The box-shaped block attached to the rear of the turret (which is protected by a steel mesh frame) is expected to be where they stored ammunition.
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Extermal ATGM rack give a hint that it probably don't use Russian style gun launched-ATGMS. The box could be reload for the ATGM launcher or ammo for the maingun. It have volume for ammo in there for sure. not sure it look big enough for a full load of ammo tho.
Question is if those can only be manual loaded from outside.
If i am right, lower right pic is quite interesting in the way how smoke grenade angle&fuze is set up (very high).
May actually be APS triggered, again much like T-14.
It isn't that difficult to compare U-5ts(2a20/2a211) and D-81(2a26/46)-derived guns visually.
They're distinctive enough.
There was 115mm 2a21, which used 2-part ammunition.
There are 120mm rifled UK(and Indian guns), using 2-parts ammo with human loader.
And certainly there is no legal prohibition to use single-piece ammo in 125mm gun.
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These ATGM are reloaded from outside for sure. They are probably Bulsae-5.
In a cramped place, two piece ammo are probably easier to load. You need a huge turret to turn a 125mm single piece around.
I don't think 125mm shot is especially longer than 115mm one (and both are shorter than Soviet 100mm AT single-piece one).
It's more of a chosen autoloader design requirement.
In any case - here it's outright visible which gun is installed, so there is no contradiction.
I'm not sure about the practicality of this drill; They said that the hypothetical scenario here is to use these Il-76 aircrafts to drop large numbers of paratroopers behind enemy lines.
How could those planes survive flying into South Korean airspace with fighter jets and air defense systems waiting, while the North Korean air force is incapable of establishing air superiority?
How could those planes survive flying into South Korean airspace with fighter jets and air defense systems waiting, while the North Korean air force is incapable of establishing air superiority?