I agree really. Only thing I can’t I can see them changing is the layout/materials in the composites. Other than that no significant difference in looks other than the aps system
“Yad lashiriyon” which is an official idf tank museum says merkava is 65t
It was long ago so i assume its early variant cuz idf said in a pretty new video that merkava is 80t
Also barak and merkava lic for exmple are known to be more protected
Yad Lashiriyon is paraphrasing the official figure of “more than” 65t that was put out there so many decades ago.
The only way to explain such massive difference in weight -from 65 to 80 tons- would be via an armor change, a very significant one. Yet all the evidence we have indicate that the armor modules of todays tanks are pretty much like the ones back from 2006. We can´t rule out that some aspects of the modules may have been improved somewhat but the overall disposition looks the same, the bolts are placed in the same spots, etc.
With the skirt plates its different because we can know there are at least 6 variants with wildly different weights (the first plates weighted like 40kg and the newest ones used in the current war are 90kg, for example), which does indicate an increase in protection effectiveness. But for the armor modules we don´t have any indication in this direction.
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I doesnt see a source that says 65t+
Also gaijin ignores the + so it doesnt matter
Same case with python 5 that have 20km+
All I can say that the lying about the weight has done its intended purpose…
Gaijin is successfully underestimating the tank’s armor.
Joking aside, I do think they know they underestimating the weight and armor, and are waiting for some proof to correct it, mainly the weight.
Obviously they have some russian contacts and secret information available to them, and they don’t want to show what they know and don’t know.
I think the way to go other than what alan is doing, the video I edited showing namer and merkava doing the same muddy slop. We should find some one more apt than me at counting pixels and calculating the different performance of these two machines…
And chances are you won´t ever find them, I´ve tried as well. Most of the blogs and specialized websites from back then are 404 or similar so we are going mostly from my memory. And nothing tells you aren´t young anymore than this XD.
way back machine for help