APC Development and related topics.

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Originally Posted by FASTBOAT TOUGH

It is important to be watchful of the the words written into the references used in equipment. I see a growing excitement over certain Russian equipment in this case the T-15 ARMATA APC/IFV. The words that seem to be passed over by some readers in these refs posted are "...based upon..." which by definition is the same "as modified from" etc. etc. The most obvious difference between the T-15 and the T-14 ARMATA MBT is in the engine placement which is front mounted on the T-15 and rear mounted on the T-14 MBT. There will be armor differences as well which are well covered in what we have already available to us on the web. It should be further noted that the T-15 WILL NOT be the main APC/IFV of the Russian Army but will be used instead by more specialized troops
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Yeah " based on" could mean a lot of things. For one , nowhere is "concrete" used to desciribe a component of the armour package of the T-14 as it is for the T-15 and the speeds as reported by army recognition T-14 vs T-15 are not the same .....not really even close......70 kph vs 80-90kph. ( maybe it's all that concrete......) and that doesn't make sense if the point of the 15 was to support the 14's The basic chassis may be from the same basic stock but that's where the similarities seem to end,

I'm not making any radical changes to the set up we have now without more info but I acknowledge that I missed some of the ERA first time around but details were even harder to come by first time around

Don