The pictures however do show a blow out panel, by the looks of it on the hull roof, so I think its safe to assume that there likely is. Especially considering its standard practice in MBTs these days and has been since the 90s. (where applicable) This also lends some reliability to the ammunition stowage in the turret bustle being armoured.
Also I note on the sign it states that the Ammunition load carried is 68 not 64.
Again very good pictures, thank you.
Blow out panels on the hull are not standard at all, only the Abrams has a small hull rack with a blowout. Also as there are no blast doors I’m very certain there are no blowouts.
These are fair comments, I’m still doing research, but it is most certainly hard to find out more considering it is still in service, and im not in the habbit of getting my hands on classified documents.
I’m a bit confused. Is the turret seat ring of Olifant Mk2 really only 29mm? This is too scary because it will be directly pierced by 30mm and 35mm shells in the game and destroyed, and why do I feel that its turret seat ring is relatively large in the game
To be honest, the Olifant Mk.2 is inferior to the Olifant Mk.1B Optimum (Olifant 2) in everyway with the exception of mobility which is the same.
Yes and no, it is 29mm thick, however, the turret should be seated much lower on it, as seen on the model of the Olifant Mk1A ingame, and as can be seen in the attached Photo
Not really; though the Armour layout for the 1B Optimum was better, and the proposed 120mm cannon was superior, its Optics, FCS, Integrated electronics, and Fire suppression systems were all worse along with the mobility as the Powerpack was not upgraded, despite the 1B being noticeably heavier.
When I have access to all my resources again at easter I’ll launch a new bug report, that hopefully won’t be ignored again.
Also, I think you’re right it looks like a maintenance hatch or some other point of access.
Optics definitely but the improvement of the FCS and largely the electronics was so little that it comes close to not even being an upgrade, and the Mk.2 is still Centurion on the inside, so not as comfortable as a newer design
Could you at least remove the bushes so we can see what you’re talking about
Yeah I saw this and pointed it out, the turret was floating, it is no longer as of the last major update
How are sources going? Think you’ll get a new bug report up?
Does anyone know how thick the floor of the Olifant mk 2 is supposed to be? I’m no expert, but it seems strange to me that in game the floor of the tank is 200mm thick when the mantlet is 100-150mm (excluding composite)
i think its a bug,after gaijin add the new part…they tested it but forget change it back
I guess the South Africans were just REALLY worried about AT mines
If this is true, according to a rough estimate, the weight of this hull floor is about 25-30 tons, it is impossible.
Shhhh, keep quiet about it… Ahahahaha
