Yes that would mean Russian
UNIT 374 as well, so congratulations on passing the
SPMBT Awareness Check (SAC)!!!!
So for the rest of you, be careful so you too don't get
SAC'd!?!
About
UNIT 374 as far as I know they haven't committed to the
57mm yet but, I know however, I do have a couple of articles in my
APC/IFV folder concerning the issue and that it is
currently being
strongly considered. I'll be watching it, since I keep my "
poop" for so long.
So Don, please tell me that the "
older" German
LEOPARD tanks up to the
A6 are mostly
legacy ones from before you guys took over the game. I'm assuming they are based on the dates but, if I'm asking,
you already know then, I'm finding a
mess.
For instance
LEOPARD 2A5 UNITS 031 & 032 looks like they can be deleted as they are to early by at least a year or more.
UNITS 270 & 271 are closer but, it's looking like they might be early by about
6 months at least as well. From my
sources with a
very tight or exact same date from one of my sources:
"The
first Leopard 2A5 was handed over on
30th November 1995."
If I understand it correctly, those
LEOPARD 2A5 tanks
UNITS 032/271/274 & 275 with the (S) represent ones with the Steel plates added on the "
belly" for mine protection. If that is correct, than the issue is they didn't have that added on to them as far as I can tell to this point. It was from the lessons learned from the German
KFOR Ops with the
LEOPARD 2A4/2A5 tanks, which is why the
LEOPARD 2A6M had the modification done as noted above and as follows again representative of my sources:
"Lessons learned from Bundeswehr operations in
Bosnia-Herzegovina and
Kosovo, where its forces were confronted with an
extreme mine threat, the transformation of the Bundeswehr into an operational army, and the increase in out-of-area deployments made it necessary to improve the mine protection of the
Leopard 2A6.
Between
2004 and 2008, therefore, a total of
70 Leopard 2A6 tanks were modified to
2A6Ma. These vehicles were equipped with a mine protection kit, which included a mine protection
belly plate under the hull and a belt seat for the driver attached to the hull roof."
We are familiar with this because as you might remember Don and I fixed Canadas
LEOPARD issue that would cumulate with the addition of the
2A6M (That they returned to Germany.) when they received both the
LEOPARD 2A6MCAN/2A4MCAN tanks.
I ask for you to do nothing until it's sorted out. This will be done as separate submission for Germany as I've come across some minor I hope
APC/IFV issues as well, though again,
minor compared to the tanks.
So I leave you with these thoughts...
1.
Play CANADA!!!!
2. How is it that this
kind of situation keeps following me lately,
year after year!?!
Oh, that's right,
OWOO/or OWOOB (If you prefer.) for those in the know.
Alright I love a challenge as well!
Anyway have "
house" things to do with
CINCLANTHOME so
HAVE A GREAT DAY!!
Regards,
Pat
