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Another legacy of Alvis PLC, the FV4334 Sasanian is a further development of the FV4333 Stormer which in turn is a further development of the CVR(T) family of vehicles. Although the CVR(T) line of combat and support vehicles was meant to be made obsolete by the FRES program (the same program that produced the Alvis Caliver), the Ministry of Defence's decision to steer the FRES initiative towards wheeled instead of tracked fighting vehicles essentially stopped that motive dead in its tracks. Therefore, if the CVR(T) units were to remain relevant whatsoever, a string of enhancements would be required. The FV4333 was already one push towards that direction; however, the -33 lacked the ability to conduct multiple mission tasks at once and the ability to multitask has become one of the most desirable traits for expeditionary units like the Stabilization Force in Eastern Europe. Hence, the -34 was concocted as a cheap ADATS capable of eliminating both air and ground targets simultaneously. With eight missiles mounted externally and another sixteen stored internally (the -33 could only carry twelve), the Sasanian is perhaps one of the deadlier AFVs in the field despite its rather meager size. Additionally, the -34 is fitted with an extensive jamming suite, a feature often used to a great extent by airborne forces attempting to make deep penetrations into enemy territory without causing too much alarm. At any rate, the FV43-- family of vehicles is purportedly said to be in service until 2050.
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The people of West Sumatra belong to an ethnic group known as Minangkabau, a people with a rich and ancient culture. The bull is extremely important to their culture. The first thing one notices in West Sumatra is the huge roofs pointed upward at the sides. The traditional Minangkabau house was known as Rumah Gadang or Rumah Adat, and was covered with colorful woodcarvings. This one in Bukittinggi is a good example.
Tongkonan is the traditional ancestral house, or rumah adat of the Torajan people, in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Tongkonan have a distinguishing boat-shaped and oversized saddleback roof. Like most of Indonesia’s Austronesian-based traditional architecture tongkonan are built on piles. The construction of tongkonan is laborious work and it is usually built with the help of all family members or friends. In the original Toraja society, only nobles had the right to build tongkonan. Commoners live in smaller and less decorated homes called banua.
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Had a few requests for individual M113s. All my variants work off my PA chassis. Here is the ADATS variant.
The layout of the Toraja adat houses is imbued with symbolic meaning. The orientation of the tongkonans has cosmological connotations, and the design of the carved decorations on the front has symbolic significance since it contains a variety of messages about social hierarchy and structure, and the relations to the world of the spirits.
As described above, the creator Puang Matua is associated with the North, and therefore the tongkonan must also face North. The South of the house is associated with the afterworld (heaven, or Puya) and the ancestors. The West and the East are associated with the left and right hands of the human body, but also with the world of the gods (East) and the ancestors in their deified form (West).
Technikai adatok:
Canon EOS 1100D fullspectrum
Astronomik UV/IR block filter
Skywatcher 72ED
x0,85 reductor
AZ-GTi
34*180s / ISO 1600
2022 03 26
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Tongkonan is the traditional ancestral house, or rumah adat of the Torajan people, in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Tongkonan have a distinguishing boat-shaped and oversized saddleback roof. Like most of Indonesia's Austronesian-based traditional architecture, tongkonan are built on piles. The construction of tongkonan is laborious work and it is usually built with the help of all family members or friends. In the original Toraja society, only nobles had the right to build tongkonan. Commoners live in smaller and less decorated homes called banua.
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The people of West Sumatra belong to an ethnic group known as Minangkabau, a people with a rich and ancient culture. The bull is extremely important to their culture. The first thing one notices in West Sumatra is the huge roofs pointed upward at the sides. The traditional Minangkabau house was known as Rumah Gadang or Rumah Adat, and was covered with colorful woodcarvings. This one in Bukittinggi is a good example.
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A pleasant train ride of about an hour to the south of Kuala Lumpur through lush, rolling countryside takes you to the capital of Negeri Sembilan, one of the thirteen states which constitute Malaysia. Its capital is the friendly town of Seremban, which came to prominence in the late nineteenth century in the wake of the discovery of tin and the realisation that the local climate is very suitable for growing fruit.
In the very centre of town just a hop-skip-jump from the railway station is this pretty valley with two man-made lakes. Beautifully landscaped, it is also a carefully tended botanical garden aglow with blossoming trees among which the Hibiscus is perhaps the most prominent. And there's a nice pond for Lotus as well. All is highly relaxing and pretty.
This photo was taken in the direction of the railway station about halfway along the ponds. On hill's edge is the 'new' (1967-1970) state mosque, whose archictect is Chong Keat Lim (1947). A closer examination than this photo allows would show that he's combined modernism with elements from traditional Minangkabau culture (originating in western Sumatra). The next time I travel here, I must look more carefully to see to what degree adat perpatih is still practiced; that is to say, the age-old Minangkabau practice of matrilineality and of giving women a higher social status than men.
The M32-ADATS variant is bases around a modified version of the baseline model's turret, although the 30mm cannon has been replaced with a the five-barrelled, 25mm GUA-18 gattling gun. This model also includes an upgraded version of the Swiss-desgigned ADATS (air defense/anti-tank system), providing the ability to engage almost any conventional target. The onboard laser targetting system allows fire-and-forget engagements with enemies both on the ground or in the air, while the M32's sophisticated networking ability allows the system to use friendly radar signals to pinpoint and intercept aerial targets as well.