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There was claim in some magazine that Merkava 4 costs 20 mln shekels, thats around 6 mln dollar. But that was very old report plus figure is very rounded. I guess actual figure today is around 10 mln $. These armor and penetration figures are mostly pure speculations. I like about Leclerc its...

Newly produced western tanks cost more or less same (around 10 mln today). German Leopards on the other hand mostly were sold from German army stocks.

Leclerc is one of the best tanks in the world, often underestimated.

2nd generation. Kill vehicles with IR seeker. The first interceptor of new generation was US ASM-135 ASAT missile. It was 2 stage antisatellite missile launched from jet fighter. For the first time ever it was equipped with special kill vehicle with IR seeker and was intended for kinetic hit...

1st generation. Radio command guidance with nuclear warhead. First long range SAM in the world was US two stage MIM-14 Nike Hercules which entered service in 1958. Computer modulation showed that with nuclear warhead it could be used against ballistic missiles as well. In 1960 happened first...

F-16XL had 5731 kg of internal fuel compare to 4634 kg for F-16 with CFT (which seriously increase drug). Empty weight just slightly more - 9988 kg vs. 9208 kg for block 52+. Wing area - 58.8 m2 vs. 27.87 m2. High swept wing allowed much smoother ride at high speeds and low altitudes.

F-16 variants overview: The Initial F-16A/B: * AN/APG-66 pulse-Doppler fire-control radar * F100-PW-200 turbofan, rated at 12,240 lb.s.t. dry, 14,670 lb.s.t. full military, and 23,830 lb.s.t. with afterburning. * Singer-Kearfott SKN-2400 INS, UHV/VHF comms suite, ILS, TACAN, a Dalmo Victor...

AN/ASQ-239 Electronic Warfare / Countermeasures system The AN/ASQ-239 EW/CM system is an integrated suite of hardware and software. It is optimized and designedto provide the F-35 with a high level of A/A and A/S threat detection and self-protection. It can search, detect, identify, locate, and...

1. Not every AESA can work as jammer. Plus very few fighters beside US have AESA. 2. F-35 makes sensor fusion of all 5 systems listed above + external data.

The F-35 sensor suite includes the: 1)AN/APG-81 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar, 2)AN/ASQ-239 Electronic Warfare (EW)/Countermeasures (CM) system, 3)AN/AAQ-40 Electro-Optical Targeting System (EOTS), 4)AN/AAQ-37 Electro-Optical (EO) Distributed Aperture System (DAS), and...

Merkava Mk4M: Namer heavy APC with Trophy APC:

Saar 4.5 - Hetz class: Currently Phalanx are removed and Elta ELM 2208 air/surface seasch radar replaced by ELM 2258 AESA Alpha radar:

Your chart shows 360 grad actually. There is a gap between launcher and blast shield, so they even overlap a bit.

Trophy has 2 MEFP interceptors with good elevation and depression angels. Each interceptor has 180 grad coverage (360 grad total).

When i talk about 360 grad protection i mean azimuth. Trophy has 4 AESA panels all around the turret which fully cover 360 grad. Thats huge step compare to T-55AD which had only 40 grad frontal arc protection. Especially since sides and rear are most vulnerable parts of the tank.

M4 Sherman (1942) - US First with vertical plane gun stabilization. Sherman Firefly (1944) - US/UK First tank with APDS rounds. Panther Ausf.F (1944) - Germany First tank with night vision. Centurion Mk3...

Mark I (1916) - UK The first tank. Renault FT-17 (1917) - France First tank with rotating turret and classic configuration. Vickers Medium Mark I (1924) - UK First tank with three men...

F-35 sensors:

F-35 speed profile: https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2018-3371 https://www.quora.com/Why-does-F-35-which-has-the-most-advanced-and-powerful-engine-for-any-fighter-jet-has-only-max-speed-of-M-1-6 For comparison here is F-18E speed profile...