bojan Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Utterly stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 Which is why Malaysia was involved.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curious123 Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 (edited) From the Battle of Kursk. Edited February 1, 2021 by Curious123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 22 hours ago, bojan said: Utterly stupid. To this ex-sailor, how so? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bojan Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 (edited) Why use Leo-1 hull when own T-72 hull is better... Edited February 1, 2021 by bojan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 9 hours ago, bojan said: Why use Leo-1 hull when own T-72 hull is better... Can you elaborate further as to why the T-72 hull is better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bojan Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 Leo 1 hull has very poor armor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Warford Posted February 2, 2021 Share Posted February 2, 2021 That old pic of the Leo I/T-72 hybrid reminded me of an old legend from years ago... Like the French Panthers in Indochina (confirmed untrue), and the T-64s in Angola (confirmed true), the still un-resolved legend of an Italian-built Leo I being used in combat during the fighting in the Ogaden War (1977-1978), between Somalia and Ethiopia, comes to mind. It was reported by a few reliable sources back in the day including the old and excellent magazine, Armies & Weapons. Reportedly, this action had a key role in the decision in Italy to develop their own special version of the Leo I known as the Lion (see below)...modified specifically for operations "in hot climates and desert regions." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 On 2/1/2021 at 6:58 PM, bojan said: Leo 1 hull has very poor armor. Other than armor is there any other advantage of T-72 hull vs Leo 1? And the reverse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Kotsch Posted February 3, 2021 Share Posted February 3, 2021 The Leo1's hull is undoubtedly highly reliable. You couldn't have done anything wrong. But the idea is still completely pointless. And the T-72 has proven to be pretty sturdy and reliable too. But, this is not easy to compare under the conditions of war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Peter Posted February 7, 2021 Share Posted February 7, 2021 Indian march with bilingual tags on the vehicles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonJ Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Interesting looking radar on the शिल्का Schilka. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Kotsch Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 With additional TV- and thermal sights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shep854 Posted February 15, 2021 Share Posted February 15, 2021 An excellent English translation of the Wiesel documentary: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Sielbeck Posted February 19, 2021 Share Posted February 19, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikel2 Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curious123 Posted February 22, 2021 Share Posted February 22, 2021 (edited) A Tiger 2 being restored to running and flawless outside & inside. Edited February 22, 2021 by Curious123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Peter Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 On 2/19/2021 at 6:17 PM, Tim Sielbeck said: Curiosity question. It appears the Nashorn would have been effective on the steppes. Was this the case? My understanding is that the Nashorn had very good gun sights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 On 2/2/2021 at 4:39 AM, Jim Warford said: That old pic of the Leo I/T-72 hybrid reminded me of an old legend from years ago... Like the French Panthers in Indochina (confirmed untrue), and the T-64s in Angola (confirmed true), the still un-resolved legend of an Italian-built Leo I being used in combat during the fighting in the Ogaden War (1977-1978), between Somalia and Ethiopia, comes to mind. It was reported by a few reliable sources back in the day including the old and excellent magazine, Armies & Weapons. Reportedly, this action had a key role in the decision in Italy to develop their own special version of the Leo I known as the Lion (see below)...modified specifically for operations "in hot climates and desert regions." You missed out the Kitsap County ARVN M47's in Vietnam sport. Sometimes these stories are true. For years during the cold war, there were rumours about the US Army snatching Hind Helicopters, and it actually formed the basis of the Craig Thomas novel 'Winter Hawk'. Then about 10 years ago it was revealed a US Army Helicopter unit had gone into Chad in the 1980's, and recovered an MI25 the Libyans had left during their war there. They were using it for opfor training at Fort Polk for years. Possibly still are. Zvezda have decided to upload many of their current and back episodes of 'combat approved' on youtube,with good subtitles and the narrator speaking English (Its unfortunate he sounds like a bit part actor from the Hostel series). Ok, it reminds me in places uncomfortably of Top Gear, and its clearly propaganda lite, but it does have some really good features on Russian Army vehicles. I was watching one episode today on the upgrade program to the T80BV, an an episode on the Boomerang illustrates why the project was delayed 2 or 3 years whilst they widened the dismount compartment. It really was horribly cramped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 On 2/22/2021 at 2:55 AM, Curious123 said: A Tiger 2 being restored to running and flawless outside & inside. This featured on a recent German Tank documentary on PBS. Im glad to see they are still making progress with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikel2 Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunday Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 On 3/3/2021 at 9:13 AM, Rick said: Curiosity question. It appears the Nashorn would have been effective on the steppes. Was this the case? My understanding is that the Nashorn had very good gun sights? And rangefinders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bojan Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 "Good gun sights" is probably most overused and abused term in the discussion of the tanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted March 8, 2021 Share Posted March 8, 2021 26 minutes ago, bojan said: "Good gun sights" is probably most overused and abused term in the discussion of the tanks. From this ex-sailor, I always thought "overused and abused" referred to Tiger tanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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