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mechanically complex and with horrible situational awareness and a lack of any air guard capability. Those things aside, head to head this thing will be a beast tank vs tank with that big 130mm+ 50 cal + maingun.
I think the red capped ports are an active defensive system (red being an agressive color), using them as missile ports make no sense with a 135-152mm (I've heard both) gun.
The ballistic shaping and what appears to be ERA or NERA(NxRA) blocks makes me think the Russians still cannot produce qulaity composite armors.
The remote 14.5mm is creating a blindspot to the commanders independant site and apears to lack travese of it's own. Better to stack the cammoander ssite ontop of the gunner site in a mast for improved hull down ambush capabilties like the American ITV's.
And finally it apears to be to wide for Russian rail transport which makes me seriosuly question the validity of the whole thing.
Not putting to much empashis on it but the barrel apears to lack an aligning device and fume extractor. Only reason I am bringig it up at all is the drawing does show the tanks winsensor and LWR's so it might be accurate.
Crew egress with any type of turet failure damage is impossible so I am guessing there is a Merkava style tunnel.
The turret has toi be open form underneath for basic maintence which make sme think it still has the exposed ammuntion issue of Russian tanks.
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