There's a T-55 in there…somewhere:
([url]http://i.imgur.com/Iq6OSmI.jpg[/url])
^ At first I thought this to be a movie prop. Sort of a T-55 VISMOD trying to masquerade for an M1 in some zombie flick. Turns out it is an actual prototype for the Jaguar (LINK ([url]http://www.military-today.com/tanks/jaguar.htm[/url])), a joint Chinese-US (!) project from the 1980s.Thanks for filling in the blanks Moritz. I had seen most of the other upgrade proposals at one time or another but this one definitely a new one for me.
Romanian T-55.
Romanian T-55.
The upper picture is actually an early iteration of Al-Zarrar, a Pakistani-upgraded Type 59, which in turn is Chinese copy of T-54.
Not your granddad's T-55: Peruvian/Ukrainian Tifon 2A proposal:
This update adds in a new engine (1050hp multi-fuel supercharged diesel engine instead of 581 hp Diesel) giving it a top speed of 75 km/h. The main armament is now the 125 mm KBM-1M 48 caliber smoothbore gun instead of the 100 mm D-10T2G or D-10T2 rifled tank gun. The new gun is capable of firing both conventional ammunition and barrel-launched Kombat ATGMs. Also upgraded were the Fire Control System and sensor suite plus air conditioned system. It also incorporated Deflek Ceramic special alloy steel armor, and Nosh explosive reactive armor.
Another variant offered to Peru: T-55 fire support version
there's also an IFV called the BMP-64, based on the T-64 chassisThere is mention of and links to the BMP-64 in the link I shared in my post above
[url]http://photo.qip.ru/users/coast70/150430655/[/url] ([url]http://photo.qip.ru/users/coast70/150430655/[/url])
I dunno Greg; there are significant differences between the two:
([url]http://media.moddb.com/images/groups/1/3/2954/159932745.jpg[/url])
([url]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Achzarit.jpg[/url])
Here's a Puma, for comparison:
([url]http://i.auto-bild.de/ir_img/1/0/1/3/3/0/1/Schuetzenpanzer-Puma-729x486-f541c96755587347.jpg[/url])
The upper hull is very different between the Achzarit and the BMP-55 and the road wheels are different , drive wheels may be different.
It may be easier (and a lot cheaper) to start with the lower hull from a Trumpeter T-54/T-55 kit (reviews here: [url]http://www.missing-lynx.com/reviews/modern/trumpt55.htm[/url] ([url]http://www.missing-lynx.com/reviews/modern/trumpt55.htm[/url])) and scratch build the upper hull.
I wonder if its the basic T-54/55 engine in the BMP-55 or something new.
Some have bra armor,
Couldn't help myself:
(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/9c/b2/36/9cb23605d1ff43fd6a330b26f2956637.jpg)
Well...
Polish that armor soldier!!Remember to polish the inside too.
I was considering a Panzer '46 T-44 Beutepanzer. PzKw(r)-44???
Or possibly an Argentine army T-44 on the Malvinas during the the 1960's invasion, after Peron turned left. (That might well turn into a T-54/5)
supposedly a mine-clearing development is the rear-mounted rocket-propelled charges. The charges are launched across a minefield and once on the ground, are detonated.
It offers ideas though...
(https://www.inetres.com/gp/military/cv/tank/T-54/T-54-55_mine_clearing.png)
The British and Commonwealth developed their systems during the Second World War. The Canadians developed "Snake", an oversized application of the Bangalore torpedo in 1941 to 1942.[2] A more flexible development was "Conger", developed in 1944, a tube that could be fired across the minefield and then filled with explosive before detonation.[3]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mine-clearing_line_charge (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mine-clearing_line_charge)
Conger was a 2-inch (51 mm) woven hose launched by a five-inch (127 mm) rocket. The tube and rocket were mounted in a Universal Carrier which had been stripped out to reduce it down to an armoured tracked trailer that could be towed by a tank, often a Churchill AVRE. The rocket was fired, trailing the hose across the area to be cleared. Compressed air was then used to pump the liquid explosive - just over a ton of "822C" nitroglycerin - into the hose before it was detonated. Conger was used in Normandy where there were instances of premature detonation.[4]
No doubts about it. Pretty sure 'we' (NATO/US) stole the idea and tweaked it for our own use.
(https://preview.redd.it/3vcfdrj124261.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&v=enabled&s=904e22d0a5662e3366d6383b4cebe2d239be2eb7)
Here rather than the Panther thread, but I like movie star tanks.
(https://scontent-lga3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/341868682_160758119954192_2406465649288455519_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_p180x540&_nc_cat=109&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=-ToUXO_KmxUAX9INw-Y&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-2.xx&oh=00_AfCFAl2tdslIIVpy6d7v6a_XndxQyZyP8NZb7ZzkK5T7VA&oe=6446932E)
Thanks - I couldn't find a phot.
If it's stupid but it works, it's no longer stupid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g0AtmzhOKY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7g0AtmzhOKY)
supposedly a mine-clearing development is the rear-mounted rocket-propelled charges. The charges are launched across a minefield and once on the ground, are detonated.
It offers ideas though...
(https://www.inetres.com/gp/military/cv/tank/T-54/T-54-55_mine_clearing.png)
As a former Assault Pioneer, I fully appreciate that this Soviet configuration would be much more effective in clearing a much wider path under and either side of the tanks tracks than the likes of most Western mine-clearing line charge systems. The truth is such explosive overpressure type MCLC's miss a lot of mines - especially more reseliant anti-armour mines.
MAD