Close up of the drone on the ifv
Chinese infantry fighting vehicles
- Thread starter Broccoli
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We can see the gunners sight on the left side of the turret next to the main gun
Seems like the gunners sight has always been there, but previous angles couldn't allow it to be easily identified because the optics themselves were covered up giving it the appearance of just a box
The new IFV and new airborne IFV and new tank seem to share the same model of CITV.
And the new IFV and airborne IFV share the same model of gunners sight.
(The new airborne APC's remote weapons station seems to use the same gunners sight for its primary optic)
I wonder if the new tank's gunner sight will be revealed to be the same as the new IFV and airborne IFV or if it will be a bit more bespoke.
And the new IFV and airborne IFV share the same model of gunners sight.
(The new airborne APC's remote weapons station seems to use the same gunners sight for its primary optic)
I wonder if the new tank's gunner sight will be revealed to be the same as the new IFV and airborne IFV or if it will be a bit more bespoke.
CITV is in fact generally shared by all 4, other than mortar, and doubles as both main sight(small difference in configuration; I think gunner's one is a bit richer).
I seriously suspect it is, among other functions, unified drone intercept solution.
IFVs do it with main gun, APC and Tank - with MG.
No, I think the airborne APC doesn't have a CITV.
The airborne APC's primary optic equipped with its remote weapons station, is the same gunner sight found on the new IFV and new airborne IFV; they have square+circle openings.
The CITVs OTOH have a circle+oval-ish openings in a slightly taller housing compared to the gunner sight of the IFV/airborne IFV
Since it's an APC, it probably doesn't have a dedicated gunner in the first place; either way, it's same freely moving EO head with same main aperture. Secondary one is larger and square when it's main sight, and smaller and circular when it's secondary/CITV.
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My point is that the primary model of the optics, is that the airborne APCs gunners sight is the same as that or the gunners sight on the IFV and airborne IFV (square+circle, smaller housing).
The tank, IFV and airborne IFV share the same CITV (circle+oval, larger housing).
I.e. the CITV (circle+oval, larger housing) is not shared by all four.
How is the CITV system going to work tho, it being integrated onto the RWS which is also expected to do antidrone duty and whatever else means it cannot turn independently. So whenever the RWS is doing anything the commander cannot use his CITV to look around or perform HK abilities. Western MBT has both a thermal viewer/sensor on the RWS and a independent CITV. So surely this tank would also have a dedicated CITV somewhere.