What tank is this?
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Taken on a film set most likely.Does anyone know if this is a real tank? If so, what is it?
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Humming Drone
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T-55 chassis? Looks like a firefighting tank.What tank is this?
Otherwise, the thing mounted upfront could very well be a jet engine.
Wow, to quote Arnold, "you are one ugly mother-f***ker!" What a beast! Could it be one of those NBC decon units? I remember reading that Soviets mounted turbine engines on old chassis to blow heat/water/decon stuff NBC on contaminated gear.What tank is this?
They also used modified turbines off old MiG-15s for snow clearing.
Another example was when they mounted the back half of a MiG-23 on a T-62 chasis to use for blowing out oil well fires in Kuwait after Operation Desert Storm. :hehe
Well they can't really target airplanes, they could engage low-flying helos. Mainly I'm guessing area suppression weapons.
They're high-angle guns for AA. The tank supposedly carries 250 rounds of 30mm ammo for each gun, which is definitely gonna cut into ammo storage for the main gun.
The updated Moderna-2 only has one 30mm 2A42, on the right side.
The FCS lets it engage fixed-wing aircraft? How? I certainly see no radar...
Optronics? They're definitely high-angle guns though. And i doubt the version mounted on the Moderna-2 can depress all that much either.
Most modern short range air defense systems, like the Avenger Air Defense System, are designed to operate as part of a system, not autonomously, and do not have on mount radar either. Instead they rely on an external radar equipped vehicle to supply alerts and target cuing.
It is likely that most next generation armored vehicles will have at least a limited AAA capability along these lines, and they will probably quickly evolve an antimissile capability because the helicopters and planes will be using stand-off weapons to stay out of its range!
I wouldn't call the Avenger a real "air defense system". That's even worse than calling the Chaparral it replaced one.
But yeah, current AD systems work with offboard sensor platforms and networked systems.
if you look at the abrams for ADF, the onboard config is Link 16 sympathetic and it's part olf the broader Link 22 roadmapMost modern short range air defense systems, like the Avenger Air Defense System, are designed to operate as part of a system, not autonomously, and do not have on mount radar either. Instead they rely on an external radar equipped vehicle to supply alerts and target cuing.
It is likely that most next generation armored vehicles will have at least a limited AAA capability along these lines, and they will probably quickly evolve an antimissile capability because the helicopters and planes will be using stand-off weapons to stay out of its range!