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First of, the scores!
1: Sempai 2.5/10 (Half point for the BMP)
2: Airbornebob 2/10
3: Louis 1/10
4: BertBlitzkrieg 1/10
5: Jonny 1/10
Hedgehog 1/10 (Bonus point for trying with his hands full
)
Bootie 0.5/10 (Half a point for spotting Hedgehog's drinking cabinet!)
Nr 1 = M84
How can I spot that?
What sticks out is the windcross meter dildo center front of the turret.
You got a classic T-72 with one of these then you know your looking at a M84
The M-84 main battle tank is a Yugoslavian version of the Soviet T-72. Some changes from the T-72 include a domestic fire-control system, improved composite armor, and a 1000-hp engine. The M-84 entered service with the Yugoslav People's Army in 1984. The improved M-84A version entered service a few years later.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-84
Nr 2 = Challenger 2
How can I spot that?
You have the large and 'clean' turret. Unlike most tanks, they haven hung all sorts of bits and bobs on there. Second, check the gun barrel and her optics/ laser range finder on top of the barrel. You can just see the sunk in drivers position in front.
Also check the chap on top. UK look / camo.
FV4034 Challenger 2 is a British main battle tank (MBT) currently in service with the armies of the United Kingdom and Oman. It was designed and built by the British company Vickers Defence Systems (now known as BAE Systems Land and Armaments).
Nr3 = FN Mag / GPMG
How can I spot that?
The barrel end with support legs are quite unique. Also by the looks of things the weapon is belt fed from the left. Most russian weapons are fed from the right so we're looking at a western support weapon
The FN MAG is a Belgian 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun, designed in the early 1950s at Fabrique Nationale (FN) by Ernest Vervier. It has been used by more than 80 countries, and it has been made under licence in countries such as Argentina, Egypt, India, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States.[1] The weapon's name is an abbreviation for Mitrailleuse d'Appui Général,[2] meaning general purpose machine gun (GPMG)
Nr4 = Le clerc
How can I spot that?
The overal futuristic look, the "segments" on the turret. The large optics leftside of the turret and the crosswind meter center rear.
The Leclerc is a main battle tank (MBT) built by Nexter of France. It was named in honour of General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque who led the French element of the drive towards Paris while in command of the Free French 2nd Armoured Division (2ème DB) in World War II.
Nr5 = Leonidas
How can I spot that?
Biggest give away is the grill vorms at the front of the chassis.
Not very visible in this picture but still. Second, the chaps running next to it are austrian. Check the steyr augs mg3. Also the only army still using all olive uniforms.So guilty by association
The Leonidas-2 represented an effort made by the Greek vehicle manufacturer ELBO to produce an advanced armoured personnel carrier of its own. It is named after Leonidas, the king of the ancient city-state of Sparta. The first version of the Leonidas was the Austrian (Saurer/Steyr) 4K 7FA Armored Personnel Carrier built with minor modifications by the Greek company from 1981 until 1987 (when it was still called Steyr Hellas S.A.). Initial production was essentially assembly, however Greek content progressively increased up to real manufacture. The APC had a 320hp engine and a weight of 14.8 tons.
Nr6 = Leopard 1 (Canadian in Afghanistan)
How can I spot that?
The tell tell grill at the rear end of the chassis angled at 45 degrees. The gun mantle protection helps a bit aswell plus the overal vorm
The Leopard (or Leopard 1) is a main battle tank designed and produced in Germany that first entered service in 1965. Developed in an era when HEAT warheads were thought to make conventional heavy armour of limited value, the Leopard focussed on firepower in the form of the German-built version of the British L7 105-mm gun, and improved cross-country performance that was unmatched by other designs of the era
Nr7 = T-62
How can I spot that?
Check the round openings for the tanks optics left and right from the barrel.
The T-55 for example has elongated ones. also the hight mounted IR search light, so you know your looking at an earlier model
The T-62 was produced between 1961 and 1975. It became a standard tank in the Soviet arsenal, partly replacing the T-55, although that tank continued to be manufactured in the Soviet Union and elsewhere after T-62 production was halted. The T-54/55 and T-62 were later replaced in front-line service by the T-64 and T-72.
Nr8 = T-64
How can I spot that?
If you can figure out that your looking at a russian tank then seeing the IR searchlight postioned on the left will be enough. Its the only russian tank with that configuration.
Second the small road wheels and looking donw the chassis the lack of exhaust. Thats because its center rear. The T-64 was the first with a gas turbine engine but also the first with an autoloader. A very high tech tank for its time
The T-64 is a Soviet main battle tank, introduced in the early 1960s. It was used solely by the Soviet Army in its front-line divisions and was a more advanced counterpart to the T-62. Although the T-62 and the famed T-72 would see much wider use and generally more development, it was the T-64 that formed the basis of more modern Soviet tank designs like the T-80.
Nr 9 = AAV / LVT-7
How can I spot that?
The big blunt nose, at the rear the unsupported tracks (no top rollers) and the large rear end. Where the hydrojets are. Also the drivers position front left.
The AAV-7A1 is the current amphibious troop transport of the United States Marine Corps. It is used by USMC Assault Amphibian Battalions to land the surface assault elements of the landing force and their equipment in a single lift from assault shipping during amphibious operations to inland objectives and to conduct mechanized operations and related combat support in subsequent mechanized operations ashore. It is also operated by other forces. Marines call them amtracks
Nr10 = BMP2
How can I spot that?
Its got the BMP look, its got the tracks but unique for the BMP2 are the 2 suspensions at the front. And the 2 shooting portals at the rear. The BMP1 has only one suspension and 3 portals at the rear.
The BMP-2 (Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty, Russian: Ð‘Ð¾ÐµÐ²Ð°Ñ ÐœÐ°ÑˆÐ¸Ð½Ð° Пехоты; infantry combat vehicle[2]) is a second-generation, amphibious infantry fighting vehicle introduced in the 1980s in the Soviet Union, following the BMP-1 of the 1960s.
1: Sempai 2.5/10 (Half point for the BMP)
2: Airbornebob 2/10
3: Louis 1/10
4: BertBlitzkrieg 1/10
5: Jonny 1/10
Hedgehog 1/10 (Bonus point for trying with his hands full
)Bootie 0.5/10 (Half a point for spotting Hedgehog's drinking cabinet!)
Nr 1 = M84
How can I spot that?
What sticks out is the windcross meter dildo center front of the turret.
You got a classic T-72 with one of these then you know your looking at a M84
The M-84 main battle tank is a Yugoslavian version of the Soviet T-72. Some changes from the T-72 include a domestic fire-control system, improved composite armor, and a 1000-hp engine. The M-84 entered service with the Yugoslav People's Army in 1984. The improved M-84A version entered service a few years later.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-84
Nr 2 = Challenger 2
How can I spot that?
You have the large and 'clean' turret. Unlike most tanks, they haven hung all sorts of bits and bobs on there. Second, check the gun barrel and her optics/ laser range finder on top of the barrel. You can just see the sunk in drivers position in front.
Also check the chap on top. UK look / camo.
FV4034 Challenger 2 is a British main battle tank (MBT) currently in service with the armies of the United Kingdom and Oman. It was designed and built by the British company Vickers Defence Systems (now known as BAE Systems Land and Armaments).
Nr3 = FN Mag / GPMG
How can I spot that?
The barrel end with support legs are quite unique. Also by the looks of things the weapon is belt fed from the left. Most russian weapons are fed from the right so we're looking at a western support weapon
The FN MAG is a Belgian 7.62 mm general purpose machine gun, designed in the early 1950s at Fabrique Nationale (FN) by Ernest Vervier. It has been used by more than 80 countries, and it has been made under licence in countries such as Argentina, Egypt, India, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States.[1] The weapon's name is an abbreviation for Mitrailleuse d'Appui Général,[2] meaning general purpose machine gun (GPMG)
Nr4 = Le clerc
How can I spot that?
The overal futuristic look, the "segments" on the turret. The large optics leftside of the turret and the crosswind meter center rear.
The Leclerc is a main battle tank (MBT) built by Nexter of France. It was named in honour of General Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque who led the French element of the drive towards Paris while in command of the Free French 2nd Armoured Division (2ème DB) in World War II.
Nr5 = Leonidas
How can I spot that?
Biggest give away is the grill vorms at the front of the chassis.
Not very visible in this picture but still. Second, the chaps running next to it are austrian. Check the steyr augs mg3. Also the only army still using all olive uniforms.So guilty by association
The Leonidas-2 represented an effort made by the Greek vehicle manufacturer ELBO to produce an advanced armoured personnel carrier of its own. It is named after Leonidas, the king of the ancient city-state of Sparta. The first version of the Leonidas was the Austrian (Saurer/Steyr) 4K 7FA Armored Personnel Carrier built with minor modifications by the Greek company from 1981 until 1987 (when it was still called Steyr Hellas S.A.). Initial production was essentially assembly, however Greek content progressively increased up to real manufacture. The APC had a 320hp engine and a weight of 14.8 tons.
Nr6 = Leopard 1 (Canadian in Afghanistan)
How can I spot that?
The tell tell grill at the rear end of the chassis angled at 45 degrees. The gun mantle protection helps a bit aswell plus the overal vorm
The Leopard (or Leopard 1) is a main battle tank designed and produced in Germany that first entered service in 1965. Developed in an era when HEAT warheads were thought to make conventional heavy armour of limited value, the Leopard focussed on firepower in the form of the German-built version of the British L7 105-mm gun, and improved cross-country performance that was unmatched by other designs of the era
Nr7 = T-62
How can I spot that?
Check the round openings for the tanks optics left and right from the barrel.
The T-55 for example has elongated ones. also the hight mounted IR search light, so you know your looking at an earlier model
The T-62 was produced between 1961 and 1975. It became a standard tank in the Soviet arsenal, partly replacing the T-55, although that tank continued to be manufactured in the Soviet Union and elsewhere after T-62 production was halted. The T-54/55 and T-62 were later replaced in front-line service by the T-64 and T-72.
Nr8 = T-64
How can I spot that?
If you can figure out that your looking at a russian tank then seeing the IR searchlight postioned on the left will be enough. Its the only russian tank with that configuration.
Second the small road wheels and looking donw the chassis the lack of exhaust. Thats because its center rear. The T-64 was the first with a gas turbine engine but also the first with an autoloader. A very high tech tank for its time
The T-64 is a Soviet main battle tank, introduced in the early 1960s. It was used solely by the Soviet Army in its front-line divisions and was a more advanced counterpart to the T-62. Although the T-62 and the famed T-72 would see much wider use and generally more development, it was the T-64 that formed the basis of more modern Soviet tank designs like the T-80.
Nr 9 = AAV / LVT-7
How can I spot that?
The big blunt nose, at the rear the unsupported tracks (no top rollers) and the large rear end. Where the hydrojets are. Also the drivers position front left.
The AAV-7A1 is the current amphibious troop transport of the United States Marine Corps. It is used by USMC Assault Amphibian Battalions to land the surface assault elements of the landing force and their equipment in a single lift from assault shipping during amphibious operations to inland objectives and to conduct mechanized operations and related combat support in subsequent mechanized operations ashore. It is also operated by other forces. Marines call them amtracks
Nr10 = BMP2
How can I spot that?
Its got the BMP look, its got the tracks but unique for the BMP2 are the 2 suspensions at the front. And the 2 shooting portals at the rear. The BMP1 has only one suspension and 3 portals at the rear.
The BMP-2 (Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty, Russian: Ð‘Ð¾ÐµÐ²Ð°Ñ ÐœÐ°ÑˆÐ¸Ð½Ð° Пехоты; infantry combat vehicle[2]) is a second-generation, amphibious infantry fighting vehicle introduced in the 1980s in the Soviet Union, following the BMP-1 of the 1960s.
