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https://www.ynetnews.com/article/sjxr3h5n11l Reforms for the IDF Armored Corps

First public pictures of M1E3. A lot to take in. Some might be disapointed (not me). https://x.com/USArmyFast/status/2008577120474419225/photo/1

No fatalities reported on that day. Although an assault on a 7th Brigade base was reported, leaving several WIA, 3-5 them seriously. Might be connected to that incident or not.

UVZ always uses Chelyabinsk made engines, teh 5/6TD series doesn´t have a production line there. Never heard of a 187 prototype using the 6TD. To my knowledge, 6TD was only used for T-80UD at that time. You are forgetting about the turbine engines used by T-80s.

This is also not true. Every now and then Ukraine manages to score some hits on important Russian targets, the difference here is the capability to rebuild every single thing that gets damaged. This may not matter much in a short war that only spans a few days, but a peer-to-peer war will of course last a lot longer. On the other hand, Russia regularly conducts strikes even at the farthest Ukrainian regions and cities. They can and usually reach every target they want to but we have difficulty knowing what actual outcomes these strikes produce because most of global press isn´t much interestes on reporting on the issue, for very understandable reasons. As a whole, we don´t have a scientific understanding of whats going on in the war and actual research will only ever take place or be published only long after its all over. PS: sorry for the double post.

Because they don´t have to deal with dozens of FPVs hitting each tank each time they "sally out" towards enemy lines. Its a kind of threat the current generation of hard kill APS can´t cope with. Wouldn´t take it that far. Russia´s launch capabiltiies -both for drones and missiles- are on a completly different level than Iran´s, in the sophistication of its systems, their variety and quantity. Every wave of hundreds of Gerans also includes a whole ecosystem of one way drones that act as EW, comms relays, electronic recon, decoys, etc. Its a capabilty thats way more complex and greater in scale than anything Israel could have ever faced (even if a full combined salvo by the whole "Axis of Resistance" ever materialized).

Though that concept is 100 percent imitating grenade droping drones, first ever used in Ukraine. And the only footage we have of Hamas using those drones is limited exclisively to Oct 7th, for some reason never used again afterwards. IDF solution to that is also 100 percent imitation of Russian cope cages. Most surprising to me has been the absolute lack of use of FPV drones by Hamas or even more, by Hezbollah. I was fully convinced the IDF ground maneuver into Lebanon was going to encounter that threat. Over the years, sure. But single volleys of drones never numbered more than about 200 IIRC. Currently Russia is usually launching volleys comprised of multiple times that amount -and regularly doing that every 24hs for months and months-, with projections of upwards to 1000 drones in a single combined strike (that is, not accounting for cruise and ballistic missiles) by the end of this year. The Ukraine-Russia front stretches for thousands of kilometers, which makes area coverage by sensors and AA systems the single most difficult aspect in regard to drone defence (and that is the single most important difference with Israel, which in this case is hugely benefited by its small territorial size). In other words, both sides of the war face strategic-operational strike drone challenges that are orders of magnitude above what IDF has to face.

To be fair, the ratio of drone warfare innovation in Russo-Ukraine War is by far faster than whatever groups like Hamas can come up with. Any solution fielded in Ukraine meets a counter solution not 3 weeks afterwards. If UK gears up to fight a "near peer" rather than irregular groups, then the drone warfare it will face will look a lot like whats going on in Ukraine rather than Gaza. It will still take a very long time until maneuver assets such as AFVs fully adapt to the dronization of the battlefield.

Insert "Israel is running out of tanks" joke here.

Some new information from Chinese social media regarding this new tank came up. Its also likely it will get publicly unveiled in the upcomung PLA parade to take place in September. Firstly, patents and articles regarding its hybrid power pack feature the same kind of exhaust that the prototypes have. According to the user who uploaded all this: Also the gun is apparently confirmed to be a 105mm. Though a particularly higher powered development of it, since its KE performance is comparable to current or even upcoming 120-125mm APFSDS. Lastly a model of the hull also was published:

Some Discord server I only know of Givati and Golani. Which one is the third? Though a 30mm is great for how flexible it is. Can take out hostiles in a building without bringing it down, provide local anti drone protection (some of the latest Hamas footage indicates they are still using quadcopters to coordinate ambushes on tanks), etc.

On that note, I think this is the first Barak tank configured as intended. Specifically, equipped with Iron Vision/Sapir, which the first samples lacked for some reason. Only things the tank lacks right now is at least 1 and preferably 2 RCWs.

Though some French companies have been developing alternative tank engines for the past few years. If its getting anywhere or not, its a different question. https://www.forcesoperations.com/comment-arquus-peut-offrir-un-second-souffle-aux-chars-de-combat/

They tried something like that.