Lee_Vincent
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Lets see in May
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Note that it also uses metamaterials to bend light around it so it becomes invisible. Hell those things could be anywhere in the May Day parade
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Russia has a history of breaking the mold in armor tech. They should not be underestimated.
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Iran has something much better, details to follow one day.
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Agreed sure.
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Er, well yes...sort of. On the other hand, there have been radar warning devices around since the middle of WW II.
Michael
Yes but are they deployed on AFVs?
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Yes of course the information is probably optimistic.
"After five years of development, the Uralvagonzavod Research and Production Corporation has finalized manufacture of the first batch of Armata tanks and heavy personnel carriers. They have been included in Russia’s 2015 defense order, TASS said.
Reportedly, 20 units have already been manufactured and issued to troops for hands-on training.
The exact characteristics and appearance of the platform remain classified, though this might soon change as the new vehicles are on the verge of taking part in the Victory Day Parade on Red Square, May 9 this year."
Their goal of 2300 units does sound like a fantasy.
" Can you put that antenna inside a compartment surrounded by composite armor an expect it to detect anything other than...well...composite armor? " I don't know. It is probably a conformal array spread over the tank with overlapping FOV's, but yeah seems it would be highly vulnerable. Still, it would avoid alerting the target when it paints it with it's laser range finder. Better in all weathers too I expect?
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According to this anyway (includes video):
http://rt.com/news/234363-armata-tracked-armored-platform/
125mm main gun (claimed to develop more muzzle energy than the German Leopard-2 Rheinmetall 120 mm gun), a multi-barrel APS-capable .50 MG and a 30mm cannon vs light targets and helos. May potentially be fitted with a 152mm gun.
The vehicle is fully computerized and only needs two servicemen to operate it. Each can also deploy the tank’s weapon systems.
The tank’s targeting is reportedly done with an active-phased array antenna and a large variety of other sensors.
Apparently. If so, seems it should certainly be in CMBS.
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DARPA: yeah, fun vehicle. Until it runs into a tank.
Yeah, I see how the inner 'Defeat Penetration' circle was added as almost as an afterthought.
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Some interesting stuff from DARPA on tank design: http://www.futuretimeline.net/blog/2014/08/20.htm#.VHtdkDGUdEM
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But even if some boffin announces a major compact power pack breakthrough tomorrow, it's going to take at least a decade to engineer, prototype and put into production a workable exoskeleton/powered armor solution.
Probably not that long...
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I was in Vientiane, Laos last week and, having gone downstairs for dinner at my hotel, was invited to sit with 12 very friendly and rather drunk gents 35-45. It turned out they were Russian military, specifically in air defense, SAM's etc. Despite my asking, they would not tell me if their S300/400 systems could kill stealth targets, but they did disclose the classified information that a common nickname for Poroshenko is 'Big Condom'.
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I keep hearing about this smokeless, flashless powder; but really how smokeless and flashless could it have been? seems like it still must have had plenty of both flash and smoke left or am I wrong?
And kick up a lot of dirt/dust when firing.
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It is definitely harder in CMRT. In a recent scenario I had a single Pak40 75mm kill 6 Russian tanks from the battlefield flank. It was eventually killed but did the job.
Same scenario, there was a Russian 76mm gun at long range that kept a big chunk of my armor pinned down, I eventually had to bring up a KT that absorbed about 6 hits before it spotted and killed the 76mm.
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Thanks for your hard work, buildings mods have been absent so far, those look great.
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This seems to help differentiate the marsh tiles more easily than the original, thanks
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You guys should be part of 'The Avengers'
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An SSD may help.
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No wonder since the use of flamethrowers were not exactly the optimal way to take out a tank.
But lack of real world use should not prevent some basic physics here. What would happen if a tank was set on fire?
How would the crew react?
How would the engines be affected?
How many WWII tanks on the eastern front had complete cover against flamethrower weapons (ie. no vision slits or other openings where the fuel could spill in).
These are some pretty basic things that could be accounted for without having substantial documented uses as a base.
The thing is, while flamethrowers might not have been used against tanks in anything but the most dire circumstances, this is not true in the game.
There are plenty of situations in the game where tanks get close to flamethrowers.
And the question isn't really wheter or not it was done, but what the effect would be if it was done.
Did anyone check out the pacific front when looking for documented use against tanks?
AFAIR the japanese and US were pretty fond of using flamethrowers there and tanks were often in range of flamethrowers (at least more often than on most other fronts).
On a sidenote, I managed to get a T-34/85 to blow up using flamethrowers.
Of course, I had to set it to immobilized at the start of the scenario and surround it with 10 flamethrowers that fired at it for almost a full minute before they got an "upper hull hit, partial penetration" that led to the tank exploding.
I think the mechanics for what happens to a tank when engulfed in flames are there, but the chances of anything happening seem much too low.
Yes there should be more examples from the Pacific, despite the mostly useless deployment of Japanese tanks there. But if the tank is 'unbuttoned', the effect could somewhat be comparable to that against a bunker IMHO.
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Saw an LG 84" active 3D (no glasses needed) that was quad-HD last week, serious drool factor. It cost about $18K here in Thailand. 100"-110" models will be out soon.
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say that when you are itching to retire.....
she is wealthy enough I could retire 50 times over...and probaby finance a couple additional programmers for BF...yeah she looks really hot...
damn that is a sad statement on my priorities getting older.
On the contrary.
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Right I would have thought that many flamethrowers would have choked the engine, and likely crew, of oxygen. Wouldn't have done the tracks of say a Sherman much good either.
Not been playing since CMBO. Where to begin?
in Combat Mission Final Blitzkrieg
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I found the transition from CMx1 to CMx2 to be relatively straightforward, and have almost never needed to consult the manuals except to better understand the artillery and C&C system.
As with CMx1, the UI displays the available options for each unit.
I didn't play Panzerblitz but played the hell out of Panzerleader
. I was about 12 I think, plus a lot of other AH and SPI wargames of various eras such as 3rd Reich, Up Front, Luftwaffe, Arab Israeli Wars, The Russian Front, Guns of August, Jutland, The Next War, NATO, City Fight - and Squad Leader of course! Before that it had been miniatures since the age of about 8 using Wargames Research Group rules, Angriff etc.
Of course once I found CMBO it was a revelation! The whole series still is