Mike wrote:This is an English forum though.

Фиг тебе, буржуй!

Sunshine wrote:

GARGEAN wrote:Blah-blah, no source in internet...

Ah yes, you're one of those. I forgot.

Exactly. Never forget that. Especially when not reading all the arguments.

Long story short, T-64A/80 autoloader has sequence when it completes reload in less that 5 seconds. T-80UM to 12 RoF when? Autoloaders aren't used because they are faster (because they usually aren't), they are used to reduce size and weight, especially weight. Your number of <5 seconds cycle time ...

Long story short, I asked a few ex-Leopard 1 operators (German army) years ago because I wanted to hear something definite and out of first hand and they confirmed this and even explained why it was so fast. I posted this like 10 times already here, so I dug it up for you here . Interestingly enoug...

nuke92 wrote:Yeah you go find them Crotale hit rates in Angolan Bush War vs ECM-less Migs.

Hm, what's there?

And yeah, BTR is nice guy and stuff, but his conclusions sometimes questionable at best.

XanderTuron wrote:The armour and AP on the early Merkavas seem to be a little too high in my opinion, especially when considering when they were introduced.

Little?.. They are overmodelled as fuck, and not only early ones.

Steamfunk wrote:Isn't that for the later series, T-64A mod. 1974?

1969 for aluminium, 1971 for HHS and 1974 for corundum, IIRC.
PS: use naming in the citation for notifications.

Bougnas wrote:Didn't it use some form of glass to form a composite armor?

Glass-reinforsed textolite in hull. Corundum balls/aluminium/HHS in turret cavities.

In exchange you loose almost all A2A F&F capabilities, all high-end ASFs except Su-27S type and a MiG-29 version with SA missiles (which is getting a range or accuracy reduction). MiG-23s now are plentiful, as well as several types of close air support planes with lower ECM. US stacks up Eagles...