That seems to be the universal feeling, that "Oh, that's good! But...this and this..but it has this good bit too!" Frankly, outside of the AMV, I can't think of any selection that wouldn't have felt like that in some way. At least it's not the VBCI, I've absolutely no time for giving contr...

That money is lost, and buying Boxer now makes it twice as painful. I wouldn't touch Boxer with a long stick, if i were in the army. Money was lost no matter who we picked, so it's the same pain on whichever selection. I do recall saying years ago that not going with Boxer the whole time was one of...

It's a fair point of concern about the current tone from Germany. Aside from that, Boxer is a very solid choice. One of, if not the best 8x8 in the world, with enormous modularity and something the UK has previously paid into anyway. My money had been on for AMV due to that already prototyped CT40 W...

Most tanks store ready in the turret bustle.

The trick is whether you can get blowout panels and sealed doors in there.

I certainly am not too keen on the Exocet. Can't be carried internally, and it's so large and clunky that even the Rafale can only carry a single missile per plane. In that case it quite literally is "only one shot to take." F-35's can easily fit 8 Spear3 inside their internal bays. Slight...

Probably in reference to Exocet on their jets.

Chill, guys. Discussion is fine, but lets not get passive aggressive or accusatory.

For France, there isn't a 5th gen program. Germany has some insane aspiration to do another joint EU one. Good luck on that without the UK or France. It's been a worry to me about them "skipping" a generation, the UK has had enough self 5th gen prospects and F-35 integration that its maint...

Landing craft carrying sonars?

That is actually pretty genius, amphibious ships deploying groups of sonar equipped ships to saturate an area...I like it.

It's generally accepted by those who have measured the layouts and design compared to other carriers that the QE could probably fit around 45-50 F-35 on top of a smattering of helos if they really went for a full house. Kyd likely meant double as in double of the "24" standard load, rather...

Thats around 16 knots, so almoist certainly, yes. It's not such a big issue, as something as large as a ship in such a featureless zone is easy to track for the missile, and while it could move at more than 16 knots, the missile would have to moving literally perpendicularly for that to really matte...

I believe CAMM's "anti-surface" option is less of a fully developed "mode" and more like SM-6 or Sea Dart. The missile will simply respond to what its told to attack, and the minimum height is low enough that it can include surface targets. After all, most sea-skimmers fly lower ...

Very correct, my mistake. Didn't look at which country's CV90 it actually was.

One of the Bofors' drawbacks is that its ammunition is absolutely enormous, restricting ammunition capacity. Good reason to want something else to not require them to be used on every engagement. Also the usual RWS stuff, easier engagement, separate engagement, doubling up suppression...all sorts. B...

None of the links they have provided work. Something odd going on?

Generally the answer is the vast majority factor. 105mm's are not going to be effective against MBTs. Then again, neither are 155mm's really. At least not on splash. On direct impact, both 105 and 155, be it from an L118 or the AS-90 (thread topic!) would absolutely annihilate any tank in the world....

The question is, you keep saying "against armour".

What kind of armour? Modern MBTs? Medium weight IFVs? Basic APCs?

What is the scope of your question to measure 105mm against?

This question is as broad as "Bullet resistant" between 9mm and 14.5mm.

Very nifty. Hadn't realised that about it.

I tend to keep forgetting about that well dock mentioned a lot too.

Additional details became available about the variations concepted of one the ships submitted. That is news. People made a few comments and brief discussion about the revealed news. So long as it doesn't become mass discussion about the capabilities and concepts outside of brief comments on new cont...

As a note, the latest release about Belgium contains that the Typhoon can carry "over 9,000kg of weapons". Direct from BAE. Real limits starting to be revealed to push sales? Rafale having 9,500kg was always one of its big draws over the Typhoons previous reveal of 7,500kg. Seems the Tiffy...

There's really not a huge difference in pricing between the Rafale and the Typhoon. Enough that it's more about anciliary aspects that define their individual pricings. For example, if Belgium wants to stick with AMRAAM and Sidewinder, well, Typhoon has that covered, while they'd have to pay integra...

Not many left to get influence over, tbh. Bahrain isn't a certainty yet for F-16, but still...always was rumours Saudis might have bought it for them in return for maintainence.

Just had a full look, that is an impressive variety of equipment. SAM Munitions: CAMM Mistral/SIMBAD ASM Munitions: Exocet RBS-15 Brimstone/Sea Spear Guns: 127mm (Undefined but looks like a Mk45) 76mm (OTO) 40mm (Bofors) Energy Weapons Silos: CAMM LM Silos Mk41 Strike Length (Which seems to hint at ...

BAE Systems in arms talks with Saudi Arabia http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37575599 BAE Systems has disclosed it is in talks over a multi-billion-pound arms contract with Saudi Arabia. Talks have been underway for more than two years over a five-year deal centred on the sale of 48 Eurofighter T...

It's well worth remembering the QE and MARS angles there. The MoD patently has a certain trust in BMT's designs to have offered such critical projects to them in the past. I do wonder if BAE will go public with some statements on what the Cutlass and Avenger have by comparison. Thus far it just look...