Modern Main Battle Tanks

chrisswim · Post by **chrisswim** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 5:24 am

I looked though the 20 pages for a thread that may apply for the video...it did not, so. New thread for Modern Main Battle Tanks. Nice video just under 10 minutes.

Leopard 2, Abrams, LeClerc. Nice video, smoker launchers, stablization systems, speed & firepower.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLkqvd-Gevo

Hope you enjoy it. Chris

av8rmongo · Post by **av8rmongo** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 10:40 am

Man I just love watching those big cats move! Thanks Chris.

Paul

shawno · Post by **shawno** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:10 am

Speaking of big cats...your leos et al are in the mail

cheers

chrisswim · Post by **chrisswim** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 11:04 pm

chrisswim · Post by **chrisswim** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:04 am

China's Type 99
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMDue1n1 ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS-FnO-4 ... re=related

China's Type 99 vs. Japan's Type 90
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S-tARDg ... re=related

BattlerBritain · Post by **BattlerBritain** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 3:07 pm

I like the Challenger 2 ones

Having worked on it I know it's a good tank, one I'd go to war in.

Battler

BattlerBritain · Post by **BattlerBritain** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 3:23 pm

And this one's hysterical...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9Yd-Qpo ... re=related

chrisswim · Post by **chrisswim** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:10 pm

Interesting Tank vs. Safe.

here is one Challenger 2 video I missed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGs4o1sT ... re=related

The Challenger 2s now use 120 smoothbore, so ammo is common throughout NATO. Now more HESH rounds.

av8rmongo · Post by **av8rmongo** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 1:29 am

Does anyone else think the gun barrel on China's Type 99 moves around an awful lot while the tank is moving? It seems that their stabilization system lags behind all the others.

And the Japanese Type 90 doesn't seem to be able to fire on the move. Maybe its just doctrine but they seem to hit the brakes hard before trying to fire. Anyone have any insight?

Paul

paul · Post by **paul** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 3:31 am

Av8

Give them a couple of years and by then they will have stolen much better technology.

Pitfall · Post by **Pitfall** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:05 am

av8rmongo wrote:
And the Japanese Type 90 doesn't seem to be able to fire on the move. Maybe its just doctrine but they seem to hit the brakes hard before trying to fire. Anyone have any insight?

Paul

They probably subscribe the the WWII "Jim Clark" school of wargaming.

Where's the love for the Merkava? A county that 99% of its neighbors want it not to exist anymore has developed a pretty good tank as well.

dkolojek · Post by **dkolojek** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 2:11 am

Merkava Tank Videoâ€™s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kj2ZMIJ9 ... re=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T-GKplz ... re=related

Hope you all enjoy them.

retired_to_ft_living_room · Thu Dec 27, 2007 8:47 am

Found this interesting video on the T-80U. Check out how this thing fires in mid-air, about 45 seconds into the vid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIE068AOP2Q

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