Russian self-propelled anti-tank gun TEPS "Octopus SDM1."



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indon making lots of procurement these days... jokowi bowing to the military

Indonesia Soon to Field new Submarine Killer Unit

A new helicopter fleet with greatly boost Indonesia’s underwater detection capabilities.

By Franz-Stefan Gady
June 20, 2015
 
The Indonesian Navy will re-establish an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aviation squadron, according to IHS Jane’s Defense Weekly.

The article, based on a report published by Indonesia’s state news agency Antara, notes that this will be the first time since the 1970s that the Indonesian Navy will have a naval aviation unit dedicated solely to ASW.

The aviation squadron, named Skuadron Udara 100, will be established to provide operational support for Indonesia’s new fleet of 11 ASW configured AS-565 MBe Panther helicopters, according to Indonesian military officials.

“The Panther now becomes one of the world’s most capable light/medium anti-submarine warfare platforms, with an advanced ASW suite and the capability to operate from corvettes or small frigates,” emphasized Philippe Monteux, Head of Region South East Asia & Pacific at Airbus.

There is no set date yet when the squadron will become operational. According to a source within the Indonesian Navy and cited by IHS Jane’s Defense Weekly: “The squadron will only be commissioned closer to the date of the first Panther’s delivery.”

This would imply that the unit could be stood up as early as next year, since all 11 helicopters are scheduled to be delivered by the end of 2017. Once operational the squadron will be stationed at an Indonesian Navy airbase in Juanda, Surabaya.

“We want to ensure that our combat capabilities are in line with the new platforms and weapon systems that we are receiving,” noted the Indonesian Navy’s chief of staff, Admiral Ade Supandi in an interview on June 17.

The helicopters will operate from the Indonesian Navy’s SIGMA 10514-class guided-missile corvettes and Bung Tomo-class corvettes.

The AS-565 Panther helicopter will be equipped with either Raytheon Mk 46 or Whitehead A.244/S lightweight ASW torpedoes and will also be fitted with dipping sonar DS-100 helicopter long-range active sonar (HELRAS). According to the website Defense Update:

The DS-100 is A 1.38 kHz version of the popular AQS-18A dipping sonar. The DS-100 is capable of operating at depths to 500 meters designed for long-range surveillance and underwater search. Using high resolution doppler processing and long shaped pulses, it can detect submarines even very low speed (near zero doppler signal). According to L-3, the DS-100 is also suited to redetection, target localization and weapon delivery against submarines at deep and shallow waters. 

The helicopter will also be fitted with unnamed indigenously developed hardware as some media reports state.

Lol I really doubt Indonesia capable to maintain their fleet ?

Kind of worry will end up like their old jet fighter that grounded w/o spare parts or ammunition.

Lol I really doubt Indonesia capable to maintain their fleet ?

Kind of worry will end up like their old jet fighter that grounded w/o spare parts or ammunition.

The new 125mm cannon tech demonstrator received a public and high profile send off, complete with a large complement of PLA personnel, speeches from top CNU officials and interested onlookers. The shell cartridge on the left side of the table is over 1 meter in length.

While new tanks like the Russian Armata and Turkish Altay are taking the spotlight in the world of armored vehicles, China has a new tank gun that might just beat them all. The 127th Ordinance Institute, of the Central Northern University, handed over a new 125mm cannon to PLA officers at a June 10, 2015 ceremony.

The Institute claims that the new multipurpose cannon will have the highest range, velocity and penetration power of any 120mm/125mm cannon in the world. Where the story gets more interesting is that by June 14, all references to the new 125mm cannon had been scrubbed from the University's website, which suggests an official desire for secrecy during tests.
China 127th Institute Central North University 125mm tank cannon
A New Multipurpose Cannon

The 127th Ordinance Research Institute's news 125mm tank cannon is the world' largest, with a barrel length over 7.5 meters and highly powerful shells.

The multipurpose cannon achieves its high performance through a high length to caliber ratio of at least 60:1 (the longest tank gun in service is the German 120mm cannon, which has a ratio of 55:1), and a larger cartridge, that stores more propellant explosives. While the multipurpose cannon is currently mounted on a towed carriage, several characteristics suggest that it is intended in use for enclosed spaces (IE tank turrets).

Looking at the staff preparing the gun (just for the handover ceremony), it's going to require a very big and tall turret to take advantage of the gun's full elevation capabilities (though the production model may have a lower maximum angle of fire), larger than those found on current Chinese tanks. Also note the fume extractor (the smooth bulge on the midsection of the barrel) that siphons off poisonous fumes and other propellant byproducts to avoid poisoning any turret crew.

Located on the middle of the barrel is a bore evacuator that aids in the release of combusted explosive fumes, to prevent those toxic gases from accumulating inside an enclosed space, which would otherwise poison crew members and foul the gun. The multipurpose cannon's recoil system is installed onto the top of the towed carriage frame and top of the cannon breech block, which is optimized for horizontal firing (anti-tank and direct fire) as opposed to high angle artillery fire.

Russian self-propelled anti-tank gun TEPS "Octopus SDM1."

who need heavy tanks now

I just love the Soviet airborne troops. Unlike US paratroopers who only function as light infantry, Soviet-style paratroopers bring all of their armored toys in a drop mission. Soviet doctrine also calls for armored vehicle crews to be dropped inside their vehicles and rolling off to combat instantly upon touchdown, instead of being dropped separately and the crew taking time running around looking for their vehicle.

I mean the turret is like a seperate module.

It can even be mount on our av8 because equipment is within the turret itself.

LoL, I highly doubt the AV8 has the same turret-mounting circumference.

Of course module and turret-swapping between tanks is possible, as long as specs are compatible. I somehow doubt turkish and russian armor vehicle specs are that much compatible. Maybe this turret can be fitted to Soviet/Russian designed tank like T-72 or PT-91 or perhaps smaller vehicles like BMP, I don't know, but is more logical to think that way rather than two unrelated armored vehicles from two different countries are very compatible to the point of having the same specs.

By your logic, we must be able to mount an M1 Abrams turret onto the Pendekar, just because 'equipment is within the turret itself'.

The Turkish Otokar Arma 8x8 can be fitted with Russian BMP-3 turret.

Probably designed for this in mind. Even so, universal swapping of turrets and armored vehicles are a practical and technical impossibility. It's like fitting a round peg into a smaller round hole. Both are round, but for some reason they won't fit together.

Dcns certainly love to come out with crazy design and concept.