Military Ground Vehicles of Your Nation [NO MECHS] Tranche 7

[Allanea]

Yall are stupid

Object 187 is the stronkest tank to have ever been developed

Fact.

"The Object 187 used non-composite armour for the turret and the hull front,"

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This is a mistranslation from Russian. It should be "The Object 187 used composite armour for the turret and the hull front".

[Padnak]

Yall are stupid

Object 187 is the stronkest tank to have ever been developed

Fact.

"The Object 187 used non-composite armour for the turret and the hull front,"

que

"It possibly consisted of special materials including ceramic or high density uranium alloys"

Seems legit

[Imperializt Russia]

How feasible and useful would it be to mount something like a MK7 Antipersonnel Obstacle Breaching system on a tank? Its for a variant I'm working for that's gonna be focused for obstacle clearing such as mine removal, and structure (enemy defended positions as well) removal from a distance.

Well the USMC mounted a pair of its bigger brother the M58 MICLIC on the M1 ABV and the russians have a whole series of line charge throwing vehicles.

In the west dedicated vehicle mounting has historiclaly been avoided as the trailer mounted versions could be used by a whole host of tanks and AEVs.

Prise for most impressively mental system (although not actually a line charge thrower) is the Isrealli Carpet rocket system.

Bloody Israelis.

That does look kind of awesome and I wish to use it offensively.

[Oaledonia]

Here you go Pad, best T-55.

[The New Lowlands]

"The Object 187 used non-composite armour for the turret and the hull front,"

que

This is a mistranslation from Russian. It should be "The Object 187 used composite armour for the turret and the hull front".

Thank you.

[Padnak]

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Here you go Pad, best T-55.

Could be stronker with the addition of lots of random ERA

[Oaledonia]

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Here you go Pad, best T-55.

Could be stronker with the addition of lots of random ERA

http://www.military-today.com/tanks/jaguar.htm

[Padnak]

Could be stronker with the addition of lots of random ERA

http://www.military-today.com/tanks/jaguar.htm

Stonk

Very stronk

Could use lots of ERA and conscripted tank riders

[Padnak]

MRAP-375 "Leopard" APC

Today the Padnaki Military-Civilian Relations office showed the Padnaki armies newest vehicle, the MRAP-375 "Leopard" APC, to the general public as part of community outreach activities at Tung Gou military base. The MRAP-375 "Leopard" APC is a development of the earlier Bear APC, boasting much improved protection, a completely enclosed fighting compartment giving chemical and biological protection along with a host of other improvements. Development of the Leopard began in 2006 and it entered service in small numbers in 2008. According to the Military-Civilian Relations office there are over 1000 currently in service with the Padnaki army and around 100 in service with the National Police and Interior Service.

Stats

Cab design: Forward-mounted engine
Transmission: five-speed gearbox, two-speed distributor box with
interaxle locked differential.
Engine: YaMZ-238M2
Top speed: 62 km/h (road) 40 km/h (cross country)
Seating capacity: 3 (in cab) 24 (armored troop transport compartment)
Horse Power: 240 V-12
Suspension: solid axles, leaf springs, rear wheels on balance-cart
Armament: 1 x 12.7mm machine gun, 10 firing ports
Armor: vs .50
Dimensions:
Length: 8.2 meters
Width: 2.8 meters
Height: 3.3 meters
Weight: 24,000 Kilograms

[Kouralia]

Well the USMC mounted a pair of its bigger brother the M58 MICLIC on the M1 ABV and the russians have a whole series of line charge throwing vehicles.

In the west dedicated vehicle mounting has historiclaly been avoided as the trailer mounted versions could be used by a whole host of tanks and AEVs.

Prise for most impressively mental system (although not actually a line charge thrower) is the Isrealli Carpet rocket system.

Bloody Israelis.

That does look kind of awesome and I wish to use it offensively.

So, that's a mine clearance system?

[Padnak]

So, that's a mine clearance system?

its a Caterpillar mine clearing system

[Imperializt Russia]

Bloody Israelis.

That does look kind of awesome and I wish to use it offensively.

So, that's a mine clearance system?

Rather than using a trailing line charge to detonate mines along a narrow pathway, I can only assume that this is used to clear a circular area of mines, using the blast of an FAE charge to detonate them. Where referenced, it quite frequently says "can be launched all at once". I doubt that part, frankly.

[Allanea]

Why do you doubt that?

[Imperializt Russia]

Why do you doubt that?

Well, it's almost certainly a capability the system possesses, I doubt that it would be employed in that manner. Does this system have a guidance system? Looks like a pretty basic dumb fin-stabilised short-range rocket to me. I don't believe it would be especially useful to fire twenty very large (and probably relatively expensive) FAE devices at basically the same target, especially if it is for demining purposes.

Deploying them in a grid-like fashion to clear large sections of a minefield would be useful but like I said - I don't think it has that capability without aiming the launcher itself between rounds.

[Allanea]

IIRC it is possible to design an MLRS (which this IS) to give rockets a bit of spread when they land.

[Rich and Corporations]

https://archive.org/details/CollectionO ... iesEngines

something good for you guys

it's from this blog: http://tanksandafv.blogspot.com/

[Antarticaria]

So, that's a mine clearance system?

Rather than using a trailing line charge to detonate mines along a narrow pathway, I can only assume that this is used to clear a circular area of mines, using the blast of an FAE charge to detonate them. Where referenced, it quite frequently says "can be launched all at once". I doubt that part, frankly.

Could I mount something about half sized on the rear of a turret?

Or something about 3x2 Cells in size.

[Imperializt Russia]

Rather than using a trailing line charge to detonate mines along a narrow pathway, I can only assume that this is used to clear a circular area of mines, using the blast of an FAE charge to detonate them. Where referenced, it quite frequently says "can be launched all at once". I doubt that part, frankly.

Could I mount something about half sized on the rear of a turret?

Or something about 3x2 Cells in size.

If you're going for something you can mount to individual armoured vehicles (I'd advise against this - leave it with anti-mine engineers who know what they're doing) your best bet will be a conventional MICLIC.

[Antarticaria]

Could I mount something about half sized on the rear of a turret?

Or something about 3x2 Cells in size.

If you're going for something you can mount to individual armoured vehicles (I'd advise against this - leave it with anti-mine engineers who know what they're doing) your best bet will be a conventional MICLIC.

Alrighty noted.

[San-Silvacian]

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I some how ended up transforming my Kage Hyo into.... Super Merkava?

that moment an rpg-2 kills your tank from the rear.

[Gvozdevsk]

I kind of want to design my own tank, but I feel like the Oplot-M that I'm already using is good enough. I also kind of want to use the Merkava IV instead of the Oplot-M but I don't feel like that would give me much of a real advantage over the Oplot-M either.

I feel like if I did design my own tank it would esentially be a Merkava though because my nation has similar defensive requirements to Israel and would have to fight in similar terrain in a defensive war, just spread out over a larger area.

[Allanea]

The small size of Israel is one of the imperatives that make the existence of the Merkava possible.

I don't think it'd be as useful in a larger nation.

[The Greater Luthorian Empire]

the Oplot-M that I'm already using

Brofist.

[Korva]

the Oplot-M that I'm already using

Brofist.

The Oplot-M really is a cool looking tank. I just hate the digital camo the Thais slapped on it :/

[The Greater Luthorian Empire]

Brofist.

The Oplot-M really is a cool looking tank. I just hate the digital camo the Thais slapped on it :/

I really don't care for digital camo aesthetically speaking, on infantry combat uniforms it is okay but on large vehicles it just looks ugly. Plus I doubt that digital camo really helps to break up the form of a vehicle with the large straight edges which stand out as opposed to infantry where the pixels are small enough that they can actually help to break up your outline.