Idk, I think HESH is too dated to be practical. Even primitive spaced armor makes it pretty much useless. From what I've seen, even the British only really keep it around because it's still one of the best rounds for dealing with things like concrete bunkers, but that's not something you see that often on a modern battlefield.
The reason the British decided to stick with the rifled gun with the Chally 2 is because they had a truly absurd stock of HESH rounds, and it was cheaper to stick with a bunch of "good enough." The British already plan for their next tank to have a NATO standard caliber barrel, which likely will continue to be the Rhinemetall Rh-120 or the newer Rhinemetall Rh-130.
at worst, he and his unfunny Shiba pals are disregarding a serious threat to an already overstretched Ukrainian military.
I mean, he is a retard, however broken clocks and all that. Every serious source considers the T-14 DOA vaporware. If it was useable we would've seen it in Ukraine. How do I know this? Because we have visual confirmation of a destroyed T-80UM2, which is a prototype tank model of which two (2) were built, total, ever. Russians literally rolled out ancient (in relative terms) test beds to send to the front.
Mostly but not completely. Most recent variant of the AC 130 has a 30mm bushmaster for AP punch and general HE, it also helps its fire rate is 200 rpm
The AC-130 is a comically rare, limited use case platform. For fast movers, our existing 20mm and 25mm gun pods are just fine. The GAU-8 cannot penetrate any tanks in common use by possible near peer adversaries from any attack angle, including 90° from the top. Using a smaller caliber allows the aircraft to carry more ammo with the same weight and accomplish the same tasks.
Russia has 10 tubes for every one that Ukraine holds. Ukraine is in a "Volksturm" situation as far as manpower is concerned.
This is wrong, but this isn't the thread for it. Literally all of this is wrong. Russians are scraping the barrel for physical tubes and are rapidly depleting their spares. Logistically, Russia absolutely cannot support their current fire mission optempo. I would refer you to the latest RUSI reports.
Even in situations where people's efforts are stymied by political bullshit (like in Nazi Germany), you still had plenty of people trying to create the best product (be it a gun or a vehicle) within the constraints of the system they were a part of.
Yeah absolutely. Ironically, this is why I love the Tiger I so much. The Tiger tank is probably my favorite Second World War tank, but not because of the retarded wehraboo reasons. The Tiger was, basically, a design born of desperation. They took a box, slapped an anti air cannon on it, and welded big BEEFY steel plates to it. To make it easier for retarded conscripts to drive, they put in a fucking steering wheel, which was totally novel at the time. No matter what country or what time period you look at, you will always find men that are doing their best to put my favorite Teddy Roosevelt quotes into action, "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."
Contrary to what pop historians would have you believe, the winning team doesn't have literally all of the heroes and geniuses.
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