Know Your Steel: The M-84 tank
Дата: 09.01.2014 16:23:01
Mad_MakS, on 09 January 2014 - 03:06 PM, said: Yes, it will be replaced. But at the moment they still
have their 125`s mounted. That project is of Swiss gun is on
waiting list for years. Reportedly, it demands another firing
control (to replace OMEGA which actually makes them great) and the
turret also, due to entire system swap. Expensive investment
for a tank that is sitting as 2-model prototype for 18
years... I think it will fail eventually, because of
politics,strong Import interests in Croatia, or the stifled
industry itself (specially in Djakovich factory). Never the less,
NATO will have the last decision unfortunately, even if our
production ever sees the daylight.TheKroo: Yes, in order to mount the 120mm, they would need to
implement a new loading system, which means turret overhaul. And
that is a fairly large change to the design. The longer the
tank stays in the prototype phase, the larger are the loses, both
financial and technological, as the time will catch up with it, and
the advances will be rendered obsolete. Now the reasons of such
delays can be multiple, financial, technological, import lobby and
so on...
Know Your Steel: The M-84 tank