Tank Designs

[Mootaz-khelifi]

Samsung K9 howitzer front view :

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these is not a Tank i's Self-propelled artillery

 

[BordoEnes]

In my openion Cost-effective tanks and upgrades are the most sweet looking Tanks , Take Super M60, Sabra M60T, Leopard2NG and M60 Phoenix for example (Yes i freaking love M60s)

 

[neolithic]

Variants of Sherman tank :

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[neolithic]

M4(105) Sherman howitzer tank :

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[neolithic]

Spanish Civil War Tanks: The Proving Ground for Blitzkrieg
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[McMeevin]

Even though it is relatively small, i really like the look of the Sabra.

 

[Penguin]

Small step from Buffel to Marder ...

 

[Soryu]

South Korean XK-2 Black Panther and K-9 Thunder MBT

That is not a XK2, it is K1A1 MBT

 

[Dizer]

Love that tank..hope Iraq would buy some of these!

 

[Manticore]

improved version of Type 99

 

[Manticore]

Yard full of T-80B and T-80U/UD

T-80BV

T-80U/UD

PT-76.

BMP-1

 

[Manticore]

T-80UD.

T-54
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T-80 in Yemen

four vehicles, each with a different configurations,
T-80UD Americans sold by Ukraine. The 4 copies came in different setsWe: 3 with APS and other equipment with air conditioning available. The agreement was signed a few years ago, but the appearance of the photos has a good discussion Caused Between Russians and Ukrainians, Who Have called clowns, traitors, accomplices and a long etcetera.

 

[Manticore]

Long ago u.s acquired T-72, probably scrap price:

t80 east germany

T-80BV in the Far East

 

[Manticore]

A photo of a T-80UD Pakistani maneuvers. According andrei-bt.livejournal.com, thermal cameras these tanks were built in Ukraine

Photo of a T-80 Cyprus. Apart Shtora system have Catherine-E thermal cameras

Modernization of T-80 in Russia

After the disintegration of the USSR seemed that the development and modernization of the T-80 was over. One of the factories, with great influence, went to Ukraine, Leningrad closed shortly and the only one left, Omsk, entered into a long agony to go bankrupt in 2002. The design bureau was transferred to Uralvagonzavod, which makes the T-90.

T-80 in the Factory Repair 61 (Sergei Vladimirovich, www.gspo.ru)


Nonetheless, the T-80 remained an important carriage Russian armed in the military. After 1991 Russia retained most, with Ukraine and Belarus inherited a small amount. Production was remarkable, more than 5,000 copies in all versions.
Russia operates three versions:

- T-80B: latest version to be mass produced. Ride a 1A33 fire control, armor Kontakt-1 ERA and a turbine GTD-1100T.
- T-80U: improved version with more armor and a GTD-1250 turbine for more power (since 1990). Your shot is higher (1st 45), but not mounted a thermal camera.
- T-80UD: diesel version of the T-80U with a motor 1.000HP 6TD-1.

In these versions, UD had no future. This car was produced in Ukraine and it was clear that Russia was not going to buy spare parts from a direct competitor. The number operated, although higher than Ukraine itself, was not very high. In fact operated with a single division, the 4th Armored Kantemirovskaya, famous for being deployed in Moscow during the 1991 coup.

The T-80U were not very numerous, as it began during perestroika, and tank production was drastically reduced. The T-80B is the most common model, and a tank is much easier to modernize the T-72 because they have a modern fire control, including ballistic computer, wind sensor and other elements.

In 2005 modernized versions officially entered service. They are called T-80uA and T-80EU-1 (not to be confused with the T-80UE 90. The T-80uA is a simple upgrade of U. The T-80UE-1 is somewhat more complex. When the T-80UD exhausted its useful life and are sent to stores / scrap, the tower were removed and mounted on a T-80BV. This way you can recycle a portion of the car. --translation

The modernization is focused on fire control and turbine. These models use a computer pass 1A45-1. The big news is the presence of a thermal imager pleated, French-Belarusian origin. This is a huge improvement because the vast majority of Russian tanks lacks these teams. At the same time, stabilization and precision is higher. Some recent photos show that they have received BMS control systems.

BMS System in T-80

Consider the results of tests performed by a prototype T-80 (Object 219), a T-64A and T-72:

- Average speed of 1.3 compared to T-64A/72.
- Time to complete a 1000kms up 1.5 times lower.
- After the march was a journey on a slope of 15 °, the Object 219 was two times faster.
- Number of maintenance 5 times lower.
- Habitability 2-3 times. The lower smoke and noise allowed to operate better with BMP, and the attack could be performed at twice the speed.
- Effective fire distance 1.3 times.
- Time to prepare the first shot 2.1 times lower.
- Time to prepare the engine at low temperature 8-10 times lower.
- Acceleration time 1.7 times less (does not say what speed).
- Accuracy 1.3-1.5 times greater.
- Time resupply 2.5-3 times lower. You can use helicopter fuel. The cost of the fuel is 1.5 times lower.
- The time to change the engine / transmission is the third.
- The length and complexity of maintenance is less than half.

More calculations performed by the Kirov plant, the defense ministry and the institute Minaviaproma:

- Probability of detection from the air 1.25-1.9 times lower.
- Time out of the contaminated area four times lower.
- Life of the motor 2 times greater.
- Using 1.5 times lower specific metals.

The T-72/64A consumed 4.5 liters / kms. The Object 219 6.2 l / km. GTD clear that the turbine is 1.251.4 times more potent than 5TDF or V-46. The protection was higher by using steel BTK-1:

Item 219:
Front tower: 500mm.
Chassis Front: 380mm.

T-72/64A:
Front tower: 410mm.
Chassis Front: 305mm.

In any case, we must not take everything at face value. These will likely be designed to see the virtues of the turbines, but have many drawbacks: they are much more expensive, more complex materials used and have a much lower life. In a circuit but may be lower when tested the Indians T-80U of the need for support vehicles was 3 times greater than in the T-90. The Russians argue that most of the time the extra power from the turbine is not used. In short, there are reasons for and against, but we must not forget that the Soviets ended up with a diesel version of the T-80, the UD.

The data come from:

http://andrei-bt.livejournal.com/25099.html

See if someone can correct or add to the translation.

Greetings

 

[Manticore]

T-84 with Kontakt 5 ERA

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