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I couldn't find a thread related to Israeli AFVs in general, so I'm hoping all Israeli AFV related stuff can be consolidated here. Obviously it's not all just Merkava. Short story: IDF is looking into adding drones and LMs to its AFVs. Background: This is fairly old news. It's all part of the...

Hi everyone, As previous threads on French interwar-1940 vehicles, I am creating a new one centered on unbuilt Char B projects. This will deal with pretty obscure vehicles, which we presently have few or no illustrations of. B2, B3 and BB: It is possible to go all the way back to October 28...

Is there any use of a 37 or 40mm gun in a light tank? As the guns of armored vehicles, particularly of tanks have gotten larger, is there really any point of a vehicle with a 37 or 40mm gun?

Hi everyone, This thread will be dedicated to the discussion of French cavalry vehicles in the intended 1940-1942 period, namely: - AM 39 Gendron-Somua - Laffly heavy/powerful armored car - Bucciali heavy/powerful armored car - AMX-40 heavy/powerful armored car - late Panhard AMD 178...

Hello and good day to everyone. This thread was created in order to gain info about the new Italian army MBT and IFV projects currently in development. Background: Since 2023, Italy started to look for new solutions for modernize it's armored compartments. The program aim to acquire two type...

Hello all. I've recently become very interested in the history and development of the BMD series of Soviet/Russian airborne vehicles. I was wondering if anyone has any pictures of models or design sketches of a BMD-5. I've been wondering about this because of an Army Recognition article I came...

Hello, I got a new prototype again, unfortunately I have no information about the vehicle Greetings from Frielendorf / Germany - Johannes

Looks like some of the Bradley’s will have a new home. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/biden-says-bradley-fighting-vehicles-are-table-ukraine-2023-01-04/

Hi everyone, I have uncovered a few documents on the development of the Mtsubishi ZF and ZG series engines. The 10ZF was used on the Type 74 tank, the 6ZF on the Type 75 SPH and the 4ZF on Type 73 APC and derivatives. The 8ZG mentionned in the related document is a predecessor to the 10ZG...

While there are associated threads for Australia's Land 400 Ph3 and the US Army's OMFV programs: https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/australian-army-land-400-ph3-competition.32372/#post-422435 https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/bradley-replacement-omfv.30951/page-2#post-365027...

The M3 Halftrack and the Sdkfz 251 are the most well known ones, but did the other major powers have APCs? What about WW1?

https://www.dsca.mil/sites/default/files/mas/press_release-australia_21-40_cn.pdf A step towards Australia's future Heavy Armoured Capability: 75 M1A2 SEPv3 Abrams MBT; 29 M1150 Assault Breacher Vehicles; 18 M1074 Joint Assault Bridges 6 more M88A2 Hercules Still to go through formal Govt...

Hello dear tank friends :) Here I show an unknown tank concept that dates back to the 70s! There are no details available, just the contour! Its in 1:10 scale Greetings from Frielendorf Germany

I'm coining this the Anatolian Leopard, as it features turret of Turkey's Altay MBT mated to the Chassis of a Leopard 2 A4. Featuring, L44 Cannon from Leo2A4, modern FCS and E/O, RCWS, APS+radar, LWR and full 360 IR/CCD camera for situational awareness. Not much else is known about this...

An interesting site covering various unbuilt armoured vehicle projects https://armouredarchives.com/

I wonder if anyone with a first or second edition copy of Janes Weapons Systems (1969 or 70) could help me track down an image showing a Marder like mock up of a US MICV design for the 1967 MICV competition. I photocopied it some years back from a Library copy (now no longer available) and...

1. (BAE) Charger 2. on Project 299 tank chassis 3. unidentified 4. ?

G'day gents Just been reading an extract from The Bradley and How It Got That Way: Technology, Institutions, and the Problem of Mechanized Infantry in the United States Army by by W. Blair Haworth I found it interesting that "The U.S. Army Tank Automotive Command (TACOM) conducted a...

Found today ;D