Is that an APU on the left rear of the hull? Also, is there any public data available on the applique armour? Those are big flat surfaces for any gunner to be shooting at.
Just checked - the Belgian guns are the medium pressure (MP) version of the 90mm. The LP version wasn't a million miles from the one on the AML, with a mv of around 1200m/s for its APFSDS (a 2.5kg projectile with a diameter of 20mm), and which had very marginal penetration against tanks, even older ones (T-55 etc) from the front. It might have better behind armour effects, but as an anti tank weapon, it's about on a par with the 30mm Bushmaster the DF use. The MP seems better, with an mv of 1350m/s for the APFSDS, which should do 150mm RHAE at 2km - a bit back from even a 50 year old L7/M68, but not terrible. CMI advertise it as having 'similar' anti-tank capabilities to 105mm systems - in this case 'similar' appears to mean a bit 'worse', and on a platform that is very vulnerable to anything above 7.62mm ...
http://www.armyrecognition.com/belgi...t_product.html
Just checked - the Belgian guns are the medium pressure (MP) version of the 90mm. The LP version wasn't a million miles from the one on the AML, with a mv of around 1200m/s for its APFSDS (a 2.5kg projectile with a diameter of 20mm), and which had very marginal penetration against tanks, even older ones (T-55 etc) from the front. It might have better behind armour effects, but as an anti tank weapon, it's about on a par with the 30mm Bushmaster the DF use. The MP seems better, with an mv of 1350m/s for the APFSDS, which should do 150mm RHAE at 2km - a bit back from even a 50 year old L7/M68, but not terrible. CMI advertise it as having 'similar' anti-tank capabilities to 105mm systems - in this case 'similar' appears to mean a bit 'worse', and on a platform that is very vulnerable to anything above 7.62mm ...
http://www.armyrecognition.com/belgi...t_product.html
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