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no, this YATAGANOplets were put into a strong field trials against Western tanks like Leopard 2A6, Leclerc in Turkey. Turkish officials know the minues/plus sides of Oplets. Altay is the product of such field experiences gained on those trials.
I am going to share the images of Oplets fielded in Turkey.
Oplet and Leo
Oplet, Leo and Leclerc in winter trials in Turkey
Oplet
T-84 and Oplot are different animals ... T-84 = our UDs..
Here is a pic of T-84 and Oplot:
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Now coming back to AK -- did you ever count facts like our fiscal constraints ?
Yes Abram was operated in Iraq but do you think the soil here is similiar to Iraq ?
Have you not learnt a lesson from India's stupidity ... Apart from its flawed design,obsolete gun and other issues.. Another issue that india has faced with Arjun is deployment.. The rail networks can't transport it.. The bridges can't carry it ...etx etc...
Oplot is a good choice (which I have been barking since yesterday) because 60% of it would be produced in Pak... It will save us the logistical and training nightmare thanks to UD's! It will replace our fleet of obsolete tanks.. It's cheaper at 6 million (give or take)... It will save us valuable time... Which we don't have.
Coming to Altay .. It's a heavier tank (not suitable for us)... It's still years from induction (than Turkey will definetly equip its own forces first).. It's still very much under development... It would burden AK project.. Create logistic,training issues... It will be a time consuming affair...etc etc.
Oplot would suppliment our fleet it would save us not only previous time,logistic and training hassles,will give us flexibility,quick replacement of old tanks .. It would be more affordable etc etc etc! It will not be at the cost of AK project ! It is still a superior tank as compared to anything our enemy possesses!
Get Oplots with TOT.. Develop AK ... That's the best deal possible... But still we can collaborate with Turkey on further variants of AK ... What more do you want!
So why so many years passed and they relay on foreign (now it is Byelorussia)? Now they can not buy anything in Ukr, cause of war. Of course Rus is very powerful country, but in certain matter of design and technology they still are not achieved level of Ukr, in spite of hundred times more defense spending.
I did mention that the model in the trials was an older variant, it's in the post after. The fact still remains that its baseline predecessor did not perform well, so the issue arises on how much you can upgrade/modify in order to bring up to par with other tanks.
I have counted in fiscal traits, and I'm not saying we abandon this tank, it's just that we should look elsewhere and run another acquisition.
Going back to the Abrams, you'd be surprised to see how similar the fine grain sand dunes and top soils found in Iraq are to our Thar desert.
You are right about the logistics and ease of integration, I'm with you on that and it will serve our purpose well.
The heaviness of the Altay only becomes an issue with transportation, and that's over long distances. If it is stationed at the front, behind the canals, irrigation ditches and various natural barriers it would be a serious force multiplier,and to invest in the necessary infrastructure to give us an huge edge is a small opportunity cost, the same applies to time, training etc. The tank is scheduled for full operational service in 2018, that's not long away and the development phase is over. It's undergoing extensive trials. What you will see now is improvements.
The AK can continue or maybe we could like you said see a fusion between the two.
Anyway, there is already an Altay thread going on and the two tanks are very different. This machine is being evaluated for the numbers and ease of induction. The Altay fits into a different category.
Anyway, this is just an evaluation at this point in time and the thread should be devoted to the OPLOT.
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In this circumstances, Claiming that Ukraine is ahead of Russia on many fields despite hundreds of times more defence spending looks strange to me from many sides.
Ready to agree if you explain why Rus are not developed they own sights for their primary tanks and ATGM like T-90MS and Khrizantema and use Byelorussian and Ukr instead.
no, this YATAGAN
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My friend, What you claimed on matters as a defficiency of
-What they have revealed under the name of RELIKT is being developed to replace well-known Kontakt-5 modules.
-What they have developed as Kalina FCS is being claimed as an equal FCS of western systems.
-As far as I know, What they have offered as active protection system is the first one of the World along with Israeli one which is being used by own tanks actively.
-Their situation awareness systems to be used on T-90's looks similar to What West is applying to their tanks.
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Ready to agree if you explain why Rus are not developed they own sights for their primary tanks and ATGM like T-90MS and Khrizantema and use Byelorussian and Ukr instead.
actually Indians are also member of SCO but is now the largest importer of western technology in defence. SCO as of now isnt like NATO who has a joint command and armed forces of its own.Too much patriotism and too little common sense.
Done here, for real now.
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@Andrei_bt - Are you Ukrainian ?
My friend, It is Russian members that should enlighten the thread regarding Russian capabilities regarding thermals and their abilities.
-Kalina FCS includes both gunner and commander sights designed in foreign country - belorussia.
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Do you have a source regarding that ? If Russia can't develop such basic things from sights to FCS like You claimed, What's the reason of countries all around the world ordering such big portion of land vehicle from Russia, While Ukraine is staying next to them ?
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