Military Technology discussion

[Kuzmich]

We didn't have a good old military technology discussion thread in a long time, so lets have one now. Let's begin by comparing T-95 tank to its american counterpart the latest version of Abrams. Basically T-95 is a revolution in tank making, its dezign is different from any tanks ever made. I will provide links and additional informaion as we go on.

[dreamcrusader]

Id like to see it.

[Kuzmich]

Here is one link.
http://www.tanksim.com/topic8.htm

and here is a pic
but tell me something about the latest Abrams tank.

here is a better link
http://armor.kiev.ua/fofanov/Tanks/MBT/t-95.html

[dreamcrusader]

nice. Looks cool. I know the russians T-34 tanks were great in WW2.

[Kuzmich]

They had a superior armor, but a small range, and calliber for example in the battle of Kursk many were destroyed from the distance.

[dreamcrusader]

Well Id say they were the backbone of the counter attack surronding the german 6th army. The Panzars were amazing tanks, and the russians needed a tank like the T-34 to counter. Us American had the pathetic sherman. But now we have better things

[Kuzmich]

Yes, talk about your modern tanks, thats what this thread is about, let's compare the flaws and advantages of T-95 and the newest american tank.

[dreamcrusader]

I guess we have the abrams http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/m1.htm



Im not up to date on the newest american tanks but you might find this interesting: http://world.guns.ru/assault/as61-e.htm


Its are newest aussalt rifle. I read a more interesting articale in Popular Mechanics. It has a ton of configeurations and is hopefully set to replace the M-16(a weapon we have used since Vietnam) I cant wait to see how helpful this weapon turns out to be

[Kuzmich]

Yeah i heard about that one, its very light. Russians developed a new gun too, its AM-94, and its recoiless, i mean no recoil at all, then you shoot the barrel moves back and forth and absorbs the shock wave. It already started replacing AKMs which were used since 50s. I try to find a link.

[dreamcrusader]

Wow, no recoil. Im sure everone would like one of those. I like the design of the XM8. Its so easy to config to. My fav Russian weapon has to be the PPSH (you know what Im talking about!) and the the Mosin-Nagant. I know nother other than WWII russian weapons

[Kuzmich]

Originally Posted by dreamcrusader

Wow, no recoil. Im sure everone would like one of those. I like the design of the XM8. Its so easy to config to. My fav Russian weapon has to be the PPSH (you know what Im talking about!) and the the Mosin-Nagant. I know nother other than WWII russian weapons

PPSH was good, although a bit too heavy, but reliable, not sand not dust not anything could make it jam. M-16 on the other hand jams quiet easily, this switch to the new gun is what US army needs.

[Biske]

That weapon looks similar to something the Australian Army used, or was it the British....can't remember, it's been 3-4 years since I played Rainbow Six.

[dreamcrusader]

I cant wait to see how things work with it. The amount of configs are amazing! to prox: Lots of weapons look alike.

[betaalpha5]

well the us army is starting to make a new high tech gun which could shoot regular ammo and a grenade launcher. no recoil, you know how many countries would love that?

i think it was in 2010 or something but the us air force is replacing their old fighter planes to the joint slip fighter. looks like a great bird of prey

i can't remember which country, but i think it scottland where for now, they have the stealthiest navy ships in the world

in the future, the battle will be decided by stealth instead of all out fire power

[BH_Naft]

in the future battles will be decided by .30 caliber railguns disguised as floating logs.

which is a masterful combination of stealth and firepower.

just google railgun.

oh, and satellite mounted lasers, that concentrate massive amounts of heat on targets around the world, demolishing them.

w00t.

[Kuzmich]

Originally Posted by betaalpha5

well the us army is starting to make a new high tech gun which could shoot regular ammo and a grenade launcher. no recoil, you know how many countries would love that?

i think it was in 2010 or something but the us air force is replacing their old fighter planes to the joint slip fighter. looks like a great bird of prey

i can't remember which country, but i think it scottland where for now, they have the stealthiest navy ships in the world

in the future, the battle will be decided by stealth instead of all out fire power

Automatic rifles/grenade launchers have been around for a while, and AM-94 is the only recoiless gun on earth right now, and only russia makes it, it has an option of adding a grenade launcher below the barrel. So we already ahead of you in that.

[Biske]

Eh, no matter, everyone else will soon catch up. So much for your "Being Ahead". Is the gun already out and being used my the Military over there yet?

[Kuzmich]

Originally Posted by Prox

Eh, no matter, everyone else will soon catch up. So much for your "Being Ahead". Is the gun already out and being used my the Military over there yet?

Yeah, Russia special Ops like Alpha use them. But we were the first, thats how history books gonna right it. There is also a recoiless sniper rifle made with same technology.

[Iliaran]

just another piece of US technology:

http://www.battelle.org/navy/railguns.pdf

[Kuzmich]

Thats cool. Wait a second, i am gonna go grab a link for a missile which is being developed by Russian/Indian joined mission, be right back.

Here is something about russiam anti-aircraft missile complex.
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2004/08/13/missile.shtml

here is one about our jets
http://www.mosnews.com/news/2004/06/24/combatjets.shtml