It’s not goofy, is Emanuel.
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French Leopard noises intensify
Yeah, yeah.
I like the original ones massive muzzle brake personally, but that’s just me.
:-(
B-b-but, I like it.
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IIAF Camouflage for the Persian F-14.
K2 Black Panther w/ Trophy APS and Turret/Hull Side ERA
- Sneaking suspicion that if a United Korea tree doesn’t come to fruition, China is going to get a DPRK sub-tree and the US will get an ROK sub-tree.
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any new ammo?
PT-94
Looks a lot like Challenger 2
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Yep, but like most 90’s vehicles from slavic countries, this project was abandoned, which is sad.
did it have functional turret?
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I don’t think so, but allegedly the autoloader was fitted, do take that with a grain of salt though. This is an artist representation.
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Dont you dare doubt Polish engineers!
(give them enough vodka and they will mount a working V12 inside Mt. Everest)
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I, highly doubt it, but idk.
If the UK had modified this domestically similarly to how Korea modified theirs this could have been very good for the UK.
ah, the Polish T-34-85 vismod à la Leopard 1.
Honestly, would like this in WT. Polish/Visgerad TT when?
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Well … S.Koreans did not modify their ‘Abrams’ strictly speaking.
Chrysler offered them a variant, derivative of their XM1 Abrams design (likely to suit SK’s hilly terrain and also easier for them to produce, since they had no prior knowledge/experience of tank building or designing).
It had trade-offs compared to M1.
Talking strictly the OG variant here, the K1-88 didn’t have bustle ammo storage and was powered by a 1200hp diesel engine.
But on the upside, it did have partial hydropneumatic suspension & hunter-killer capability compared to standard base M1 of the time.
It was a slightly smaller & lighter design.
UK was looking for off the shelf solution for Chally 1 replacement and Leo 2 was nearly finalized. It was the then Gulf War performance of Chally 1 that convinced them to invest in local development, leading to adopting Chally 2 upgrade.
But rest assured if Leo 2 or its close 2nd choice M1A2 were adopted, some minor mods would’ve been included as well. (like the tea boiling vessel is an absolute must).
[The diesel Abrams came too late or could’ve beat both Leo 2A4 or Chally 2]
(Ideally I think, adopting Leo 2 chassis + Vicker’s Chally 2 turret would’ve been a better solution. Local development + their beloved rifled goodness mated to a more capable hull with better performance à la modern Vickers Mk.7Pro … and the new Chally 3 would’ve been more closely related to Leo 2A7)