Name This Photo!!! - The AFV Recognition Thread

[sober_ruski]

damn it. did see the last page  :-[

 

[McG]

Something less misleading this time.

 

[Jammer]

GIAT Leclerc with anti-thermal cam...

 

[McG]

GIAT Leclerc with anti-thermal cam...

No.

 

[a_majoor]

Swiss PZ 87 WE with thermal camoflage and RWS.

 

[McG]

Swiss PZ 87 WE with thermal camoflage and RWS.

Yes.  Pz 87 is the Swiss designation for thier Leopard 2A4.  Pz 87WE is the current upgrade model which diverges quite significantly from the path taken in the Leopard 2A6.

 

[ironduke57]

Leo 1 with a T-72 turret.

IIRC the back story of this one is that after the fall of the wall the BW tried if this was a feasible (and cheap) upgrade for the Leo1. Take the turret of ex-NVA T-72´s and put it on an Leo1 hull. Cheap way of adding more firepower and turret armor on the proven Leo1 hull. But the project was scraped as most idea´s regarding integrating the NVA in the BW, because it wasn´t needed anymore after the Warsaw pact was gone.

But it is no wonder that some in Britain and France feared an united Germany. With the two German Army´s combined together we would had an enormous firepower. (As if we would be the same German´s which would make a "little trip" to Paris or London.)

Regards,
ironduke57

 

[TN2IC]

But it is no wonder that some in Britain and France feared an united Germany. With the two German Army´s combined together we would had an enormous firepower. (As if we would be the same German´s which would make a "little trip" to Paris or London.)

Regards,
ironduke57

That was something I always wonder when I was younger.  ;D That Leo/T72 deal did throw me for a loop there.

 

[ironduke57]

Maybe this spur´s this thread a bit on:

Regards,
ironduke57

 

[vonGarvin]

Funny, when I first looked at it, I immediately thought of BRDM-2.  But that MG looks more like an M2 HB than a DSHK...

 

[ironduke57]

Funny, when I first looked at it, I immediately thought of BRDM-2.  But that MG looks more like an M2 HB than a DSHK...

BRDM-2?-> No.
DSHK?->No.
M2?-> Yes.

Regards,
ironduke57

 

[vonGarvin]

The only guess I have is a variant of the M-93 FOX, the US NBC vehicle; however, the front "windows" seem wrong...

 

[ironduke57]

FUCHS/FOX based/variant?->No.

But it is from the US.

Regards,
ironduke57

 

[McG]

Cadillac Gage LAV-150 variant?

 

[ironduke57]

LAV-150 variant?->No.

Regards,
ironduke57

 

[Bzzliteyr]

I know the answer is No, but I am going to go with a VAB prototype or something in that family..

 

[ironduke57]

VAB prototype or something in that family?->No.

Regards,
ironduke57

 

[OldSolduer]

Its a really ugly vehicle, what ever it is.

 

[McG]

I can see similarities with some types of Dragoon

However, the window configuration is not right for even the Patroller variant.  Perhaps an initial prototype geared toward the US military police requirement?

 

[Jammer]

Egyptian Fahd...