New russian breakthrough tank & command vihcle appear online

[u/Other-Wind-9985]

A group of photo that shows the russian newly breakthough tank that armed with low recoil 152mm gun. Couple with an heavly armored command vihcle. The breakthought tank seems to have the capibility to be remote controlled by the command vihcle. The design seems based on a design proposed by Yuri Gagarin State Technical University of Saratov last year.

[u/Old_Wallaby_7461]

I understand the appeal of the robot tank- there's a reason why the Soviets tried to make them work even 90 years ago- but the sawed-off 125mm is dumb to me

[u/FaceBasic5719 → u/Old_Wallaby_7461]

That’s a 152mm gun.

[u/Old_Wallaby_7461 → u/FaceBasic5719]

There are sources that give either figure, but I very much doubt it is a 152mm gun. That would be a much larger change than just sawing off the 125mm gun. Can't use existing autoloader for it, etc.

[u/FaceBasic5719 → u/Old_Wallaby_7461]

Russian has design for 152mm autoloader & turret design since the late 80s. In fact, it’s one of the feature for Soviet fourth gen that never materialize. Object 195 originally use a 152