Friday, November 29, 2013

SPz Puma in Abu Dhabi






8 comments :

  1. I cry whenever I see all this niffty new toys in incompetent Arab hands. Granted I do believe they have merc in their forces.

    BTW solomon read this.

    http://www.duffelblog.com/2013/11/outgoing-company-commander-hate/#ixzz2m5Ajrxyz

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  2. mmmmm good tank porn......

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    1. yeah it is. they're finally getting the design together. its been a slow process but the end product looks right.

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  4. I wonder if that is their MANTIS gun system or compatible gun if used with the targeting system? Cant tell from the photo but it looks very similar. Capable of shooting down mortar, artillery, short range rockets, UAV's, and never mentioned but I don't see why it couldn't JDAM's.

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  5. Too bad it only carries 6 men.

    That smaller than any Squad in NATO, if I'm not mistaken, are at least 8 men.

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    1. I mentioned this before: 6 men is the size of a German Army fire team.

      The space beneath the turret is just occupied by a big rack. 2 additional dismounts could be placed there instead. There is also some lost space left to the gunner right behind the driver.
      http://www.psm-spz.de/index.php?id=fahrgestell&L=1
      Here some pictures from the interior could be found: http://www.rommelkiste.de/Fahrzeuge/Puma/Puma.html

      My conclusion therefore is
      8 dismounts easily fit in Puma.
      + one additional could be squeezed in.

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