Dizasta1
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I am optimistic about the Russians, I believe they will come out on top with pursuing their ambitions. Anything can be achieved, when one has the will and drive to do so.
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I am optimistic about the Russians, I believe they will come out on top with pursuing their ambitions. Anything can be achieved, when one has the will and drive to do so.
do not , we are just humans , beings of habit
Jura The idiot
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Jura The idiot
General
I live in China nowadays, too far for me.
TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
You can be optimistic. Kamov has a history of now and again impressive success, but impressive not to be failure in between.
meanwhile, chain of revelations continues.
object 490(late) - last kharkiv soviet mbt project. dirrect opposite to object 299. full scale mock-up on photo.
-2 man crew in the rear of the vehicle
-152mm 2a73. turret is fully rotating, but full depression angles are possible only on frontal 90 degree cone. ability to shoot effectively to the sides retained through fcs-connected independent hydropneumatic suspension. also spots secondary weapon station/panoramic sight over crew compartment, with 30mm agl and second machine gun.
-whole vehicle devided into separate armored compartments, with ridiculous levels of protection for crew as a result(ridiculous=armored beasts with their funny calculations aren't even close). extreme protection from the top(whole tank is basically one big upper front plate). even front(fuel tank) compartment protected against improved 120mm gun then known to be in development in the us.
for crew compartment numbers were: in excess of 2m(ke), in excess of 4.5(ce); 200 and 600 from the top.
order of compartments: fuel tank - engine compartment - ammo/autoloader compartment(with blowout panels underneath) - crew compartment.
-2 1000 hp engines(with armored bulkhead inbetween) in central compartment under the turret, ability to move with just one engine and just two tracks(at least one per side). 75 km/h forward/rearward.
cute detail: main gun doubled as underwater driving tube.
-26 charges of shtandart aps(0.5 kill probability against apfsds, much higher against slower heat).
-all of this within 55t
more photos and much more technical details availible at:
p.s. my take: crazy soviet engineering at its zenith. but numbers speak for themselves.
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TerraN_EmpirE
Tyrant King
I bet that thing drove all of 40 meters before it over heated.
It never drove, because no full test articles ever appeared. They had only this mock up and a proof of concept frankenvehicle, assembled from two t-64 halves(3 rollers each).
It was developed in 1989-1991, no Soviet Union - no fancy XXI century tanks anymore.
But why shall it overheat of all things?
Jura The idiot
General
I figured (from the discussion ) the main issue of that ... .... would be aligning the gun with the feeder after a shot
meanwhile, chain of revelations continues.
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