Do not mislead people by imposing your opinion on them, especially since they do not know the story of the eternal dispute between Russian / Ukrainian experts about the T-64 and do not have access to literature in Russian / Ukrainian, including books with Tarasenko…Основной танк Т-64. 50 лет в строю - Andrei-bt — LiveJournal
1.The T-64 was adopted as a medium tank weighing 36 tons …
2. The T-64 is the only tank according to the technical specifications for the conditions of Ukraine / Belarus…
3. Have you ever seen a T-64 in the North and Far East of Russia?. VKontakte | VK
P.S…Honestly, Russia did not influence or insist on the choice of the T-80 Chassis for the T-84/Oplot in any way…
Why didn’t Ukraine create a new undercarriage or upgrade the old one from the T-64 to a variant more suitable for the Oplot?.
Remember, T-80 started off as an upgraded T-64. Object 476 was the upgraded T-64, first to feature the 1000hp 6TD as a major part of the upgrade.
But was canned and the GTD-1000 would be selected for what would become the T-80 + a suspension similar to that of US’ M60 + inheriting most of T-64’s armor flaws.
What are you guys talking about…to begin with, I advise you to read the original of V.Chobitok 2005. the name is in the link…His father, V.A.Chobitok, was a lecturer at the department.
KVTIU tanks and had a number of author’s works on the suspension of tanks…V.Chobitok is also a well-known and controversial expert in the field of armored vehicles…
1.At T-64/T-80_Torsion bar suspension with hydraulic telescopic shock absorbers…
2.The M60A3 tubular-rod suspension replaced the M60A1 torsion bar suspension.A suspension similar to that of the M60A3 was used on the M1 Abrams tank.
One of the types of independent torsion bar suspension is tubular-rod.
This suspension was used in the ASU-57. In the undercarriage of the ASU-57, the rollers, as on the T-64,
are coaxially arranged, however, unlike the latter, two series
-connected torsion bars are used - a tubular one and a rod one located inside it. Ход катков и торсионы Т-64, Т-72 | Танки. Работа над ошибками | Дзен
New footage of T-80U tanks at the disposal of the 12th Brigade “Azov” with additional armor.
Interestingly, the senior mechanic of the 2nd tank platoon of the 1st tank company of the brigade’s tank battalion says that the vehicles are equipped with dynamic protection “Nizh”, although there was no confirmation before… perhaps the shape of the external containers (blocks) of the dynamic protection itself was changed.
Fun fact : there is TWO T-80U of the same modification
You can always ask Suggestion Mods in private to have some clarification.
In general you guys shouldn’t ask these questions here since it creates off-topic.
(Mind you that this is a Suggestion post, therefore Suggestion Mods will handle things, not Forum Mods).
VAB Mk3 6x6 specifically … which makes it more interesting
coz its an export only series and is much different from the original VAB platform even though sharing the same name
Ah the Spys-Syntez combat module. Gotcha. That’s sick, I can only imagine what other projects are in the works. I still hope for a Stryker equipped with a BM-7 Parus module equipped with the Barrier-212 ATGM system.
Ukraine requested VBCIs.
But Arquus instead offered 6x6 VAB Mk.3 for a more rapid delivery.
Currently 6 of them have been delivered sans any French armament module and hence Sich was mounted instead.
