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Interesting geometry of the turret. The Russians were famous for the spherical turrets starting with the T-54/55 but that has been replaced by quadrilateral and triangular shapes. The turret bustle seems like an ideal shot trap. Usually designers would trip to minimize the space between the bustle and the hull.
1 posted on 05/05/2015 7:26:10 AM PDT by C19fan
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looks like a poor attempt to be stealth.


2 posted on 05/05/2015 7:28:58 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (You can't spell Hillary without using the letters L, I, A, & R)
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Cool tank. Should make a neat target for smart missiles and drones.


3 posted on 05/05/2015 7:29:56 AM PDT by econjack (I'm not bossy...I just know what you should be doing.)
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4 posted on 05/05/2015 7:30:31 AM PDT by JoeProBono (SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
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I wonder are the Russians still infatuated with autoloading for the tank guns. Many Soviet tank crews HATED the T-64, T-72 and T-80 tanks because the autoloading system was slow to load a shell and were not paragons of reliability.
8 posted on 05/05/2015 7:44:46 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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Interesting geometry of the turret. The Russians were famous for the spherical turrets starting with the T-54/55 but that has been replaced by quadrilateral and triangular shapes.

Ever since the T-64, they have gone to the minimalist turret style to reduce the signature. Then, they toss ablative and reactive armor on top of it. Their armor looks more like a Transformer Decepticon than an actual armored vehicle.


9 posted on 05/05/2015 7:48:44 AM PDT by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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11 posted on 05/05/2015 7:50:30 AM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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Will they retire those Big Guys that run around saying , “TANK” “TANK” “TANK”


17 posted on 05/05/2015 8:20:35 AM PDT by molson209 (Blank)
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They are going to snap a lot of flagstaffs and Russian Soldiers when they traverse the turret right.


18 posted on 05/05/2015 10:07:07 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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Hit it with some spray paint and they are sunk.


19 posted on 05/05/2015 10:10:16 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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