Check the first post again. Sources can be clicked.
As for laser warning, it is there, you just had to check it properly. Alkhald does have commander independant sight which can be equipped with TI. in Alkhalid-1, it comes with a TI.
Defense sources dont think of it as a joke. They know it is a capable tank, but fanboys like you read little and shout a lot.
http://www.malyshevplant.com/en/content/6td
Gunner day sight with Thermal imager on the left. Also has independent laser range finder.
Commander's independent day/ night sight channels, with separate integrated laser range finder.
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The tank has other goodies as well. Note that NONE of India's t-90s as of today have these. Only the MS has independent sights and hunter killer capability but they dont have those.
Alkhalid-1
Turret:
special armour module: 670mm LOS + backpplate (100-150mm) = 770-850mm LOS
Hull:
special armour module at least 670mm LOS + frontplate (100-150mm) = 770-850mm LOS
Hull + floor armor
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1. Back plate
2. Composite+RHA armor plates
3. Front RHA plate
4. Thick floor armor
5. Roof plate
6. Front HHS steel plate
@iLION12345_1
For you.
To put Dazzler post in perspective and make it more clear for others to understand who criticize the armour protection of AK unnecessarily, I am attaching pics of AK Turret and Hull
Further I would request to those members to bookmark Dazzler post .....
Front of AK Turret:
The hollow space is
+650-670 mm and it is the place where
special composite armour is inserted
which offer better armour protection then RHA but lighter in weight
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And below is the turret of AK from inside which shows the
so called 'weakest spot' of AK Turret, plz observe the depth of opening for gun port of 7.62mm Machine Gun it is difficult to calculate the thickness but If observe carefully and compare it with the above attached pic then it appear that it is approximately 100-150mm less in thickness which mean its thickness at
minimum is anywhere between
500-550 mm
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below is the front of Turret after attachment of composite armour
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Here kindly note these are the figures which are without any additional armour protection of ERA or slant space armour which add further protection to the tank turret ....
1- Back Armour Plate
2- Special Armour Cavity
3- Frontal Armour Plate
4- Driver Sitting Place
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and If we go by the below attached pic then the value of front armour thickness of AK hull is almost
+900mm without any additional armour or ERA
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Indigenous development of t-80UD FCS/ GCS components.
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Its true. T-90S has V92s2 engine that generates 1000hp
https://ofb.gov.in/unit/pages/EFA/v92s2-engine
6td-2 of AK series does 1200hp
http://www.malyshevplant.com/en/content/6td
Not just ACs, they also lacked a dedicated APU unit for silent watch. Tanks in the battlefield need to keep a silent watch by turning the engine off, wheere the APU provides power to FCS and sensors. Even Al Zarrar has an APU from the get go.
Alkhalid's APU
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below are some additional pics
First attached pic show the upper portion of side armour of Turret from another angle before welding just note the thickness of side armour plate
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overall thickness of side armour of Turret
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Eventually they will be upgraded with or without Ukrainians.
I take my words back, after running into so many self claimed experts online I’m both immensely impressed by the response and sorry for my first post.
I’ve been in AKs and AZs in numerous times and I’ve Driven an AZ at the tilla firing ranges. I suppose I did not know enough about them at the time to notice these things.
a few more questions regarding the armor, how does the AK have such a low weight with that great of an armor thickness? It’s nearing the armor numbers of much heavier tanks, or does it simply punch above its weight? The T90 is in a similar weight class with less armor. (It does have the 150mm backplates but the other armor is lesser I believe)
Also the numbers quoted, are they against APFSDS/Kinetic projectiles or HEAT? From what I understand Composite armor is better against HEAT but not against kinetic energy projectiles especially when compared to RHA. But it does weigh less. Is that the sole reason for the low weight?
Also the pictures show that the tank turret is Cast, if I’m not mistaken, isn’t that an outdated method of producing them?
As for the sights, the commanders sight seems too small realistically to be a thermal one,they require a lot of cooling, and even if it is, it is not an “independent” one from what I can see, because it’s a single sight with passive IR which needs to be switched on and off. Are there any pictures of it externally?
As for the gunners sights, the left one has no daytime function, it is Thermal only (I believe that’s what you meant, but I’m saying that because it also seems like you said it’s both daytime and thermal). Either way, that’s still news to me, so thanks for that.
Also the Commander has a control screen in the AK, is it possible that there could be an independent thermal sight attached to it or he can access the gunners thermals trough it?
The thing I mentioned about the engine was from here;
These are the few foreign sources I could find on the AK, they’re in Russian though.
https://topwar.ru/5641-osnovnye-boevye-tanki-chast-11-al-khalid-pakistan.html
http://btvt.info/1inservice/Ukraine/ukraina_1991_2006.htm
http://btvt.info/3attackdefensemobility/fcs_mbt2000.htm
Edit: I barely ever visit this forum so I don’t know who’s who. I didn’t mean to insult any bodies credentials. Sorry again for that, I jumped to a conclusion too quick.