Just something I came across in my readings. I thought the "Chunnel" design was always required to meet this specification in the first place? Maybe I was wrong, but, I guess for the UK (And allies.) better safe than sorry. Story from
NBC News originally.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/...L&ocid=U270DHP
Syria: Gets more "modern" (Well maybe not so much!?!) armor from Russia. But what they got is probably good enough for the job at hand providing ISIS/DASH and the other militia groups don't steal or take more of them again as had fairly recently occurred.
http://www.armyrecognition.com/janua..._11801177.html
Turkey: And didn't I just "
tap" these guys for the
ALTAY last week? Well here we go again. I estimate this should
delay the program 6 months to a year, any takers? They should've just stuck with the S. Korean or German engines when they had the chance. Regardless, I'm watching this.
http://www.janes.com/article/67104/t...ransfer-issues
Russia: Just unveiled a new version of the Russia T-90
for export to supplement both the T-90S and T-90MS. Welcome the
T-90M. As far as I know Russia and India are still in talks for the latter to be the first customer of the
T-90MS. It would appear the claims that Kazakhstan having them "
might" not be true. I'll be waiting to see if their are any takers.
http://www.armyrecognition.com/janua..._11501175.html
Nicaragua: This should be a "
softball" so I'll present this in a manner not seen since the 2013/2014 Patch inputs were done, if you'll allow me to do so.
A1. NICARAGUA/ADD/OCT 2016/T-72B1 w/WHITE EAGLE FCS Pkg. NOW HAS HUNTER KILLER MODE/USE RUSSIAN UNIT 035 (IF THE ERA REPRESENTS KONTAKT-1 IF NOT USE UNIT 036) AS MODIFIED/IMPROVED 125mm 2A45 w/NEW STABILIZER. APPARENTLY STILL CAN'T LAUNCH ATGW. NORMAL FOR THIS VERSION/RWS 12.7mm NSVT UTES MG AS USED ON THE T-72MS RDS UKN/TI/GSR 45 w/ WHITE EAGLE Pkg./IMPROVE OTHER FCS AREAS AS NEEDED. THIS SYSTEM IS MORE ADVANCED THEN WHAT IS CARRIED ON THE T-72B3./New engine 1000HP this was first seen with the introduction of the T-72B2 ROGATKA in 2006//
http://sturgeonshouse.ipbhost.com/in...ngines/page-85
http://www.armyrecognition.com/april..._52604162.html
http://www.armyrecognition.com/may_2..._50605161.html
https://www.thalesgroup.com/sites/de..._uk_071005.pdf (2nd GEN)
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...ernization.htm
https://warisboring.com/nicaragua-bi...ac3#.cpj6o3wib
http://survincity.com/2013/04/modern...le-one-of-the/
http://www.russiadefence.net/t2598-r...military-deals
http://www.military-today.com/tanks/t72b3.htm
Note some sources seem to indicate that it carries the same gun as the Russian upgraded version without again ATGW (
Russians can launch them.) launch capabilities. I feel this makes more sense because the same repair facility given above in the ref. section did the Russian modernization that carried the same gun as indicated in the
ADD section.
As a note Russia still operates these tanks and they have seen combat in the Ukraine but are not in the game. They first appeared in the Russian Army in 1985. They are like UNITS 035/or 036 as noted above w/o ATGW capabilities. Must have been a cost cutting measure. The trick here will be to find out other then the below refs, when the Russians first started modernizing these tanks if at all before it would appear around 2012. It would make sense that this is what Nicaragua received based on the below.
http://defense-update.com/20131106_t...eployment.html
http://tank.lviv.ua/en/productions/details/t72b1
Wasn't as easy as I hoped because of the Russian "Rabbit Hole" wasn't the first time and it won't be the last time. So much for the "softball"!?!
Tomorrow I am taking off, finally getting to see "ROGUE" with seats already reserved.
Wish I had a piece of that pie!?!
Have a great day!
Regards,
Pat
