DIMOCRITOS-2021

XXI and XXV armoured brigades of Hellenic Army at DIMOCRITOS-2021 exercise

Via "Εκπρόσωπος Τύπου Γενικού Επιτελείου Στρατού" FB

Hybrid tanks

M48 + Leopard-2

Leopard-1 + AMX-30

Leopard-2 + Leclerc

M41 Walker Bulldog + Stingray

 

OTD 55 years ago Bundeswehr receive first Leopard-1 tank

OTD 55 years ago, 9 September of 1965, Bundeswehr receive first Leopard-1 tank

The Leopard 1 MBT was developed to meet the requirements of the Federal German Army and following trials with prototype vehicles was accepted for service in 1963. 

In July 1963, Krauss-Maffei (which in January 1999 became Krauss-Maffei Wegmann with facilities in Munich and Kassel) of Munich was nominated prime contractor for the Leopard 1 MBT and MaK of Kiel was selected as general contractor for production of the armoured recovery vehicle, armoured engineer vehicle and the armoured bridgelayer. MaK also built a small number of Leopard 1 MBTs under subcontract to Krauss-Maffei.

The first production Leopard was handed over to the Federal German Army in September 1965. Production of the Leopard 1 was completed by Krauss-Maffei in 1979 but resumed by both Krauss-Maffei and Krupp-MaK early in 1981 to meet the requirements of Greece and Turkey.

The Leopard 1 was first produced in 1963 by Krauss-Maffei for the German Ministry of Defence and more than 6000 vehicles have been exported to nine NATO countries, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Italy, Canada, the Netherlands, Norway and Turkey and also Australia. 

By early 1999 the Leopard 1 MBT was no longer in front line service with the German Army although it was still used by reserve units.

Brazilian Army releases requirements for its new MBT project

The Brazilian Army has recently published two documents, one outlining operational requirements and the other technical, logistical, and industrial requirements, that will lead to the potential future acquisition of a new main battle tank (MBT).

Project 'Viatura Blindada de Combate-Carro de Combate' (VBC-CC) points to an armoured fighting vehicle manned by a crew of four with a combat weight of less than 50 tonnes and maximum dimensions of 12 m in length and 4 m in width with a maximum hull height of 3 m. It is expected to have a top speed exceeding 60 km/h, a range of 400 km, and the ability to ford to a depth of 1 m and to be able to traverse a ditch or trench up to 2.5 m wide at maximum load.

The army is seeking a tracked chassis with a multi-fuel engine and semi-automatic or automatic transmission and a turret with manual and electric drive, with both offering low thermal and radar signatures. The turret must be armed with a stabilised, low-recoil 120 mm smoothbore main gun, a 7.62 mm coaxial machine gun, a remote-control weapon station armed with a 12.7 mm machine gun, and eight 76 mm smoke grenade launchers.

Mandatory items would include a 24V electrical system; an automatic fire suppression system; a fire control system with ballistic computer, weather station, target auto-tracking, laser rangefinder and thermal imager for commander and gunner; an air conditioning unit; a command-and-control system comprising a radio, intercom and battle management system (BMS); an auxiliary power unit; a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear protection kit; a hard- or soft-kill protection system; an external rear-mounted telephone; and provisions for frontal obstacle-breaching components, a signature management system, additional armour and an internal spall liner.

Via JANES

ლულააფეთქებული ტანკების ფოტოკოლაჟი

სანამ სტატიას წაიკითხავთ, გთხოვთ გადახვიდეთ მითითებულ ბმულზე (ყავისფრად მონიშნული ტექსტი) და მოიწონოთ ჩვენი სამხედრო თემატიკის გევრდი - No Man's Land

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ტანკებს იშვიათად, მაგრამ მაინც უფეთქდებათ ლულები. ამას როგორც წესი სამი ძირითადი მიზეზი აქვს:

1. პირველი ლულაში უცხო სხეულის მოხვედრაა, რომელიც გასროლის მომენტში ჭურვს გამოსვლაში უშლის ხელს და ლულის გახეთქვას იწვევს;

1. მეორე ეს ლულის დაზიანებაა. ექსპულატაციის მომენტში ხდება ლულის მეტალის დაღლილობა (მიკრო ბზარები), ეაც შესაბამისი კონტროლის არ არსებობის შემთხვევაში უფრო სერიოზულ დაზიანებაში გადადის და საბოლოოდ ლულა გასროლის წნევას ვეღარ უძლებს და იხსნება;

1. მესამე შემთხვევა ეს შეიძლება ლულაში ჭურვის აფეთქებას მოყვეს - ჭურვი ძველია ან დაზიანებულია და ლულის არხშივე ფეთქდება;

ქვემოთ მოყვანილია მსგავსი შემთხვევების შედეგად დაზიანებული ლულების ფოტო-კოლაჟი:

Т-90А

Т-72Б3

Т-72Б

Т-72Б

M1A2SEP v.2 Abrams

M1A2 Abrams

M1A2SEPv2 Abrams

Leopard-1

Leopard-1

Leopard-2A4

M60T (Sabra Mk.II)

Merkava Mk4

Т-55