Gollevainen's quizz of the week (older)

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props to Swimmer XC, it's effectively a Shangai Y-10 which is a copy of the Boeing 707-120 with some minor modification and only 2 prototypes were built.

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i was going to say 707, but the plane was chinese.

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Well Y-10 was correct awnser....it was the cancelled project based on 707 to provide domestic airliner to PRC...

But as i've been promising October will be a tank-month...so all the pics will be different tanks...This is all is made possiple by Aluka who provided me most of the coming pics...hats off to Aluka!

and here we go...

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japanese T-90?

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chinawhite said:

japanese T-90?

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not really,it's a South African TTD (Tank Technology Demonstrator) developed by Reumech OMC.

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i was going to say its an olifant prototype, but rommel probably got it.

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Well, South Africa only have the olifant, so if any kind of demo or upgrade are conducted, it'll be on the olifant. But this tank has 7 wheels instead of the usual 6 though. I thought it was French at first.

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Could it be an early prototype of the Merkerva?

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The TTD is supposed to be a replacement project of the old Olifant which was a south african modified version of the british's WWII-era Centurion MBT (the first prototype of the Centurion was built during the war but only enter service in 1951), so a new tank design was needed. So they (South Africa) ask for a tank that have a 120mm main gun, good engine, something fast and with sophisticated fire control system. But I don't know what this project has become, was it cancelled or the TTD is now in service under another name ??

Anyways, there's another pic of the TTD

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Yup. That has got to be it. The two tanks look identical.