No, i did not say it was an Al-Khalid, the Pakistani resident tank expert said it was an Al-Khalid, go take up the fight with Dazzler he is the one who said it. I'm not sure why you are so upset about it, this entire thread only started because of chest thumping and raving about how superior the Al-Khalid is to the trashy T-90 in another thread. I was even dared to open this thread. My Pakistani friends need to know that boasting about how great the Al-Khalid is and how poor the T-90 is will only invite scrutiny about the Al-Khalid that Pakistani members will not like, but i did not start this fight. Most of my posts have been focused on the T-90 and debunking myths and rumors.
There was no bashing or chest thumping, the debate is not about belittling one against another. i fail to understand what offended you in this thread. Go through all my posts and show me where have i bashed the t-90??
All i have stated is obvious fact which you dont seem to have understood or are deliberately ignoring. Lets wrap things i have been stating in the thread:
* T-90 has less frontal armor coverage WITHOUT ERA tiles in included, i have showed pictures and statistics of the two.
* The t-90 frontal armor is quite similar in thickness to the Object 478BE, in fact, for 0 degrees, 30 degrees and even 60 degrees, both have almost the same thickness levels, again these are WITHOUT the ERA coverage.
* T-90 does feature a very good gun in the 2A46M series, quite powerful and accurate, no doubt about that. Alkhalid's gun is a mix of indigenous/ ukrainian and French technologies. In fact, we used to import electroslag refined metal blanks from France until 2011. It is a quality gun with double chrome platting for increase barrel life and reduced wear and tear. Both guns are pretty much comparable.
* Regarding engine issues. it is a known fact that t-90/s engine (840hp, 1000hp) has had problems, especially in the desert region in India. Whats there to argue about in this?
* The articles i shared show Russian army generals do not have faith in their t-90s. As one general mentioned the tests between T-90 and Merkava where the latter performed better. There was even mention of buying Leo-2s from Germany, which pretty much sums up the situation for me at least.
* It is quite obvious that prior to MS, which is NOT in service with any country as of now, all the prior versions feature the 1A45 series of FCS which is a decent fire control system but nothing to write home about. It lacks power, and support for hunter killer mode processing which takes quite a toll on the FCS system as the computer is virtually working on at least two fronts in not more i.e. gunner input, commander input, tracking, storing the target information in the computer in a sequence mode. All the 1A45 FCS does is to calculate basic features from either commander OR the gunner, hence the inclusion of OVER RIDE function for the commander. The hunter killer system negates the need of this function but it is still retained in Alkhalid series.
* I never mingled Alkhalid with Alzarrar throughout the thread, quote the post you are referring to please to remove confusions.
And i didnt even mention that Alkhalid features auto tracking for both main gun, as well as the 12.7mm AA gun, thanks to the integrated support from the battle management system that communicates and feeds external data to the FCS.