I do know it has been discussed before on the forums, but here are a few photos I have found
Sisu XA-180 “Kari”, modified with a 95mm S 58-61 “Musti” heavy recoilless rifle by Finnish peacekeeping forces in Lebanon during 1984.
And there is this photo as well, but it is from another forum in which I require an account to (presumably) see among others that I suspect to be interesting in their larger form.
https://maanpuolustus.net/threads/kuvia.4425/page-27
Is… is that a rear turret mounted Sherman?
I think I’m going to be sick
Something tells me people wouldn’t play that as an SPAA.
and gaijin will give it a TD label
That’s actually the original T53 GMC prototype not T53E1
The project started as a successor/upgrade to the M10 TD, which was getting obsolete.
It was a front engine Sherman hull but as both SPAA and TD it was unsatisfactory.
The gun shield, in one of its photos, I presume was added later.
The T53E1 came after in order to rectify T53’s faults
It had a conventional rear engined Sherman hull, with the 90mm mounted on a platform in the center of the vehicle.
There were two variants based on the 12mm sheet armor gun shield.
The first had the sheets bolted to form a box structure with front, sides and top covered and back open.
The 2nd variant had the two 12mm semicircular sheets on either side with top and back open.
Ultimately it wouldn’t be adopted, and the T71 GMC would be adopted as M36.
Swiss chocolate with some vodka topping
BM Oplot-P
An Oplot variant specific to Pakistani requirement. (not adopted, VT-4 Haider was inducted instead)
Essentially weight was reduced in comparison to standard BM Oplot config.
The thick Duplet ERA side skirts that cover the whole length was replaced with a lightweight sideskirts that cover only the frontal half of the hull. (likely Nizh, since thinner).
The varta soft-kill APS was also removed.
This one looks beautiful. Way better than usual oplot.
should be. that time, Chinese choosed the Bakhcha-U, and was thinking about BMP-3, but ended giving up and turn to ZBD-04
I think many people underestimate it.
There’s nothing to underestimate.
It’s a sidegrade to SU-27 where do you see an issue?
If Gaijin doesn’t mess up the Br you will clap Phantoms often enough while a full uptier is surviveable.
Why so pessimistic?
Its a downgrade. 48 countermeasures and much more of a brick.
People who’ve played the Su-27 know exactly what to expect, nothing to “underestimate”.
People are just upset that its not top of the line being added.
Hoping for the AIM-9Ms on the F-14B, not needed but it’d help IMO, hate using the AIM-54Cs and AIM-9Ls get flared… (AIM-7 however is nice on the F-14B).
My hopes for the new vehicles coming this update however is the F-5T with it’s full weapon capabilities, I think that’d be epic.
I do very well in SU-27. My biggest gripe is being teamkilled with FOX3’s by people who should not yave skipped whole tech trees with their wallets.
SU-33 has a larger wing surface as well as canards.
What do I care if it’s havier? That makes for a interesting switch from my SU-27 affecting gameplay to some extend just like the additional missiles.
I really see no issue. Only J-11A suffers with only being able to support one FOX3 at a time above 16km.
And that’s what some people are overestimating.
Not particularly. Unless the enemy is basically AFK, the R-77’s are really only effective inside the active range, using the HMD and not TWS. Datalink limit really doesn’t come into it.
Whatever the cause I suffered heavily in J-11A which ai did not in SU-27SM.
