This is for clarification...well maybe!?! I wish I didn't go back to the APC Thread it just shows how far behind my vision issue put me so everyone
PLEASE TAKE CARE OF YOUR EYES!! So much for the public service announcement. And before you say anything Don please note your final response on the last page of that thread as well!?! Time for business...
1. Reason I asked you to save the BTR-90M unit in a safe place is because the BOOMERANG will share many of the attributes of the BTR-90M such as the improved armor, newest and last turret used on the BMP-3 (Which Russia has supposedly stopped production on in 2010/2011.), FCS etc. I think the ICON will be good and expect only MINOR changes in Carry+, Speed+/=, ERA (Off some Russian Mil.
Blog sites, and you know how I feel about them.) if it even gets built, those same blogs are questioning that as well, which is why and for other reasons I'm not willing to pull the trigger on that APC.
http://www.military-today.com/apc/btr_90.htm
2. Since it seems your pursuing this line of APCs...
ADD/RUSSIA/JAN 2010/BTR-82/C3 P7 Both/TI/GSR 50 (3Km) Both/Weapons Turreted 14.5mm w/500Rds and coupled coaxial 7.62mm w/2K Rds/6 Smoke Dispensers and EW Both/BTR-82A/Weapons 2A72 30mm cannon w/500Rds and coupled coaxial 7.62mm w/2K Rds/
These are Russia's most advanced APCs. It will replace the BTR-70/80 series APCs. It is supposed to be fully amphibious. The 30mm ammo of the BTR-82A is supposedly a high density ramjet type projectile to allow it to inflict greater damage on targets. I keep coming up with 500 Rds for the 30mm on the NET. Sounds almost like the UK/French case mounted 40mm round of the FRES. Better armor protection then any BTR-80 variant. To the BTR-90M level for armor? Good pics in refs for each and in
POST #3 above.
http://www.armyrecognition.com/russi...res_video.html
http://www.armyrecognition.com/russi..._pictures.html
http://www.deagel.com/Wheeled-Armore...000348008.aspx
Better get to bed before the BOOMERANG will be the least of my problems!!?!!
Regards,
Pat
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