If you look around you can find much worse videos from these riots. In one of them the Cobra gets cornered and at least 10 molotovs hit it and you think there's no way it could have survived but it drives away like nothing happened. Awesome vehicle.
The fire control radar is already on the turret. The search radar is what's in that rear tower section, and yes you're right, the whole rear tower section will probably be removed and it will use the ship's main search radar when it's deployed onto a ship for duty.
This article is nothing more than propaganda. Greece's airspace claims are not recognised internationally and are just their own egos stretching out beyond reality.
Also, what he actually said was "He fell for faith and country, fighting to defend National sovereignty and our territorial...
FYI that "journalist" is a Russian propagandist. The same scumbags that were spreading the "Turkey helps ISIS" rumours. By using them as sources now, you're helping them get credibility for their next anti-Turkish propaganda storm. Consider using different sources bro.
I believe the 2A4's FCS is able to handle new types of ammo by adding a new entry to the digital munition databank and putting in the new parameters for weight, drag, etc.
I was surprised to see the dual engine in the first place to be honest. Trainers are almost always single-engine to minimise cost per flight hour, which is very important because that affects how much training pilots get.
I don't know where you people are getting this. PKK admins don't decide what goes on the map (comments might be another story). SyrianCivilWarMap is pro-PKK biased, Liveuamap is pretty neutral.
Also, Afrin is not besieged yet as of 1 hour ago:
"In addition, the tanks will also receive laser warning systems and infrared jammers, providing additional protection from 2nd Generation missiles (TOW, Konkurs etc.)"
Good news.
Aleppo24 counts 405 dead YPG as of 2 days ago: http://en.aleppo24.com/60-civilians-have-been-killed-in-a-month-of-clashes-in-afrin-dozen-of-deaths-by-arbitrary-shelling-of-the-turkish-army-and-ypg
KIA:WIA is typically 1:3 so TSK's estimate of 1800 neutralised is completely reasonable.
We're talking about the infantry around the tank. The smoke grenades are to protect the tank. It's not just grenades either - the turret will automatically turn to face the ATGM so that it will hit the area with maximum armour. Until Akkor or the Ukrainian APS is ready, it should be good enough.
The alarm will sound when the ATGM has locked the guidance laser onto the tank, which happens when it's fired. Plenty of time for infantry to move away from the tank.
The powder in the next shot will usually come from the same batch, will be at a similar temperature and stored in a similar environment, etc, and there are factors other than powder too. This patent explains it a little:
"Muzzle velocity is an important parameter in fire control systems wherein...