It will still make the turret more reliable as a whole, remove two weakspots, and make the mantlet weakspot smaller. You saying it won’t change anything for the turret is outright wrong, no matter how often you repeat it.
IFLIR is no doubt much closer to GEN 3 than 2000-era GEN 2 if you had to round it up or down. Thermal generations don’t mean much anyway. There is no ISO or NATO standard to state what generation is what. IFLIR could very well be called GEN 3 by EU standards(not even mentioning RU standards lol) but labelled ‘Late Gen 2’ by the US.
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This ‘random article’ as you so call it is on the official Fort Benning website and written by Major Robert Brown.
MAJ Robert Brown is the assistant U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) capability manager for the Abrams in the Capabilities Development and Integration Directorate, Maneuver Center of Excellence, Fort Benning, GA.
HE is the source.
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Did you even open the link or what? Do the effort of at least reading the source next time you ask for them.
“The new [IFLIR] solves this problem using long- and mid-wave infrared technology in both the gunner’s primary sight and the commander’s independent thermal viewer. The [IFLIR] will provide four fields of view displayed on high-definition displays, greatly improving target acquisition, identification and engagement times – compared to the current second-generation FLIR”
Just admit you were wrong before you embarrass yourself more.