Who's winning the tank war?

[Sgt.Squarehead]

This forum needs a facepalm emoticon it really does.

[Saint_Fuller]

8 hours ago, Sgt.Squarehead said:

So what we are concluding is that it is spaced/stand-off armour of unknown thickness, but apparently of no special composition, with storage boxes built into the voids.....Perhaps excepting on the glacis?

Inasmuch as storage bins happen to function as spaced armor by virtue of "it's a steel box", yes. They are no substitute for actual special armor, which loops right around to my initial statement that the Type 10 is basically unarmored on the turret sides.

On the glacis it's just a steel plate that serves as the outermost "skin" of the hull. You can see the way it's bolted to the hull here, and it's not very thick either based on the edge visible around the headlights. It might provide a little bit of extra protection, but at a guess it's primarily there to keep the composite armor blocks on the glacis in place while permitting easy access (just unbolt the plate and you can take the armor modules out easily when preparing the tank for transport).

Edited April 6, 2018 by Saint_Fuller

[A Canadian Cat]

12 hours ago, Sgt.Squarehead said:

This forum needs a facepalm emoticon it really does.

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[DerKommissar]

India has a sizable tank fleet. I always found the Arjun to be a cool MBT. Got that German design, rifled 120mm main gun and can shoot plenty of various ammunition (even a special Israeli ATGM). Weighs almost 60 tons and can shrug off point blank 125mm APSDFS rounds. It also, apparently, has a lower ground pressure than a T-72. Still having development trials, from what I hear, though.

Edited April 6, 2018 by DerKommissar

[Sgt.Squarehead]

Arjun seems to be mostly for show and for national pride, T-72s & T-90s are still the Indian mainstays:

350+ Arjun I & II

1650 T-90

2400+ T-72

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_Indian_Army

 

Edited April 6, 2018 by Sgt.Squarehead

[Sulomon]

2 hours ago, Sgt.Squarehead said:

Arjun seems to be mostly for show and for national pride, T-72s & T-90s are still the Indian mainstays:

350+ Arjun I & II

1650 T-90

2400+ T-72

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_equipment_of_the_Indian_Army

 

350 tanks is a significant amount.  The Armata now that's a true for show and national pride vehicle.

[Kinophile]

I highly doubt it can "shrug off" a point blank kinetic round.