Singapore to Acquire Refurbished Leopard Tanks

last SG · 2006-12-11T19:06:02+00:00

And my point is : Nowadays, an uneducated desert insurgent can blow up a tank using IEDs......even the famed indestructible Israeli Makarva or M1 Abrams,,,,...

SpecOps87 SG

Awwww...crashed and burned. But haha, u go girl. And its nice to see what females have to say and appreciate the military rather then the "eeeee....so dirty, so sweaty" crap.

Shotgun SG

So ozzy_gurl, how many private messages did u receive already? I'm guessing about 6?

I know quite a few of my female friends that signed on with SAF already. And they were quite enthu about military stuff as well. I'm not sure if they'll become some garang siao charbors who'll charge down enemy positions with an M4 and M203, and win medals tho. I just hope they do their job right and keep S'pore safe.

lionnoisy SG

I read from a MY military magazine --Tempura?Jan or Feb 2007.

The turret cover will break off if ammo is hit to release the explosion.

Also,the tank can swim water of 4 m depth after 15 mins preparation.

Can anyone post the story here?

Shotgun SG

Whats there to post...?

The turrets blow open in even to of a hit its not exactly a safety measure. In cases where the tank or armored vehicle is hit, and explosions occur internally(nasty nasty after armor effects), the pressure build up would find the weakest point to escape. Hatches would be one of those weak areas that would blow first. If pressure build up is so great that the popping hatches don't help, the whole turret might fly. Thats not a safety measure either.

4m deep of water with 15 min preparation. I believe its a process called fording or snorkeling.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank
Look under the section of deep fording. There's a picture of a T-90 prepared for deep fording. Check out the length of THAT erection. Twisted Evil

touchstone_2000 SG

I read from another forum that the troops riding in APCs in Iraq typically keep the hatches open slightly. So that if they were hit, the shockwave gets vented instead of trapped.

Shotgun SG

The shock wave won’t get trapped I think. The pressure may vent out faster if the hatches are open… but not that it would help much for the ppl inside.

glock SG

I guess what post from "lionnoisy" meant was that tanks such as M1A1/2s, Merkavas etc are designed with blow off panels in the main round storage compartments in the turret bustle. When the armor is penetrated where the main round in the turret is located, any explosion ( or pressure increase ) will vent off safely. Note that Western tank rounds are sometimes individually encased in protective jackets ( eg with water in case of Merkava ). The propellants in the round also do not explode so easily unlike Russian rounds.

When penetrated , Russian tanks usually blow up from the secondary explosions from the main rounds. Western tanks are much more survivable.

Shotgun SG

Oh...

The blow off panels for M1s are located at the top of the ammo compartment. In the event of ammo explosion, an emergency seal off "door" seperates the ammo compartment from the crew compartment, while the explosion is vented upwards.

The crew should survive such a hit unless the seal off door was to malfunction in some way...

Black Aces SG

Just bought a Leopard 2A4 model kit.

In it, it had the colours for 4 non-German users. Even the SAF ex-German Leopards may have NATO-style camo but will think when it enters SAF service, it may have the same 1-colour style (as with other SAF vehicles), probably along the Dutch Leopard's (see below).

touchstone_2000 SG

No I got it from a weapons forum. One poster just came back from his tour in Iraq. There are some interesting points, but it is like 3rd hand.

tankfanatic SG

who says female cant do combat? check this chick. dont mess with her.

Lyudmila Mikhailovna Pavlichenko
Lieutenant Pavlichenko was cited by the Southern Army Council for killing 257 German soldiers. Her total confirmed kills during World War II was 309, including 36 enemy snipers.

the deadliest woman in the world.

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