Challenger 2 MBT - Technical data and Discussion (Part 1)

generally DU is denser, but Rheinmetall develops tungsten alloys nearly on par with DU

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Well, sadly there are none, finding a good 27 photo is hard enough, none are taped of course

generally DU is 18600kg/m3 and tungsten is 17500kg/m3, thats what gaijin uses at least

Huh

Im pretty surw Tungsten is more dense

Sadly the closest we have is L27 next to L29
https://img-forum-wt-com.cdn.gaijin.net/original/3X/7/9/795170baf2888c668a90c545bedbe06659714d28.jpeg

Now thats interesting, as Wikipedia (yea i know) sets Du as 19.1 g/cm3 so that gives us 19100kg/m3 and tungsten as 19.3g/cm3 so 19300kg/m3

im no expert but afaik DU is more dense and gaijin thinks so too


but you have to keep in mind thats probably the figure for pure tungsten, and APFSDS uses tungsten alloy nut pure

Yeah that makes sense

Also

Thats some super density. I dont think any armour would be a problem for that.

its is, and like I mentioned earlier Rheinmetall has developed tungsten alloy with 18500kg/m3, so nearly the same as DU

No, i mean you added one 0 too much for DU

oh my bad

Dont worry, but that thing would slap

it would, the russian probably huch such DU lmao
according to themselves

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tungsten is more dense. tungsten alloy however…

It seems shorter than the overall 660 of the 29, but…

yea but removing the fins would make it maybe 640 at most right?

What, 29 or 27?