"Russian new Kurganets 25 and Boomerang" Topic
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| Tango01 | 03 Jan 2014 10:17 p.m. PST |
" Russia plans to be equipped with new armoured Armata – Kurganets-25 and Boomerang from 2016. The Russian army ground forces plan to renew 70% of its fleet with new armoured and main battle tanks for 2020, said the spokesman of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Major Kiril Kiselev. He added that Russia will acquire the new main battle tank Armata, the wheeled armoured Boomerang and the new infantry fighting vehicle Kurganets-25…"
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| hellfish | 04 Jan 2014 12:05 a.m. PST |
As with everything the Russian MoD says, I'll wait till I see them – in serious numbers – with my own eyes. |
| Lion in the Stars | 04 Jan 2014 9:24 a.m. PST |
Yeah, the Russians have put out some beautiful prototypes, and then end up building a dozen aircraft or tanks (and one or two ships). |
| Charlie 12 | 04 Jan 2014 9:27 p.m. PST |
That new MBT sounds a bit of a reach. The technology is going to have to mature quick to make it happen. And a 3 man crew plus all that automation is going to cause a maintenance headache and a half. And 2300 of them by 2020? Not very likely… |
| WarpSpeed | 05 Jan 2014 10:17 p.m. PST |
The Russians have been operating 3 man crews for quite a long time already.What is really interesting is the crew will sit up front, side by side in a hull no wider than a T-72s.The mighty midgets dont even seem to miss an extra body for maintenance(read -track repair). |
| kabrank | 08 Jan 2014 5:18 a.m. PST |
The Russian T95 may also have been this configuration. This layout is not new as it has been in discussion from the mid 70's but this is the first full scale production attempt at it. As far as I am aware the T72 "based" BMPT series use a similar crew layout but are support vehicles not tanks. |
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