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Ukraine weapons thread General Military Discussion
From: gatnerd
30-Mar
Even neutral Austria is upping its defense budget, making Ireland the only euro who hasn't in response to the Ukraine war.
Thomas C. Theiner on Twitter
Austria is spending €16.6 billion to fix equipment gaps in its Air Force and Army. This leaves only the following... https://t.co/SR69bTWFGF
Read more from TwitterRU optics industry developing domestic tank optics, question of time and quantity:
Patricia Marins on Twitter
1/6 RU optics industry are running fast to mass produce domestically. During the last 8-10y, the RU industry is t... https://t.co/L1UZ5IlT0B
WW2 anti tank bomblets being used by drones:
OSINT (Uri) 
on Twitter
The AFU has been using modified WWII-era PTAB (2.5 kg) anti-tank bombs dropped from UAV's against Russian armor and... https://t.co/oTesAxHg07
Read more from TwitterFrench AMX has arrived
Paul Jawin on Twitter
French-supplied AMX-10 RC AFVs already in Ukraine. The operation of the hydropneumatic suspension system with varia... https://t.co/bI5l4uWgrj
Read more from TwitterFrance donating ballistic missile defense:
NOËL 
on Twitter
France will hand over the pledged SAMP-T air defense system to Ukraine very soon, French Minister Lecornu said. Fra... https://t.co/lOjMlhrEA4
Read more from TwitterGermany firing head of procurement
From: gatnerd
30-Mar
Mr. T (MrT4) said:Was kinda expected given the relatively thin armoring of a baseline A4 ,APU is installing the Russian "Kontakt-1"
From: gatnerd
30-Mar
Nice look at the 3D printed grenade release mechanism for quadcopters:
Paul Jawin on Twitter
How do grenade drop work. Three systems for Mavic 3 drone. 40 mm for VOG-25 and HEDP grenades, 30 mm for VOG-17 gre... https://t.co/ySzfj2oxAv
Read more from TwitterAdapters are modular: 2x30mm, 2x40mm, and 1x'Universal' for hand grenades or AGL grenades.
From: gatnerd
30-Mar
Indian Army lessons learned fro Ukraine:
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/indian-army-chief-highlights-lessons-learnt-from-ukraine-war-3884283
From: schnuersi
31-Mar
Mr. T (MrT4) said:Was kinda expected given the relatively thin armoring of a baseline A4
The Leo2A4 ist not thinly armored. Quite the contrary. For its time it has been one of the best protected MBTs. The armor is just outdated. But it will offer good protection against '80 and up to mid '90 tech weapons.
Mr. T (MrT4) said:APU is installing the Russian "Kontakt-1"
Anything else would really have been a supprise and made me question the abilities of UA.
The idea to use ERA on the Leo2A4 is neither new nor special. Allready during my service time few of use really understood why we did not have additional ERA like the WP tanks. The A4s armor at the time certainly was good but more is better. Especially for flank protection it would have made sense.
Back in the mid '90 when the conciderable heavier and thus less mobile A5 came out there has been loud thinking about an A4A1 so to speak. Basically A4 with all A5 upgrades except the armor to keep the weight roughly the same. ERA has been proposed to improve protection especially over the flanks against HEAT attacks.
During the mission in Afghanistan this basic concept emerged again. Because the heavy duel grade frontal armor had not been needed. A A4 with additional protection against mines and RPGs would have worked better for fire support in the difficult terrain. The ligher weight and better power to weight ratio certainly would have helped.
From: DavidPawley
31-Mar
Added to which, the Leo 2A4 just looks better.
Sure the vertical turret face has less effective los thickness than the wedge shaped A5 modules, and the A5 turret redesign of the gunner sight installation is a significant improvement, but the A4 just screams “I am a proper tank”.
From: gatnerd
31-Mar
Incredible Tank vs Trench footage. At ~10:10 you see a tank blasting a trench from handgun range, but whole vid is pretty wild.
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Excellent video showing drone explosives fabrication:
And from another video, at least some drone munitions are starting to employ a standoff spike to improve burst height a bit.
From: gatnerd
31-Mar
First documented use of Hellfire in ukraine:
Ukrainian Front on Twitter
??The first documentary confirmation of the use of the AGM-114 "Hellfire" missile by the 
Ukrainian military again... https://t.co/1GyaHR0NgJ
Likely from Swedish ground launchers:
RUSI analysis of Russias unconventional warfare operations in the lead up and early days of invasion, with highlighted excerpts:
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1641121980328951813.html
One of many:
