Don,
THIS IS AS YOU HAVE TIME TO ANSWER AT YOUR CONVIENCE-ONLY.
Sweden is going to send
10 UNITS of the
STRV 122, of which I've spent a couple of hours+ looking at and hoping to find a
simple solution for an
export version, of which I think will work
without modification and
want your opinion if you feel the same about it as I do.
Numbers vary between
180 - 210 total
STRV 122 models with least
45 in service around
end of 2021 early 2022. That number probably has gone up since the war started to include the
first live fire tests for the
STRV 122 since
~2002 around end of ~2021.
From the game side to establish a baseline plus
many newer refs since I submitted a
modified STRV 122 a few years back. Those UNITS are the
STRV 122A UNIT 031/UNIT 356/UNIT 358 and STRV 122B UNIT 353.
My thinking is having me lean towards
STRV 122 UNIT 356 for the
EXPORT version.
Issues
I'll be looking into based on these newer refs. include...
Increasing
TI/GSR for
UNITS 353 & 358.
Review
HF armor for the whole series initial block. I have uncovered the
tank of origin for this. However, I believe I asked to
have it deleted from its
OOB also a few years back because it
wasn't exported fully however
Sweden and
Greece did take from this tank it's
HF and TF armor package.
SWEDEN/CHANGE/STRV 122A/UNIT 031/STEEL/TOP 12 vice 8. // There is absolutely
NO DIFFERENCE between these tanks in
TOP armor. Remember they were all
SPEC built.
Finally, again as was the case years back the newer refs I'll submit at a later date with this added package are saying the
same thing now as then, this
version of the LEOPARD 2A5 is probably the
BEST protected
TOP attack tank in NATO. It deserves
another look since I submitted that as part of the modification then.
However, I believe what we have is probably right.
Also, I came across the fact that by
JAN 2023 Sweden received the final shipments of
NEW tank ammo from
ELBIT in Israel. This will affect
UNITS 353 & 358 ONLY. From the ref...
"Elbit will supply the Swedish Armed Forces with
M339 120mm tank shells for the army’s Leopard battle tanks. The contract will be carried out over
10 months."
"The
M339 rounds are compliant with
NATO and US military specifications, Elbit said. In
2020, Elbit
sold the munition to the
Finnish military."
https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel...r-150-million/
https://elbitsystems.com/landing/wp-...nks_15_Web.pdf
(Page 5 with a long list of users.)
https://www.armyrecognition.com/defe...e_systems.html
IF YOU HAVE NO ISSUES WITH THE PROPOSED EXPORT "VERSION" IT'LL JUST SAVE SOME TIME.
BECAUSE THERE IS NO TIMELINE SET FOR DELIVERY, I WILL PUT THIS ON THE BACK BURNER.
CHALLENGER 2 export will be done tomorrow,
never mind, later today and hope to have
UAE/JORDAN LeClerc's done as well.
Travel day yesterday and busy after getting home. No place like home and our bed.!!!! And the "
joy" of getting our taxes done later today.
Good Night.
Regards,
Pat
