TRAVELLER'S AND ADVENTURE

The modernised 9K51 Grad MRS is designed to defeat unsheltered and bunkered manpower, soft-skinned materiel and tanks in concentration areas, artillery and mortar batteries, fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft on landing strips, command posts and other targets, as well as to lay antitank mines. The BM-21 9K51 Grad MRS Few systems in the world’s artillery arsenal can boast such a wide spread as the Grad (Hail) MLRS developed in the USSR in 1963. Created by the Tula association Splav under the supervision of Chief Designer A. Ganichev, the system initially comprised the M-210F HE fragmentation unguided rocket (index number 9M22U), BM-21 launch vehicle and a transport vehicle with 9F37 racks. Unique design approaches used to develop the system allowed for its mass production in line with extremely good effectiveness-cost criterion. A profound technological analysis of the project, including the introduction of several principally new ammunition manufacture technologies, enabled the licensed m...

The LAHAT round, designed by Israel Aircraft Industries, was developed to the IDF armor corps’ specification. Using the semi-active laser homing guidance method, LAHAT can be designated by the firing tank crew or through external designation from ground, mobile, or airborne observers. Firing the round requires minimal exposure in the firing position, and can be directed through the commander’s sight by only maintaining LOS during missile flight, when “turret-down.” The missile’s trajectory can be preselected for either top attack (tank) or direct attack (helicopter) engagement. The missile uses a tandem warhead, which can defeat modern armor and reactive panels. The APAM constitutes an ultimate solution to the growing threat to tanks, especially in urban warfare, where tank-killer squads lurk with modern lethal antitank weapons. The new round uses the proven concept of antipersonnel munitions based on controlled fragmentation. The principles on which the Merkava family was designed are...

The LAHAT round, designed by Israel Aircraft Industries, was developed to the IDF armor corps’ specification. Using the semi-active laser homing guidance method, LAHAT can be designated by the firing tank crew or through external designation from ground, mobile, or airborne observers. Firing the round requires minimal exposure in the firing position, and can be directed through the commander’s sight by only maintaining LOS during missile flight, when “turret-down.” The missile’s trajectory can be preselected for either top attack (tank) or direct attack (helicopter) engagement. The missile uses a tandem warhead, which can defeat modern armor and reactive panels. The APAM constitutes an ultimate solution to the growing threat to tanks, especially in urban warfare, where tank-killer squads lurk with modern lethal antitank weapons. The new round uses the proven concept of antipersonnel munitions based on controlled fragmentation. The principles on which the Merkava family was designed are...

Namanya diambil dari mamalia khas Sulawesi. Tampilannya tidak kalah sangar dengan panser sejenis dari Eropa. Itulah sosok Anoa, panser beroda 6 hasil karya anak bangsa. Pindad APS-3 (Angkut Personel Sedang) atau bahasa militernya adalah Armoured Personnel Carrier, kelahirannya disiapkan untuk mewujudkan kemandirian di bidang alutsista oleh Departemen Pertahanan dan PT Pindad. Apa saja kelebihan Anoa? Untuk ukuran panser, Anoa terbilang cukup cepat. Kendaraan tempur (Ranpur) ini mampu melaju hingga kecepatan 90 km per jam. Anoa juga mampu melompati parit selebar 1 meter dan melahap tanjakan dengan kemiringan 45 derajat. Untuk urusan bodi, Anoa dilapisi lapisan baja tahan peluru. Apabila diberondong senapan AK-47 atau M-16 sih dijamin tidak bakal tembus. Suspensi juga terbilang empuk. Independent Modular dan Torsion Bar. Selain itu, sistem navigasi generasi terbaru ditambah alat komunikasi anti jamming melengkapi interior ranpur ini. Sayangnya, PT Pindad belum sepenuhnya mandiri. Beberap...

Zulfikar adalah generasi kedua Iran, konsep oleh Brigadir Jenderal Mir-Younes Masoumzadeh, wakil panglima angkatan darat untuk penelitian dan swasembada angkatan bersenjata. Hal ini dinamai Zulfiqar, pedang legendaris dari Imam Syiah pertama Hazrat Ali. Uji prototipe tank dievaluasi pada tahun 1993. Enam prototipe semi-industri tank diproduksi dan diuji pada tahun 1997. Spesifikasi Desain Tank memiliki kotak-berbentuk khas, baja dilas menara desain lokal. Zulfiqar diyakini dikembangkan dari komponen-komponen utama dari Rusia T-72 dan M48 Amerika dan tank M60. Suspensi dimodelkan M48 / M60 Patton, tank diberikan kepada Iran oleh AS . berat Zulfiqar-1 telah dilaporkan 36 ton dengan mesin diesel 780 hp memberikan 21,7 hp per rasio ton. Beberapa sumber melihat kemiripan antara desain Zulfiqar dan Osorio prototipe Brasil The Zulfikar dioperasikan oleh awak tiga personil. Loader otomatis diyakini sama dari tank T-72. Persenjataan Tank dipersenjatai dengan 125 mm smoothbore senjata 2A46 ber...