TTK Ciar's MBT Resources

TTK Ciar's Main Battle Tank Resources

Last updated 2003-06-26

Pakistani Al-Zarrar Type-59 Upgrade

    This is a list of MBT-related documents and images that I have accumulated and archived on my system. The initial intention was simply to make accessing them faster for me, but then I thought they might make a decent web page too.

    I make no promises about the correctness of this information, or that it will display well on your browser. If a page is broken, I may or may not ever get around to fixing it. I may or may not respond to emails on the subject. Having said that, :-) have fun and good luck!

    Some documents have been temporarily suspended -- namely the ISB and IJIE documents and most of the images. They will be re-enabled by February 23rd at the very latest, possibly earlier. I apologize for this interruption.

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About This Page	Look here for news, updates, warnings, etc
Local Archives	Publications from the International Journal of Impact Engineering, 19th International Symposium on Ballistics, and some web sites of relevant interest
Tanks - Misc	Documents not specific to any single tank type
Tanks - Specific	Documents specific to tank types
AFV's	Documents related to non-tank Armored Fighting Vehicles (AFV's)
Images	Images of various vehicles
Al-Khalid	Close-up on Pakistan's Al-Khalid, Al-Zarrar, and military issues in general.
Armor - Historical	Short list of documents related to historical (ie, WWII era) tank armors
Armor - Modern	Documents related to modern composite vehicle armor, including much informed speculation on the Chobham/Burlington armor system (used in American, British, and German tanks)
Other Defenses	Everything besides armor that tanks use to avoid getting hurt -- low profiles, explosive reactive armor (ERA), active defense systems, etc
Tank Guns	Big things that go boom
Small Arms	Hand-held things that go boom
Munitions - General	Documents not specific to any particular munition type
Munitions - HEAT	High Explosive Anti Tank munitions -- shaped charges
Munitions - HESH	High Explosive Squash Head (aka High Explosive Plastic) -- warheads that go SPLAT!
Munitions - APFSDS	So-called "Long Rod Penetrators" -- long, thin darts of dense metal that fly fast and hit hard
Missiles	Rocket-propelled guided weapons
Artillery	Indirect-fire weapons, including mortars and howitzers
Strategy, Tactics	Strategy is what determines when and where battles are fought; tactics are what you use once the shooting starts
Miscellaneous	Stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else (including engine specifications)
Links	Some sites update their contents too often to make an archive practical, so these are just links to those sites. Includes discussion forums, for-sale sites, vehicle enthusiasts' societies, etc

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