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Old August 1st, 2006, 02:30 PM

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Default Re: Stabilization numbers question/FCS

Well, thats just my question. Seems there is pretty large inconsistent disparities between certain tanks/FCS. I.e. the T64B stabilization and FCS is probably better to western FCS of the time, perhaps not as 100% user friendly, but from all the descriptions I've read it seems pretty comperable to early 80's fcs. Put sight on target, lase, track, and shoot. All the other variables come in automatically in from the sensors. Yet it has a value of 20, and a stabilization of 2, compared to the leo2/M1 which have 35 and stabilizations of 5/4. Furthermore this "error" is compounded through the later series as well as the T80's (Which I think are correct)that used similar/identical fcs. Furthermore the T-64/T-80 series have in some cases identical/comperable values in stabilization and FCS to the T72 series which had inferior FCS/stabilization (until the 80's when it sort of caught up).

I realize there is huge faction here that claims all russian stuff is total crap. But I think this is mainly due lack of familiarity of it, and the poor showing of soviet export armor during the arab israeli wars/iraq wars, which is hardly comperable to the frontline soviet stuff.
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