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France to invest €330 million upgrading 218 Leclerc Main Battle Tanks Source: France to invest €330 million upgrading 218 Leclerc Main Battle Tanks | Defense Update:

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In other news....... According to Robert Griffin's Book Challenger 1 Main Battle Tank Vol. II: "The ROMOR reactive armor upgrade added to the challenger's lower front plate consisted of a carrier fixed to the toe plate of the tank, into which ERA blocks were fitted. This was the only part of...

Methos , that sucks a little. I really would have liked to have seen a graph with all the NATO tanks on it. Would have been quite interesting how they officially measure up. Anyway, here is an interesting picture:

Is there also a STANAG Agreement for the protection of heavily armored vehicles ?

Quick question for Damian, do you happen to know how many Abrams tanks were deployed during the second gulf war ? I am trying to convince someone that the only reason the Challenger 2 suffered less losses during the war was because only 120 had been deployed in a far less combat intensive...

Do you guys have any information on this Iraqi M1A1M ?

Yeah i wondered about that too, the weight increase seems a bit much.

I think the K2 is a significant improvement over the K1 series in all three major categories; firepower, mobility and protection. Firepower: The L55 allows the K2 to theoretically fire high end KE rounds such as the M829A3 and DM53/63, putting the tank on an equal footing with tanks such as...

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Some very detailed information on the Challenger 1 MBT can be found here: Tank, Combat, 120mm Challenger - Part 1 Automotive System and here "Tank, Combat, 120 mm GUN, Challenger" - Part 2 "Fighting Systems"

Thanks you guys for the replies. I was definitely under the impressions that the T-72s are not as invulnerable to Autocannon fire as some let on to believe. And concerning the ECP1 upgrade for the Abrams series, does that combine the functions of the CITV and the new RWS?

For all you armor experts out there, i was under the impression that a Bofors 40 mm L70 with the latest ammunition would be able to destroy t-72m1s, T-72Bs,etc. from the side with relative ease. Is this the case? . I read that the latest 40 mm round can pen up to 170 mm RHA equivalent. The side...

Waffen SS I am fairly certain tank-like vehicles are here to stay for a while longer. But eventually, just like the Knights of old, they will be replaced by something that is revolutionary. Tanks like the PT-91 and TAM are more or less obsolete compard to current mbts like the Oplot-M, T-90MS,etc.

For some reason in Steel Beasts Pro PE, my M1A1HA and M1 get hit in that area relatively often from up to 3000 m away. I guess the Esim model is not that accurate. Concerning the Leclerc, are you sure that the mantlet does not include any composite blocks/modules ? I wonder how the Leopard...

. I do not think even an "mighty "M1A2 SEP v2 is impenetrable from the front. There are weak zones (such as the large gap between the turret and the hull) that would give an Abrams a bad time if it were hit in that area by any of the latest generation APFSDS projectiles. I wondered why they...

I tried, oh well...

Some more RPG hits on Merkavas:

Some more interesting pictures: Merkava 3 construction: Namer APC hull: Merkava (3?) Lower Glacis: Merkava 4 turret construction: Merkava 3 turret armor modules: Merkava 3 rpg damage: Merkava 3 rpg damage: Merkava 3 rpg damage:

Nice one Militarysta. Finally someone did make a turret armor profile for the XXI Leclerc. Did you incorporate the added thickness of about 5 cm to front turret faces?