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Modelling => Ideas & Inspiration => Land => Topic started by: ysi_maniac on September 23, 2021, 06:32:25 PM

Title: ASCOD ("Austrian Spanish Cooperation Development")
Post by: ysi_maniac on September 23, 2021, 06:32:25 PM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCOD

Title: Re: ASCOD ("Austrian Spanish Cooperation Development")
Post by: ysi_maniac on September 23, 2021, 06:33:03 PM

What if spanish army decides to extend the life of their ageing M60 and Leo2A4 turrets by mounting them on ASCOD hulls?

(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/j340/ysi_maniac/ASCOD_M60_leo2.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds) (https://app.photobucket.com/u/ysi_maniac/a/e58f1c54-aee2-42c9-bc15-f72ec22af374/p/7fe13dd1-ce5d-41ba-91d6-071640c9a504)

Title: Re: ASCOD ("Austrian Spanish Cooperation Development")
Post by: GTX_Admin on September 24, 2021, 01:46:06 AM

Pre-empting the ASCOD 2 MMBT:

(https://i.redd.it/zga923b2u3471.jpg)

Not sure how the turret size/weight of the Leo2/M60 compares to the Leonardo HITFACT turret

Title: Re: ASCOD ("Austrian Spanish Cooperation Development")
Post by: apophenia on September 24, 2021, 04:50:33 AM

Quote from: GTX_Admin on September 24, 2021, 01:46:06 AM

Not sure how the turret size/weight of the Leo2/M60 compares to the Leonardo HITFACT turret

According to NATO, the reduced weight 120mm HITFACT weighs "5,800 kg in the basic armour configuration, with commander’s panoramic periscope, gunner’s aiming optics, 7.62  mm coaxial machine gun, 7.62 mm commander’s machine gun, and 12.7 mm loader’s machine gun."

Leopard 2 turrets weigh between 16 and 21 tonnes (with the Leopard 2E closer to the latter weight).

Title: Re: ASCOD ("Austrian Spanish Cooperation Development")
Post by: GTX_Admin on September 25, 2021, 12:14:05 AM

Yeah...so a Leo 2 turret might be a tad heavy.

Title: Re: ASCOD ("Austrian Spanish Cooperation Development")
Post by: GTX_Admin on September 25, 2021, 12:17:11 AM

What about an air defence version with guns and/or SAMs?  Or perhaps a dedicated anti-tank version with ATGMs?

Title: Re: ASCOD ("Austrian Spanish Cooperation Development")
Post by: upnorth on January 22, 2025, 05:25:15 AM

Digging through my photos, I was surprized to find that I have snapped the ASCOD a time or two:

(https://i.imgur.com/yiUCJ97.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/SPQ25Qo.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/FXlOGtL.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/7qpl4yg.jpg)

Title: Re: ASCOD ("Austrian Spanish Cooperation Development")
Post by: Gingie on March 03, 2025, 03:33:23 AM

Is there any link between the ASCOD series and the TH-495 concept?

Title: Re: ASCOD ("Austrian Spanish Cooperation Development")
Post by: GTX_Admin on March 03, 2025, 04:30:03 AM

Quote from: Gingie on March 03, 2025, 03:33:23 AM

Is there any link between the ASCOD series and the TH-495 concept?

None that I am aware of

Title: Re: ASCOD ("Austrian Spanish Cooperation Development")
Post by: ChalkLine on March 03, 2025, 04:49:50 AM

Quote from: Gingie on March 03, 2025, 03:33:23 AM

Is there any link between the ASCOD series and the TH-495 concept?

Competing designs as far as I know.