Alright here's my breakdown of the existing issues game wise concerning both the
Polish PT-91 vs. the
Malaysian PT-91M as follows...
1. PT-91M (1000hp) is
10km/h faster on the road than the PT-91 (850hp). How this translates to off road performance is beyond the scope of my knowledge in the calculus used within the game but I would think the 10km/h road speed difference would be seen in the game.
2. PT-91M has the wrong MG. This could've been based on what we had at the time, not sure though.
The
PT-91 should have the following MG..."The main cannon is also fitted with a Stelectro-hydraulic gun stabilization system, providing higher accuracy and fire on the move capability. The vehicle has a new autoloader and can carry
42 rounds of 125mm ammunition. The fire control system can select up to 6 different types of ammunition to be fired from the
125mm 2A46M (D-81TM) smoothbore cannon, which has an elevation of -6 to +13 degree‘s, which is considerably less than Western tanks."
By contrast the
PT-91M has the following...
"A new improved
2A46MS main cannon. The breech block has been redesigned to make it more symmetric, decreasing the resistance of the recoil break whilst the projectile is moving in the barrel, removing the recoil break axis below the main cannon axis in the azimuth plain, using two recuperators acting against each other and placing them above the main gun axis. This has
increased first hit probability by 23% over the original
2A46M main cannon."
3. Spacing is the worst enemy of any ERA protection system.
ERAWA has to be thought about much in the same way we think of the later
MERKAVA variants.
First it's a hybrid ERA, referred to as
ERA Armor.
Simply ERAWA has
no spacing gaps which in of itself improves overall protection.
Third which I was unaware of, did you know there was a "light"
laminate armor barrier sandwiched between the
steel armor and the
ERAWA for
both the PT-91 and PT-91M? Just like that Israeli tank above though not as good as the
MERKAVA.
3a. A reassessment in protection, is probably needed based on the above for both the PT-91 and PT-91M. However that being said, further consideration has to be given to the
PT-91M based on the following..."An
improved version of the Erawa ERA (possibly increasing the weight as its explosive is larger)."
This improved version has been identified as
ERAWA 2 for the
PT-91M of Malaysia as also noted in ref. 2 below.
4. Both have "
hunter killer" capability normally
simply and loosely defined as it's ability to hit a target while on the move and rapidly move to the next target.
This ref(s) are representative of others in encapsulating the other refs data for the purpose of this post.
http://tanknutdave.com/the-polish-pt...dy-qhardq-mbt/
http://www.armyrecognition.com/polan..._pictures.html
Bonus ref. of related topic...
http://below-the-turret-ring.blogspo...and-pt-16.html
It's very late!! Time to hit the rack before something else hits me!?!
Regards,
Pat
