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Old December 26th, 2014, 04:49 AM
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Fallout Re: MBT's

Very very tired and I had to look in here...why???
Please go to Page 28 Post 274 Item A1 It has the best gun in the T-72 class (Same as T-90/T-90MS), the new ammo is fielded, best optics, TI, FCS of any T-72 and best protected. Below ref. says ammo at 36 rounds total with 22 ready rounds. Was supposed to have RELIKT ERA (Same as T-90MS.) however the below also suggests KONTACT-5 HOWEVER the reports suggest "a different ERA configuration on the turret...better protection...". I believe it might be RELIKT as the configuration is different from other T-72 mods especially around the turret area.
http://www.armyrecognition.com/russi...res_video.html
http://www.janes.com/article/27920/r...ced-protection


I really like http://www.military-today.com/index.htm it's always been one of the first places I look but the above I feel is better. That being said this is a Ukrainian site and the UKRAINE has built as many or more T-72 tanks then the Russians. So could the second ref mean 36 conventional rounds + four missiles? I don't know and I haven't reread the refs provided in the above post either.

The brain and eyes are tired so for now I'm done. Will look into the ammo issue more later. But while still coherent, two long campaigns Sweden vs. Russia and currently Norway vs. Russia guess what tank the Russian AI likes to now use?

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