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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #225 on: January 20, 2020, 08:07:38 AM »
T-34 still in use in Yemen:

Does anyone else think this looks like WW2 German tank camouflage?

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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #226 on: January 21, 2020, 01:59:26 AM »
It does a bit.
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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #227 on: March 24, 2020, 11:15:59 PM »
Ob'yekt 430
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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #228 on: March 30, 2020, 12:26:35 AM »
Fidel's SU-100 from the Bay of Pigs (now on display in Havanna), which he/they claim to have damaged one of the invaders' ships.
 

Only thing not found in the Tamiya kit is that box on the right rear casement (see third photo, above)
https://www.scalemates.com/kits/tamiya-89791-su-100--186427

Actual memorial at Bay of Pigs



http://ftr.wot-news.com/2013/09/13/a-su-100-that-shot-an-american-ship/
https://www.businessinsider.com/fidel-castros-tank-in-havana-cuba-2015-6

Additional readings.
https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/bayofpigs/ 

http://www.fidelcastro.cu/en/noticia/bay-pigs-and-anti-cuba-campaign
 
https://www.net-maquettes.com/pictures/su-100-krasnodar/ 
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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #229 on: March 31, 2020, 11:21:35 PM »
Chinese TYPE 59 (and such) tracks with rubber track pads (US M48/60 style)
https://imgur.com/a/JVv5Oq7?fbclid=IwAR05I9n8HiZqYDL34euVpCtFOqjKHjTame_JwnWK1gVgU6-95mo3Y31k0yc

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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #230 on: April 01, 2020, 12:34:15 AM »
SU-44-120, one-off prototype.



For a "no wrong answers build" I'd suggest an SU-85 or 122 casement, T-54/55 hull, T-34 roadwheels and cylindrical external fuel tanks, plus a donor 120mm main gun with muzzle brake.

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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #231 on: April 05, 2020, 02:50:21 AM »
Soviet "Crab" diving tank










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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #232 on: April 05, 2020, 05:41:33 AM »
@Story - was there any mention of the intended purpose for this vehicle? 
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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #233 on: April 05, 2020, 11:49:07 AM »
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@Story - was there any mention of the intended purpose for this vehicle?

None that I could find. I think someone was watching too much SPACE 1999 on 3CP1 TV.
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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #234 on: April 06, 2020, 02:42:11 AM »
It appears to be a variant of a BTS-4 ARV.  Speculation online is that particular snorkel attachment was for use in recovering wrecks in harbors. Just drive up to whatever you want to bring to the surface and pump it full of air from a surface auxiliary air tank and try to dislodge it from the seabed, either floating it to the surface where a recovery boat would be waiting or attaching lines to drag it out of the water.
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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #235 on: April 18, 2020, 04:26:18 AM »
One stop shopping for notes on Soviet Missile Tanks https://www.alternatewars.com/BBOW/Tanks/Russian_Missile_Tanks.htm

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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #236 on: April 18, 2020, 04:34:39 AM »
 :smiley:
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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #237 on: November 15, 2020, 03:24:17 AM »
Kevlar-E prototype: 2S1 chassis rebuilt as an IFV, from Ukraine.  Three crew + six passengers.

Source in Ukrainian
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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #238 on: February 21, 2021, 03:17:10 PM »
Question for the experts: how, in your estimation, would the image from the commander's sight be transmitted to the commander's display (the commander sits in the front of the hull, outside of the turret)?

Can it only done wirelessly, or is there a wired solution to this requirement?
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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #239 on: February 21, 2021, 03:41:56 PM »
I would guess it's a wireless solution because the flexible interface for a wiring/fibre-optic loom for a 360o-traversing turret would, I'd think, be rather complex for transmitting that level of data.
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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #240 on: February 22, 2021, 02:17:24 AM »
Not wireless - slip rings:  example
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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #241 on: February 22, 2021, 02:04:10 PM »
Oops! My brain was in the "slip ring around the turret ring" mode, I completely forgot about enclosed turret baskets (or even floored turrets)! :o :o :o
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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #242 on: February 22, 2021, 03:04:05 PM »
Wireless could be subject to EW interference.  A cabled solution solves one more level of security that a wireless system lacks.

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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #243 on: March 26, 2021, 10:12:42 AM »
'Looks like there will be a kit for the Moderna 1.
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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #244 on: September 30, 2021, 11:32:34 AM »
Hi ADMINS, I have not founs a thread devote to this subject. If there is already one, please move my post. Thanks.

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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #245 on: September 30, 2021, 11:32:53 AM »
What if Morocco in MLU proces for their ageing T-72, decides to modify M60s -equally ageing- turrets in order to accept 125 mm gun?


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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #246 on: October 03, 2021, 03:55:09 AM »
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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #247 on: October 03, 2021, 02:05:40 PM »
T-90 and Merkava crossing



Israel could do a new Tiran option aimed for export. I would buy the bottom one.

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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #248 on: December 16, 2021, 01:33:41 AM »
Found this all-encompasing page of Soviet Armor from the Cold War era, with a bunch of diverse color schemes.
https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/coldwar/ussr/coldwar_soviet_tanks

Ukrainian summer olive-sand? Who knew?

 

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Re: Soviet/Russian Tank and derivatives Ideas and Inspiration
« Reply #249 on: December 24, 2021, 12:13:03 AM »
I could see a T-35 (with some turrets replaced by radio stations) being used as a command tank for three or four Teletanks.

Teletanks were a series of wireless remotely controlled unmanned tanks produced in the Soviet Union in the 1930s and early 1940s so as to reduce combat risk to soldiers.[1] They saw their first combat use in the Winter War, at the start of World War II. A teletank is controlled by radio from a control tank at a distance of 500–1,500 metres, the two constituting a telemechanical group. Teletanks were used by the Soviet Red Army in the Winter War, fielding at least two teletank battalions at the beginning of the Eastern Front campaign in the Second World War.[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletank

https://survincity.com/2012/05/teletanks-soviet-second-world/


While the XT-133 was a flame tank, apparently some of the T-26 teletanks looked really similar (stub gun tube).
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