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Forum: TO&Es November 8th, 2020, 08:21 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 3,783
Posted By MarkSheppard
US Army New Missiles and Robots

https://breakingdefense.com/2020/11/army-picks-tomahawk-sm-6-for-mid-range-missiles/





https://breakingdefense.com/2020/11/army-wants-smaller-brigades-stronger-divisions-lots-of-robots/
Forum: Mods October 25th, 2020, 10:34 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 11,896
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: The Use of Neural Net Deep Learning for Icon Generation

Mostly, it's to learn how to use Neural Nets for fun; as there are some ways you could use Neural Nets:

1.) Use existing icons to generate a "made up" icon based on earlier icons -- there have...
Forum: Mods October 24th, 2020, 11:18 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 11,896
Posted By MarkSheppard
The Use of Neural Net Deep Learning for Icon Generation

I finally got around to figuring out something that I've always wanted to try ever since the first papers came out about 2015 on the use of Neural Networks for image translation.

For my first...
Forum: TO&Es October 12th, 2020, 04:07 PM
Replies: 770
Views: 417,314
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: APC Development and related topics.

https://www.armyrecognition.com/defense_news_october_2020_global_security_army_industry/russian_army_to_receive_bmp-2m_ifvs_by_late_2020.html

The Russian Army will receive upgraded BMP-2M infantry...
Forum: TO&Es October 10th, 2020, 08:53 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 5,804
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: North Korea 75th Anniversary Parade

Some more photos of the tentatively designated M2020 MBT:

http://www.alternatewars.com/Scratch/SP_NK/M2020%20Tank%201.jpg
http://www.alternatewars.com/Scratch/SP_NK/M2020%20Tank%202.jpg...
Forum: TO&Es October 10th, 2020, 05:30 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 5,804
Posted By MarkSheppard
North Korea 75th Anniversary Parade

That is, 75th of the North Korean Communist Party's Founding on 10 OCT 2020.

A lot of new toys showed up. This will have lots of photos.

Most of them are by Nathan Chatterton on a Facebook...
Forum: TO&Es October 7th, 2020, 06:09 PM
Replies: 2,013
Sticky: MBT's
Views: 863,754
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: MBT's

The new MPF is under test at aberdeen proving ground now:



That last bit is interesting. You fire a shot, and the tank will localize your location and either relay it to the infantry squad...
Forum: TO&Es October 6th, 2020, 09:24 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 5,835
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: Loitering Munitions?

That might work for some of the larger UAV that expend separate munitions instead of having an internal explosive payload.

Here's an IAI video for Mini Harpy showing how it's used:
...
Forum: TO&Es October 6th, 2020, 09:03 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 23,356
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: Caucasus War 2020 How-To-Guide

Armenian T-72A captured by Azeris:

https://i.postimg.cc/85qNxzSM/14262-C96-4-F40-41-E8-90-E2-950-D741-BBCFF.jpg

-----------------

Captured Armenian T-72B and T-72AV tanks:
...
Forum: TO&Es October 6th, 2020, 08:59 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 23,356
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: Caucasus War 2020 How-To-Guide

Another thing to consider is that apparently the Azeris stopped showing these things for about a day or so (don't know if they resumed them yet).

Speculation on the cessation of drone videos is:
...
Forum: TO&Es October 5th, 2020, 06:42 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 23,356
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: Caucasus War 2020 How-To-Guide

They're basically doing "Desert Storm" -- we only get to see the stuff that hits, not the stuff that dies on the way down, hits the wrong target, etc.
Forum: TO&Es October 3rd, 2020, 11:55 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 23,356
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: Caucasus War 2020 How-To-Guide

This is interesting, regarding Armenia's T-90 Fleet:

Back in 2014, they won a *single* T-90 due to their performance at the Tank Bialathon in Russia:
...
Forum: TO&Es October 3rd, 2020, 11:41 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 23,356
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: Caucasus War 2020 How-To-Guide

This is from an Armenian military exercise. Looks very flat, with almost no cover.

https://i.imgur.com/va3bPhs.jpg

EDIT:

Camouflage for both sides:
MiG-29 (Azerbaijani) (Multi-Tone Blue)...
Forum: TO&Es October 3rd, 2020, 11:40 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 23,356
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: Caucasus War 2020 How-To-Guide

The big takeaway from this war is that loitering munitions such as:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAI_Harpy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAI_Harop

have "come of age".

Basically, all of the...
Forum: TO&Es October 2nd, 2020, 07:31 PM
Replies: 2,013
Sticky: MBT's
Views: 863,754
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: MBT's

Fastboat, I went and looked at the pages using EDGE and got these two images:

http://www.alternatewars.com/Scratch/ZBL_08_Prototype_1.jpg
...
Forum: TO&Es September 30th, 2020, 07:27 PM
Replies: 2,013
Sticky: MBT's
Views: 863,754
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: MBT's

Venezuela bought the basic APC export VN1 version a few years back:

VN1 APC in venezula - 500 kb JPG (http://www.alternatewars.com/Scratch/VN1_Venezula.jpg)

Decent top view of the APC variant...
Forum: TO&Es September 30th, 2020, 06:33 PM
Replies: 2,013
Sticky: MBT's
Views: 863,754
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: MBT's

Or the writers of military-today saw one-off versions marketed and got very confused.

For example, NORINCO has shown off a VN-1/Type 08 prototype with a 30mm turret similar to that on the ZBD-03...
Forum: TO&Es September 29th, 2020, 04:35 PM
Replies: 2,013
Sticky: MBT's
Views: 863,754
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: MBT's

I'll try and condense things down for you.

NORINCO apparently began developing a 8x8 APC in the 1990s; and the first prototypes started doing road testing in 2006.

In 2008, NORINCO went-semi...
Forum: TO&Es September 28th, 2020, 06:17 PM
Replies: 2,013
Sticky: MBT's
Views: 863,754
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: MBT's

Last VT4 MBT delivered to Thailand, and first VN1 Wheeled APCs to Thailand as well
...
Forum: TO&Es September 28th, 2020, 05:42 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 23,356
Posted By MarkSheppard
World Caucasus War 2020 How-To-Guide

A quick and dirty short guide to playing the Armenia v. Azerbaijan showdown in SPCAMO

Use these pregenerated Map Regions:

41 - Caucasus
44 - Caucasus
128 - Mountain
133 - Mountain City
138...
Forum: Campaigns, Scenarios & Maps May 7th, 2020, 09:38 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 28,180
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: Siege of Jadotville has anyone done a scenario on this

There's only one solution:

Write my own map modification software. :shock:

I actually do have experience in this; since a few years back, I wrote a map dumper/repacker for War in the Pacific...
Forum: Campaigns, Scenarios & Maps May 6th, 2020, 04:29 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 28,180
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: Siege of Jadotville has anyone done a scenario on this

I spoke too soon. Apparently it's not perfect, because as soon as you try to edit it in SPCAMO...it becomes all messy. :-(
Forum: Campaigns, Scenarios & Maps May 6th, 2020, 10:35 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 28,180
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: Siege of Jadotville has anyone done a scenario on this

So here's how to make a custom map using WW2Map's "IMPORT" feature.

Go find where you want to make a map of in Google Earth, and draw a line measurement tool about 50m to help you get the pixel...
Forum: Campaigns, Scenarios & Maps May 5th, 2020, 11:24 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 28,180
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: Siege of Jadotville has anyone done a scenario on this

Aha, here we are.

<longitude>26.75925071387533</longitude>
<latitude>-10.98865051687737</latitude>

Is roughly where it took place

Spinning to 28 June 2005 in Google Earth gets me this view:...
Forum: Campaigns, Scenarios & Maps May 5th, 2020, 11:06 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 28,180
Posted By MarkSheppard
Re: Siege of Jadotville has anyone done a scenario on this

Found a 1954 map overlay of the region explaining things further:

LINK -- South Africa 1:250,000 Series Z501, U.S. Army Map Service, 1954-...
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