an aero engine. The British couldn't tame the Leyland l60 and the Soviets had...

If pakistan decides to get better tanks, maybe it will convince IA to take a second look at the homebrew Arjun. After all the Abrams scare in the 80s changed Arjun design from a medium to a heavy tank.