Armor of Ukraine

[Harkonnen]

 

 

 

Edited November 22, 2024 by Harkonnen

[Harkonnen]

 

Combat damage of T-64B1V AFU. You can see a hit in the glacis on the right bottom from the driver's hatch 

 

Edited November 28, 2024 by Harkonnen

[bojan]

Epbv 3022:

https://t.me/btvt2019/16652

 

[Gorka L. Martinez-Mezo]

On 11/17/2024 at 5:58 PM, RETAC21 said:

All of the Spanish A4s were scrapyard tanks, too expensive to bring back to life for the Spanish Army, and no more were sent because what is left has been used for spares and are just hulks.

The Ukraine war has shifted the paradigm in Spain though, and wheeled systems (the Dragon program, which seems unable to deliver any working vehicles after a delay of 10 years or so) is to be replaced by a tracked program, while the Leo 2Es are to be modernised and, possibly, a new tank procured to reinforce the numbers. Centauro 2 seems to be in the cards too.

They don’t look that bad after a good overhaul….

https://x.com/gcivilbizkaia/status/1868600526503629006

Those Leo’s weren’t in a scrapyard in any case; they were stored to use the hulls for special versions like AVBL, engineer and sapper versions, the original plans killed by the 2008-2016 economic crisis. But they could and are being refurbished

Edited December 17, 2024 by Gorka L. Martinez-Mezo

[RETAC21]

10 hours ago, Gorka L. Martinez-Mezo said:

They don’t look that bad after a good overhaul….

https://x.com/gcivilbizkaia/status/1868600526503629006

Those Leo’s weren’t in a scrapyard in any case; they were stored to use the hulls for special versions like AVBL, engineer and sapper versions, the original plans killed by the 2008-2016 economic crisis. But they could and are being refurbished

After investing more cash that our army had. The problem as told to me was that the fire control computers were ruined in the Badajoz flood of 1997. The one that remains at El Goloso can move but just that.

https://www.cope.es/emisoras/extremadura/badajoz-provincia/badajoz/noticias/desastre-pacense-los-leopard-20230126_2516286

Edited December 17, 2024 by RETAC21

[Stuart Galbraith]

Wouldn't mind watching the rest of this one.

https://x.com/AndreiBtvt/status/1869449908429959211?t=UvuOSaliCzNq4eE7v7WyDA&s=19

[Stuart Galbraith]

Whole film is here, well worth watching if you like Shot Cals.

https://jfc.org.il/en/news_journal/51230-2/

[Harkonnen]

1 hour ago, Stuart Galbraith said:

Whole film is here, well worth watching if you like Shot Cals.

https://jfc.org.il/en/news_journal/51230-2/

It is 1970-71 before Shot Cals - Shot Meteor with old engine

[Gorka L. Martinez-Mezo]

On 12/17/2024 at 7:47 PM, RETAC21 said:

After investing more cash that our army had. The problem as told to me was that the fire control computers were ruined in the Badajoz flood of 1997. The one that remains at El Goloso can move but just that.

https://www.cope.es/emisoras/extremadura/badajoz-provincia/badajoz/noticias/desastre-pacense-los-leopard-20230126_2516286

The only vehicle which was ruined was the one in the museum at El Goloso. The others could and had been refurbished. Don’t know how many have been stripped of parts so badly they’re not economical to refurbish, although with money everything is possible….. In any case, these vehicles will all end up in Ukraine, fully operational or as spares hulks

[RETAC21]

4 minutes ago, Gorka L. Martinez-Mezo said:

The only vehicle which was ruined was the one in the museum at El Goloso. The others could and had been refurbished. Don’t know how many have been stripped of parts so badly they’re not economical to refurbish, although with money everything is possible….. In any case, these vehicles will all end up in Ukraine, fully operational or as spares hulks

Thanks, didn't know that. It seems all that were sent to Ukraine were fully operational, but still, a drop in the ocean.

[Stuart Galbraith]

17 hours ago, Harkonnen said:

It is 1970-71 before Shot Cals - Shot Meteor with old engine

Yes, there are Meteor engined ones, and diesel engined ones here.

Sorry for posting it up here, I thought that said armour of Israel last night. Go figure. Ill post it up there.

 

[Gorka L. Martinez-Mezo]

On 12/19/2024 at 1:27 PM, RETAC21 said:

Thanks, didn't know that. It seems all that were sent to Ukraine were fully operational, but still, a drop in the ocean.

All the vehicles sent so far were fully operational after a complete refurbishment 

[QOHC32]

6 hours ago, Gorka L. Martinez-Mezo said:

All the vehicles sent so far were fully operational after a complete refurbishment 

And with a complete ammo load ?

[Bichri001]

Is that a 3rd sight near the regular night/thermal sight housing?

[Gorka L. Martinez-Mezo]

On 12/22/2024 at 4:27 PM, QOHC32 said:

And with a complete ammo load ?

Don’t know, but at least one has been captured by the Russians, apparently after stepping over a mine:

[Stefan Kotsch]

On 12/24/2024 at 10:01 PM, Bichri001 said:

Is that a 3rd sight near the regular night/thermal sight housing?

It is the sensor of the measuring device for the muzzle velocity (radar)

[Stuart Galbraith]

Mikhail Borysiuk has just passed away.

https://x.com/AndreiBtvt/status/1874097045289451740?t=EKwTEiWiuY4BEG1UADZXuQ&s=19

[Bichri001]

On 12/31/2024 at 3:37 PM, Stefan Kotsch said:

It is the sensor of the measuring device for the muzzle velocity (radar)

So an actual radar and not a regular anemometer? Any special reason why was it put on that spot and not on the back of the the turret as usual?

Edited January 2 by Bichri001

[Stefan Kotsch]

However, the photo shows a cross wind sensor.

[Bichri001]

I understand, thank you.

[Harkonnen]

 

[Harkonnen]

[Interlinked]

What is the composition of the target plate in the test?

[Harkonnen]

8 hours ago, Interlinked said:

What is the composition of the target plate in the test?

160 mm RHA at 60 

[Interlinked]

18 hours ago, Harkonnen said:

160 mm RHA at 60 

TQ