New Russian OOB (or SPR OOB)

[KraMax]

Marcello
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for tank T-55:

"Since 1960 the changes raising it technical characteristics have been entered into a tank design. Them concerned a duplicating hydropneumatic drive of management of a 19-disk main friction clutch, installation of the prismatic device at the tipper-of and air-liquid system of clearing of viewing devices of the mechanic-driver."

machine translate
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Tank T-55A slightly differed from tank T-55.

[KraMax]

Marcello
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for Tunguska:

Warhead size missle for Tunguska - from 76mm to 152mm. WH=76mm - in the description it is spoken that in a rocket the special explosive and amazing elements (shrapnel new type) are applied - for couples of it it was possible to reduce considerably weight missle.

source Russian: http://pvo.guns.ru/tunguska/tunguska_02.htm#2

If it is interesting to you to read all source - I can help to translate it into English.

[Marcello]

KraMax said:
Marcello
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for tank T-55:

"Since 1960 the changes raising it technical characteristics have been entered into a tank design. Them concerned a duplicating hydropneumatic drive of management of a 19-disk main friction clutch, installation of the prismatic device at the tipper-of and air-liquid system of clearing of viewing devices of the mechanic-driver."

machine translate
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Tank T-55A slightly differed from tank T-55.

What I meant to ask was this: in your OOB unit 15 has a FC
value of 5, while units 16/17/18 and so on have a FC value of 7.
Even in the cold war mod there is a similar jump from 5 to 8 between T-55s. I am assuming that the T-55 got some FC improvement (maybe not necessarily part of the T-55A package but around that time anyway), but what exactly?

[KraMax]

Marcello
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Tank T-55 batch production has begun in 1958, but in 1960 this tank modernise and continue to let out under the same name - T-55. In 1963 start to let out new tank T-55A.
T-55 (1960) differed from T-55 (1958) here than:

"Since 1960 the changes raising it technical characteristics have been entered into a tank design. Them concerned a duplicating hydropneumatic drive of management of a 19-disk main friction clutch, installation of the prismatic device at the tipper-of and air-liquid system of clearing of viewing devices of the mechanic-driver."

I.e. for change Fire Control in game on this tank have established for the tipper-of of a gun of the tank - the new device of an aiming.

Sorry for my bad English. If you have not understood me - write about it to me and I will try to translate to another the text.

source (Russian):
http://armoured.vif2.ru/t-55.htm
http://armor.kiev.ua/Tanks/Modern/T55/index.php
http://www.militaryparitet.com/nomen...iabrontanki/9/

[Marcello]

"I.e. for change Fire Control in game on this tank have established for the tipper-of of a gun of the tank - the new device of an aiming"

The translation of this was not very succesful but the important part is that the fire control got some improvements and that is what I wanted to know.
Now I noticed another thing: the T-62 has a
RF value of 8. To my knowledge however the T-62 retained stadiametric rangefinding. Was it really better than the
T-55 and if so how? Better quality ? Additional features?
Again thanks for any info.

[KraMax]

Tank T-55 had a sight - TSh2B-32P.
At tank T-62 have a new - modernized a sight - TSh2B-41

Here that write in sources:

"On T-62 have applied the improved sights and prompting devices, for example, telescopic sight TSh-2B-41 allowed tankmen to conduct exact fire on a distance to 4 thousand in m. we Will remind, that, according to foreign military experts, for fights on the European battlefield would be enough and 2,5 3 thousand in m. commander turrets have built in a binocular periscope rotating roof with fivefold increase in the afternoon and quadruple - at night. For the tipper-of also have entered two similar devices with range of action of the Watch facility of 800 m. for the mechanic-driver and charging have left same, as by the previous tank."

source (Russian):
http://armor.kiev.ua/Tanks/Modern/T62/T62_1.html

other source:
http://www.btvt.narod.ru/uchebka/tshb32p.htm
http://www.btvt.narod.ru/4/t62.htm
http://btvt.narod.ru/4/t62weapon.htm
http://armoured.vif2.ru/t-62.htm

Sorry for my bad English.

[KraMax]

We have found one more error.

change units:
unit 104 - T-10M - available from 1959 until 1993; Range Finder=10; Vision=20; MG weapons change - weapon 2=14.5mm KPV TMG, weapon 3=14.5mm KPV AAMG.

change formantion:
008 and 009 - Haavy tanks formations - available until 1993

To download it it is possible from the first page of this theme or from here: www.pecypc.kz/kramax/obat011.obf

[Marcello]

Now some organizational question. I see that rifle companies (formation n 627 and so on) in your OOB have an heavy machine gun platoon attached to them. Was it actually done?
And in general what kind of support was available? From what I read from the tables six 82/120mm mortars were available at the battalion support company but what others weapons were there? How many recoiless? AAMgs? Were 60mm mortars used?
I am asking this because I am reworking the afghan OOB and from what I have read so far it followed soviet patterns.
Yet they require several changes, as I imagine the DRA troops were not usually carrying around SA-7s and such, for obvious reasons.
Thanks in advance for any info.