THE M1 ABRAMS SPENDS ITS AUTUMN YEARS IN THE ARAB WINTER













https://southfront.org/m1-abrams-spends-aut...rs-arab-winter/

Does export models have the same armor?

we dun boikot simply becos they are juice la. malaysia isnt that childish

case study; we close our diplomatic (and everything) with south africa during apartheid era. now when apartheid is down we buy them saffer shit which amounts to billions of dollars (our trade is like, what 20 billion dollar annually?). in fact, ATM is a very satisfied and loyal customer of Denel

another thing; serbia, the one that murders hundreds of thousands of Bosnian and croat muslims; with crimes bigger than the jews did since intifada 03 (who at least did some deliberation). after they got punish and that milovic guy is tried, we have our embassies there, we buy munition from yugoimport(mortar, artillery, naval gun round, etc). hell there are plenty of serbian footballer in malaysia. apa cer?

http://www.kln.gov.my/web/srb_belgrade/e20...elgrade%2Fe2013

kesimpulannya, israel need to go back to 1948 border (or at least 1967)and b4 we can tok kok. that's the gomen policy

The M60A3 Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) would hot-rod the Patton via kits supplied by Raytheon and its partners. The new V-12 diesel engine is rebuilt with stronger internals, increased fuel and airflow capacity, better cooling and more compression, and coupled to a strengthened transmission. The changes bump its output from 750 to 950 horsepower

The Patton's turret can be converted from hydraulic to electric power. Hydraulics are hard to maintain and the hydraulic lines running through the M60's hull are downright dangerous. The kit replaces them with digitally-controlled electric wiring and actuators, making the turret quieter and lighter while allowing it to rotate faster. In place of the original 105mm M68 rifled gun, the M60 SLEP slots in a 120mm M256 smooth bore cannon

"It's directly out of the M1A1," Guzulaitis says of the gun. "It's substantially more accurate, definitely more lethal, it's lighter and it allows you to use a wider range of NATO-partner ammunition." The gun's range is "substantially greater than an off-the-shelf M60 cannon," too, thanks to a not only the gun itself but also the new digital fire control and sight systems that come with the SLEP. The new configuration has sighting and fire control linked via Ethernet integrated with a laser day sight and night thermal sight, all connected to the electronic turret drive

"A legacy M60 tank requires you to stop to shoot to achieve a high level of accuracy," he says. "The new system allows you to shoot on the move, which equals increased survivability. If you have to stop to shoot, you're opening yourself up to getting hit." 

Don't cry when you lose

This is war, just like when you go casino, when u win u take ur winnings, when u lose u cannot ask the banker to samula return your bet because u lose

Managing your political affairs like small kids playing pokemon card 

Does export models have the same armor?

we dun boikot simply becos they are juice la. malaysia isnt that childish

case study; (snip)

kesimpulannya, israel need to go back to 1948 border (or at least 1967)and b4 we can tok kok. that's the gomen policy

Does export models have the same armor?

It's not really hard to mount aew on atr-72. In fact, it was done on smaller aicraft

An Air Force helicopter was damaged following an accident in Hingurakgoda today, the Air Force said.

The Air Force said the helicopter was damaged at the Hingurakgoda air base during a training exercise.

The pilot of the helicopter was safe. Investigations have been launched into the incident.

The F-35 Lightning II, Lockheed Martin’s fifth-generation fighter jet, is expected to miss another crucial deadline on its march to combat readiness.

On Tuesday, the Pentagon acknowledged that the jet would stumble pass its operational testing phase.

“The target was the middle of 2017, but it’s clear we’re not going to make that,” said Frank Kendall, the Pentagon’s top acquisition officer said.

The new schedule date, according to Kendall, is likely to occur in 2018.

The mid-2017 target was already a postponement from the original target date because of setbacks with the F-35′s sixth and final software release, referred to as Block 3F.

The Block 3F software is part of the 8 million lines of sophisticated software code that underpin the F-35.

In short, if the code fails, the F-35 fails

Vietnam May Request F-16s, P-3 Orions From US

Wendell Minnick, Defense News 11:20 a.m. EDT May 25, 2016

TAIPEI, Taiwan — With the lifting of the US arms embargo to Vietnam, a US defense industry source indicates Hanoi is seeking to improve its air defense and maritime security capabilities with the procurement of F-16 fighter aircraft from the US Pentagon’s excess defense articles (EDA) program and refurbished P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft, armed with torpedoes.

The source also said Vietnam could seek US-made UAVs for maritime intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions.

Torpedoes were banned under the embargo, but now the Vietnamese want the same P-3 program the US sold to Taiwan, the source said. On the F-16 EDA, they want the same deal the Obama administration gave Indonesia.

Defense News has also acquired an unclassified defense industry briefing prepared by the US Pacific Command. According to the report, “Socialist Republic of Vietnam — Country Security Cooperation Plan,” the US Embassy in Hanoi “possesses a robust security cooperating program operating in accordance with US policy goals and interests to promote integration and access focused on key areas within the Vietnamese security architecture.”

Defense News has acquired an unclassified defense industry briefing prepared by the US Pacific Command. According to the report, the US Embassy in Hanoi “possesses a robust security cooperating program operating in accordance with US policy goals and interests to promote integration and access focused on key areas within the Vietnamese security architecture.” (Photo: US Pacific Command)

These include achieving air and maritime domain awareness, providing maritime security against traditional and nontraditional security threats, delivering all-hazards response and support to civil authorities, participating in regional contingency response and international peacekeeping operations, and addressing the impact of Vietnam War legacy issues on civil society.

“The SCO [Security Cooperation Organization] is manned and capable of providing in-country support and coordination for programs to expand US defense article procurement ... and assist Vietnam in developing and sustaining professional armed forces,” the report said.

According to the report, Vietnam’s strategic outlook involves the survival of the Communist Party by maintaining sovereignty and independence, achieving freedom of maneuver, and ensuring sovereignty over its exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and unfettered access to natural resources and the global economic market.

China has been testing Vietnam’s EEZ claims with incursions by maritime patrol vessels, aggressive commercial fishing vessels and the stationing of an oil drilling test platform in 2014, dubbed the Haiyang Shiyou 981 standoff.

Vietnam’s goals, according to the report, are to enhance its presence in the South China Sea with upgrades for submarine warfare, maritime air-ground interdiction, anti-surface warfare (ASUW), anti-submarine warfare (ASW), maritime domain awareness (MDA), early warning, and command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR).

In the past, Vietnam has procured defense articles from sources within the former Soviet Union and former East Bloc nations, but it has “begun reaching out to the European Union, Israel, and others.”

Jakarta receives 1st batch of advanced battle tanks

Leopard 2 RIs being upgraded as govt wants them to be more suitable for urban combat

JAKARTA — Indonesia has taken delivery of the first eight of 61 more-advanced Leopard 2 RI (Republic of Indonesia) main battle tanks (MBTs), according to German defence contractor Rheinmetall.

The tanks are part of a US$290 million (S$400.9 million) contract signed between the country and the company in 2012, when Indonesia placed an order consisting of a total of 103 used Leopard MBTs.

This included 42 Leopard 2+ MBTs, 42 Marder infantry fighting vehicles and 11 armoured recovery and engineering vehicles from surplus German Army stocks, reported IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly, which cited Rheinmetall executives at the company’s recent Land Forces Symposium 2016.

The executives said all 42 of the Leopard 2+ vehicles — which are equipped with a bustle-mounted airconditioning system due to the country’s tropical weather — have been delivered. Others that have been handed over include the Marder and support vehicles.

The 61 Leopard 2 RIs are all receiving upgrades, which include elements from a modular upgrade package called Rheinmetall MBT Revolution. This was requested by the Indonesian military, which had wanted specific modifications to make the tanks more suitable for urban combat.

It is not known what the specifications requested by the military are.

Germany’s Krauss-Maffei Wegmann manufactures the Leopard 2 MBTs, but its fire control technology and a 20mm smoothbore gun as well as ammunition are supplied by Rheinmetall.

Indonesia indicated its interest to Germany to purchase military equipment in August 2012, but approval was delayed because of opposition in Berlin, which is concerned with Jakarta’s human rights record. The German Security Council eventually approved the deal eight months later.

According to IHS Jane’s Defence Weekly, the deal will see Rheinmetall transfer “undisclosed technologies” to Indonesian state-owned land systems specialist PT Pindad (Persero) and Indonesia’s Ordnance Depot and Signal Corps.

This is not the first time Indonesia has had dealings with Rheinmetall.

The country had ordered stateof-the-art simulation technology for training tank crews from Rheinmetall, said the company in a press release dated December 2014.

This included the Leopard Gunnery Skills Trainer and Driver Training Simulator, which are specifically designed for training Leopard 2 tank crews, and will be used for sharpening the gunnery and combat skills of com- manders, gunners and drivers.

The delivery of the battle tanks came after Indonesia increased its defence budget by 2 per cent for this year to US$7.2 billion, according to Ministry of Finance figures.

The country has been beefing up defences in the Natuna Island cluster in the South China Sea, which included setting up the latest air defence system. The move comes amid growing tensions in the regional maritime domain, especially with China’s growing assertiveness in the South China Sea — which has led South-east Asian countries to ramp up enforcement of their maritime domains while boosting their naval capabilities. AGENCIES

Indonesia indicated its interest to Germany to purchase military equipment in August 2012, but approval was delayed because of opposition in Berlin, which is concerned with Jakarta’s human rights record.

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