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pls gaijin
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This is from Kf-51, not EMBT
Guess they use the same one then.
If people ask for this new Leopard and France. Then we should get Leclerc Evolution, which the French KNDS will show on June 17th
PARIS, 13TH JUNE 2024
KNDS, one of the leading manufacturers of military land systems in Europe, continues to expand its technological leadership in main battle tank development. At Eurosatory 2024, the Franco-German group will be presenting a number of crucial innovations for land warfare in the coming years.
Anticipating the future
Beyond the latest evolutionary stages of the existing main battle tank generations – Leopard 2 A8 and Leclerc XLR – visitors can expect a milestone in the history of main battle tank development with the Leopard 2 A-RC 3.0 and the Leclerc Evolution. The Leopard 2 A- RC 3.0 has an unmanned, remote-controlled turret. The main weapon is loaded by a modular, automatic linear loader and calibres between 120 and 140 mm can be selected. Its innovative weapon mount prevents the weapon from being immersed in the hull, thus resulting in fundamentally new use of space in the chassis. The crew of three to four persons can now be positioned completely in the chassis, within a highly protected crew cell. The ballistic protection is supplemented by a proven active protection system and a remote-controlled weapon station to counter drone threats.
LEOPARD 2 A-RC 3.0 and the Leclerc Evolution: 2 solutions to consider the threats on the future battlefield
The fire power of the Leopard 2 A-RC 3.0 is augmented by a guided missile system with which targets beyond line of sight can also be engaged while on the move. The remote-controlled 30 mm weapon system completes the threat-adapted weapon mix with its ability for deployment against near-field and aerial threats. The design of the Leopard 2 A-RC 3.0 hugely improves crew protection through the use of passive, reactive and active protection technologies, thus increasing its sustainability, while at the same time significantly enhancing the mobility and assertiveness of the overall system.
KNDS assesses the Leopard 2 A-RC 3.0 not only as a bridge solution until introduction of the next-generation land combat system MGCS, but also as a decisive technological precursor to MGCS.
Despite its groundbreaking innovations, the Leopard 2 A-RC 3.0 is fully backwards compatible. Any Leopard 2 variant currently in service can be upgraded to the Leopard 2 A-RC 3.0 equipment status. The modular approach enables solutions that are oriented to the individual needs of the customer.
ASCALON ©**: an improved and innovative fire function**
With ASCALON©, KNDS has developed a main gun for battle tanks that is more powerful than all comparable barrel weapons. It can fire compact and programmable ammunition beyond the line of sight with minimal wear. Due to its scalability, ASCALON© can be fitted with any barrel from 120 to 140 mm. The innovative concept, while proposing significant growth potential, delivers performance levels that current technologies do not offer. KNDS designed ASCALON© with an open architecture to serve as a basis for cooperative development of a combat gun platform within the framework of the MGCS program, laying the foundations for the future standard of European tank guns and ammunition.
The Leclerc Evolution on display at Eurosatory is equipped with a manned turret hosting a 120 mm ASCALON© gun which can be easily retrofitted to higher calibers up to 140 mm. Introducing a new concept with four crew members that is adapted to the latest tactical situations, the Leclerc Evolution integrates a deputy commander crew station fitted in the chassis to manage an extensive sensors and effectors suite.
Anticipating on MGCS, KNDS is also presenting the EMBT with the ASCALON© Demonstrator Turret ADT 140, a remotely operated turret equipped with a 140 mm ASCALON© gun.
The KNDS portfolio on display over 3600 square meters
KNDS currently has around 800 weapon systems in Ukrainian front operations or under contract for delivery to Ukraine. The company is thus one of the world’s most important industrial supporters of Ukraine against the Russian aggression. The KNDS presence at Eurosatory 2024 therefore also includes combat-proven systems such as the CAESAR artillery system presented for the first time in its Mk II variant with a more powerful engine, an enhanced protection and a SCORPION-ready cab. The exhibited KNDS portfolio on 3,600 square metres of exhibition space is rounded off by vehicles covering the entire range of applications of wheel and track, guns and weapon systems in the medium calibre range, ammunition, innovative robotics, combat drones from the LARINAE and COLIBRI programmes, as well as the full spectrum of associated services.
Along with the leaked Leopard 2 A-RC 3.0, KNDS will also show off the
Leclerc Evolution featuring same 4-man crew layout but with 120 mm ASCALON gun +
EMBT demonstrator ver. 2.0 with the ADT 140 uncrewed turret featuring the 140 mm ASCALON gun at Eurosatory next week.
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I don’t think EMBT ver.1’s turret internal layout was revealed to public.
I’ve seen the patent, it’s openly available on the internet.
Rheinmetall AG likely to show off updated KF-51 turret mated to KF-51 hull and a standard Leopard 2A4 hull + the Leopard 2-Skyranger 35 at Eurosatory next week.
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Yep
A leclerc with 4 crew could always be useful for survivability
Besides survivability, it should get a drone like light vehicles do.
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They’re adding some new modern pilot/crew models in the major update.
This would be cool but i doubt gaijin would do this
Well the ship was handed to USSR with malfunctioned turret already. During the refit work on US those problems were discovered, but US and RN experts decided to not solve the problem as they will hand battleship to USSR.
And did UK needs HMS Royal Soverign? There are still sister ships like HMS Royal Oak(Definitely as Gaijin is loving ship that sunk tragedically, and they were supposed to implement submarine, and HMS Royal Oak is the first battleship that sunk by submarine) and HMS Ramillies.
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Now that we have Fox 3s in the game, it would be cool if we got some interesting aircraft that aren’t all massively known already
JF-17
Kfir C.10
HAL Tejas
F-CK-1
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Watch your profanity. ;)
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Leopard 2A8
Leopard 2A7A1 with Trophy APS
(by Leo 2A10, the turret will be longer than the hull)
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I only see minor differences tbh
I believe the rearming of Irish Landsverk L-180 armored cars with Hispano-Suiza cannons is relatively well known, but what about this experimental version also armed with RP-3 rocket(s)?
Source (Page 6)
The scrapping of this idea because of unsatisfactory tests infers that there was some sort of prototype constructed to assess the feasibility of this proposal.
I haven’t found any other information or photos through a quick search, so this is my hasty reimagining, using the Tank Encyclopedia art of the Dutch L-180 with the 37mm and a Tulip-style RP-3 rocket mount on the turret.
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Leo 2 goes from the sexiest modern MBT to the ugliest with those mounts for those APS sensors on the arrowhead
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