Kurganets & Boomerang Discussions Thread #2

Mike E wrote:

2SPOOKY4U wrote:Abrams is the best tank in the world, bar none.

Maybe 'one of the best', but most definitely not 'the best'.

If you want to know why just go to the general tank info thread...

2SPOOKY4U wrote:

Mike E wrote:

2SPOOKY4U wrote:Abrams is the best tank in the world, bar none.

Maybe 'one of the best', but most definitely not 'the best'.

If you want to know why just go to the general tank info thread...

How is it not the best?


Armor to Volume ratio is as low as America's tolerance for tyranny.

Does not have any GLATGMs because true American patriots cherish a struggle

Has 550 liters of JP8 to easily burst into flames in memory of those who froze at Valley Forge.

Truly the best tank.

Regular wrote:There are only few countries that can produce capable tanks. There are way worse tanks than Abrams. It's pretty much only decent american tank (not entirely american tho)

Arctic_Fox wrote:


From Otvaga.

Russian defense industry has the technology to dramatically enhance the characteristics of domestic infantry fighting vehicles, armored personnel carriers, armored cars and BMD. So this summer, for the passage of military-technical forum "Army - 2015" in Moscow Kubinka OAO "NII Stali" presented its most advanced development. Let us consider some of them.

For example, a ceramic plate to protect the light armored vehicles. Its structure consists of a protective flat SIC ceramics based on aluminum or steel substrate. This panel provides protection against small-caliber artillery shells with cores of heavy alloys caliber up to 30 mm.

For the protection of armored vehicles developed by other panel consisting of roller ceramics based on corundum in the polymer matrix on the steel substrate or alyuminievoey. The level of protection to withstand armor-piercing bullets hit the B-32 caliber 14.5 mm.

Aluminum armor layer PAS-2B is designed for the production of hulls of light armored vehicles. It consists of layers of aluminum alloys Different Strengths of ABT-101 and ABT-102. It provides gain in resistance compared with homogeneous and serial ply aluminum alloys 12-15%.

Another interesting development is the foam aluminum. The exhibition was presented sample withstand the light armored undermining 6 kg of explosive. Aluminum foam is made of a new powder technology using high-strength aluminum alloy powder and titanium hydride (TIN2). Use of aluminum foam in the bottom of the structure results in reduced his weight to 300 kg.

According to military experts, these developments will enable the domestic light armored vehicles not only effectively perform the tasks of the security of the state, but also to be competitive in the international arms market.

sepheronx wrote:When theh said it was going to be top of the line, they werent kidding.

Just expensive as hell.

ult wrote:From the inside

Militarov wrote:

ult wrote:From the inside

Nice find, i didnt expect them to show its interior so soon. Hmm, interesting tho, that camera feeding video into gunner FCS looks like its some "of the shelf" civilian solution, maybe video is not of the best quality here tho so its tricking me.

Mike E wrote:

Militarov wrote:

ult wrote:From the inside

Nice find, i didnt expect them to show its interior so soon. Hmm, interesting tho, that camera feeding video into gunner FCS looks like its some "of the shelf" civilian solution, maybe video is not of the best quality here tho so its tricking me.

The video is of crappy quality. From what I can tell, the picture on that display looks very good, though it is just a day-optic.

Militarov wrote:Yeah i agree, video is quite poor, i hope HD version will soon be on youtube as other Poligon shows. Video itself looks good, however i am not sure about device used to take video, somehow looks its civilian grade tho imaging is clearly in HD resolution.