Jatosint
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Anyone know kaplan armor thickness ? Om windu said it is stanag 4 and front stanag 5. 105 mm but it is equipped with falarick it can use against mbt. But if we upgrase kaplan to use 120mm are tank structure strong enough to absorb the energy? Or we still want use 120 mm so maybe using oto melara 120 mm low pressure gun. As i remember from kaskus trid in 2015s low pressure gun mean lower velocity. Projectile use kinetic energy so faster better
Harimau has STANAG Level 4 armor so it can withstand 14.5mm projectiles and 155mm shell splinters. Add-on armor can be added to increase its protection to Level 5 --> able to withstand 25mm projectiles
Lesson from battle of Marawi, small calibre guns can't do much in urban warfare where building made from concrete blocks.
AFP found that 105mm is best for them to make a way for friendly force trough the building or destroy enemies hid behind the wall.
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I believe this is one of the reasons they are in the market for 105mm-equipped medium tank. Their 76mm and 90mm were not good enough as expected.
So to say certain calibre is better than others is relatively depend on which battle environment you are in.
Yup we can learn many valuable lessons from Battle of Marawi in which Philippine armed forces used 105mm howitzer in a direct-fire mode because they don't have any mobile large-caliber gun/vehicle (like MBT or FSV) which is badly needed in an urban warfare
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Talking about increasing Harimau anti-armor capability, can we add ATGM launcher to its turret?
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