What's the consensus on Ariete tank?

What's the consensus on Ariete tank?

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  1. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Shit

  2. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Ariete is an anagram of Itaree, which is how you say Italy with a stereotypical Japanese accent. Just putting that out there.

  3. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Extremely bland and forgettable, I don’t know of it’s capabilities, I assume it’s distinctly average in all categories except armor which I believe is subpar.

  4. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    who

  5. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >italy flag
    It's shit. I don't have to see anything else about it.

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Dude, you realize that italians make really good stuff (even for us Americans), right?

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        moron.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Cope harder.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          >italy flag
          It's shit. I don't have to see anything else about it.

          You forget that over half of this board thinks French & Italian stuff is shit because le surrender in WW2

          Where are you from anon?

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        Our Next generation Frigate is italian made.

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Italian designed*, it’s built at an American shipyard

      • 1 year ago
        Anonymous

        You forget that over half of this board thinks French & Italian stuff is shit because le surrender in WW2

        • 1 year ago
          Anonymous

          Yeah. I'd add that Italians technically did an armistice (which is different from a surrender)

  6. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    The L/44 gun is good, but unfortunately it doesn't benefit from DU rounds since Europe exclusively uses Tungsten.

    The armor isn't that effective, about 500/600 mm vs APFSDS. Arietes received bolt-on armor, but I don't know how much RHA it adds.

    The FCS is really good. Basically they packed an aviation system into a tank. Highly accurate.

    Mobility is also good with 65 Kph on road and 600 Km of range (road).

    The Ariete's problems are its armor and the gun, beacuse Tungsten needs the L/55 to be effective these days.

  7. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    No idea. But I think it looks sexy

  8. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Cute

  9. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    >not enough armor
    >no blow out panels
    >no thermal for commander, only for gunner
    >ok gun, L/44 will do the job but not really that great
    >less armor makes it lighter so at least it has good PWR

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      Last 55 Arietes built had a commander thermal

  10. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    it's absolutely mediocre even when it was built in the early 90s. but then again italians hardly if ever use tanks so why care? they're always in the back lines helping with logistics n shiet while the amerigrunts bear the brunt of action. and if they really need mobile firepower they always have the centauros.

  11. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    I think it looks Breddy gool

    • 1 year ago
      Anonymous

      of all italian designs the ariete is the worst. it looks unassuming and utilitarian, like someone tried to catch up as quickly as possible with other nations without having time to properly design it. it's overall ugly. one of the ugliest tanks around bar the indian arjun

  12. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Very sexy but extremely flawed, good for parades before getting into an actual fight and becoming irrelevant immediately, much like in WW2.

    In summary, Italian/10.

  13. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    It's a tank. Not noteworthy to mention in any discussions about MBTs. It's like their Tardo IFV

  14. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    Not great, not terrible.
    The worst western tank is still better than all Russian and Chinese tanks.

  15. 1 year ago
    Anonymous

    it was ok-ish for the time it was supposed to come out (1985)
    C2 ariete will be better, especially if the off-the-books upgrades go through
    still, it looks sexy as frick
    also, the parliament transcripts for the acquisition programme are absolutely comedy gold

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