Modelling armour in Ukraine crisis

[MeatScepter]

notice colour diffrence in markings new vs old

t80bv with roof latice

notice additional era on roof of turret and turret ring protective mesh (not standard on t72b3m)

t62m

improvised side lattice

[Simon_Barnes]

More a T 80BV than a 64BV

[Frenchy]

H.P.

[SableLiger]

@Frenchy

H.P.

Are the tanks T-84 Oplots?

[Dan]

Slovakian T55s (I think)

[SableLiger]

Confirmed - it is a Slovenian T-55M

[MeatScepter]

thanks

[Frenchy]

Back to Ukraine…

H.P.

[Frenchy]

Cougar MRAP field maintenance

Підбита у штурмах західна техніка повертається у бій: «Витримує до трьох попадань з танка»

H.P.

[Newtonk]

When a cage isn’t working, add a net…

Coming soon to a battlefield near you!

[Naseby]

Wait is that a T62 in the background ? That is what they are offering to customers ?

[Frenchy]

@Naseby

Wait is that a T62 in the background ?

https://en.topwar.ru/201279-razgljadit-s-chetyreh-kilometrov-radikalnaja-modifikacija-tanka-t-62m.html

H.P.

[jfeenstra]

It is a T-55M, but notice that they’ve added ERA blocks and bar armor/lattice work to the side skirts, like they’ve done with so many other vehicles.

[Simon_Barnes]

Answered the wrong question

[Frenchy]

@jfeenstra

It is a T-55M

Is it a T-55M or a M-55S ?

I’ve posted these two already

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2022/12/17/ukraines-super-upgraded-m-55s-tanks-have-equipped-a-new-kind-of-brigade/?sh=1627fc75739b

H.P.