armoured fighting vehicles

  1. World B4

    ERA on lightly armored vehicles

    During tests run by the USSR, it was determined that putting ERA on lightly armored vehicles was a bad idea, as it would break the hull. I see lots of people talking about "it's a vbied now lol" every time a photo shows ERA on a vehicle with less than BMP-3 levels of armor. But the thing is, we...
    • World B4
    • Thread
    • armoured fighting vehicles cold war early 21st century explosive reactive armor late 20th century light vehicles post-cold war
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Military
  2. C

    Butchinsky's "Combat Fork"

    Managed to find some info on this, thing. It's a design by S.E. Buchinsky, proposed in 1940. It's a wheel battery based on GAZ-A truck with 3x 45mm, that somehow should be able to rotate to the sides, allowing all 3 guns to point at the same target. Armourwise, the cabin would be 10mm thick...
  3. Grey Havoc

    Bovington Tank Museum - 21 proto-tanks and tank concepts that never made it to battle

    • Grey Havoc
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    • ancient world armoured fighting vehicles atomic era future industrial era lindybeige medieval times modern era renaissance tankfest 2019
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Found on the Internet
  4. GUNDAM123dx

    Early British Gas Turbine for AFVs

    It seems that CA Parsons suddenly constructed gas turbines in 1954 for Conqueror prototype P.7 07BA70 and made it the first AFV to have a gas turbine engine. Cuz I have never read any materials about the development of early British gas turbines for ground vehicles. Anyone knows something about...
    • GUNDAM123dx
    • Thread
    • armoured fighting vehicles cold war gas turbine heavy tank tank united kingdom
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: Propulsion
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