Why I don't jump off things or
jump aboard the equipment express...
1. Off things you could twist and or break an ankle. If high enough you might manage to kill yourself.
2. Though much safer, by jumping off and committing to soon on a piece of equipment you might embarrass yourself and and potentially cause rework literally years after the fact. Personally for me that would probably fall in with the
ARJUN MK II. and to a lesser extent the
ARJUN. I'm not talking about delays caused manufacturing and or technical issues, we have no control over that.
No I'm talking about aesthetics/appearance and equipment. I offer the following, these articles are one year apart and what I see in
aesthetics/appearance is the tank has a subtle different different look in the newer article and I'm sure it'll change again in it's final production form, however, the newer (ref./article) indicates to me that the tank is
probably slightly better protected.
As to
equipment that's a little more "
tricky" but I'll give it a shot. In the first ref on the turret it appears (From your perspective.) that on the Left front and rear corners and if you look closely to the right rear corner are mounted what I believe are APS mounts. Also you can see the smoke grenade launchers are extended from the back left (And I'm sure the right side also.) corner as well. Though subtle, it's really a non-starter as the tank in question will have a hunter-killer feature so the Commanders sight is most likely just lowered.
Now to the newer/or 2nd ref. the turret design looks different, no APS mounts, and if you look at the back of the recessed end of the turret that's either a recessed bank of smoke grenade launchers or an APS launcher. My guess is smoke grenade launcher. Why? Because the German Army is still accessing the need for and testing various options for their own armor now. And Rheinmetall Landsysteme GmbH is doing the design and cooperative work to make this tank a reality for the country involved. Poland is also looking into an APS option but none have selected to date even for testing yet..
Judge for yourselves...
http://www.defence24.com/261471,rhei...l-cooperation#
http://www.armyrecognition.com/mspo_...prototype.html
Again why I don't jump off high places and onto new equipment if I can avoid it.
Regards,
Pat
