If the UK Army had a fleet mix of say 600 Ajax 900 Boxer 1200 Patria 6x6 It could then get its head down to designing and building a new 4x4 replacement for Foxhound , Husky and Jackal with an order for say 1200 vehicles plus Or just build Eagles/Bushmaster? Both companies would be willing to setup...

For me with the budget pressures we should cap Boxer at 900 and buy 900 to 1200 Patria 6x6 using money from the remaining Boxer fund and MRV(P)-2 funding I tend to agree given the rate of the CAVS programme gaining pace. But undermining BOXER sales now would be similar to when the Scout SV programm...

Well then why on earth are we buying 1500 of them? Do we really need new ambulances and command posts that badly? In terms of IFVs Boxer is the only game in town the chances of money appearing for say CV90 at this late stage. Sometimes I think the army is on a suicide mission Because the army is st...

Well then why on earth are we buying 1500 of them? Do we really need new ambulances and command posts that badly? In terms of IFVs Boxer is the only game in town the chances of money appearing for say CV90 at this late stage. Sometimes I think the army is on a suicide mission Because the army is st...

This is a better view from the side, looks like the wing mirrors have been removed. The remote weapons station seems quite high off the ground. Typically wing mirrors are only used for road moves to meet legal requirements. They're always removed for firing. The RWS is high up, they always are. The...

Jdam wrote: ↑02 Jun 2023, 12:20

Who doesn't love the energetic launched of a Sea Viper Missile

Congratulations, it's a buoy!

I agree. However, the rigid 10x10 truck used for the Artillery turret is huuuuuge.

Poiuytrewq wrote: ↑25 May 2023, 17:32 Making a difference?

Slow down enough to take a pot shot at. Always have to assume they are more solid than that. Imagine if every third one had a 2m foundation...

Wouldn't surprise me that the investigation phase determined that the Mk 41's were not the greatest addition. The T31's have a very minimal sensor set which doesn't really help. Are you talking about a lack of sonar or something else? Bargain bin radar, couple of eo directors, minimal ESM, no sonar...

As I said yesterday it is a great sign of what we hope the RN can achieve, but lets not bank on it yet. Completely agree. It would be greay to have Mk41 on T31. It would be amazing to have 4 whole modules on T31. But I don't think anyone can say that with certainty yet, it's an aspiration without a...

Ron5 wrote: ↑19 May 2023, 13:40 There's two Ajax in the video which you probably haven't viewed.

What's wrong Ronnie?

As I said yesterday it is a great sign of what we hope the RN can achieve, but lets not bank on it yet. Completely agree. It would be greay to have Mk41 on T31. It would be amazing to have 4 whole modules on T31. But I don't think anyone can say that with certainty yet, it's an aspiration without a...

GD-ELS SBS develop 105mm gun variant of ASCOD.

https://www.edrmagazine.eu/general-dyna ... ry-vehicle

sol wrote: ↑17 May 2023, 18:25 New video of Ares on Bovington Training Area

Not Ares. That's Atlas recovery with the winch and ground anchor.

SD67 wrote: ↑15 May 2023, 12:40 So Storm Shadow has been integrated on the SU24 in 3 month but not F35B after 10 years

Maybe we can hire the Ukranians as a kind of procurement agency

Stormshadow OSD doesn't fit with F35 very well. FCASW is the intended replacement.

BB85 wrote: ↑14 May 2023, 12:11 BAE had already received certification on their manned and unmanned turrets

You better tell DOSG that!

BB85 wrote: ↑12 May 2023, 09:14 I'm surprised BAE did not make a much larger song and dance about the state of warrior lep when it became clear GDUK and LM were not capable of delivering it in time it budget. Pretty sure it would have been delivered in 2016 had they won the initial competition.

Warrior CSP was LM only.

All of this is quite right but JC will have one or two 3030 turrets in hand and the Leopard 1 3105 ( part of the 3030 range) upgrade was just a turret , turret ring adaptor and power cable adaptor This is just a back up if Ajax falls down again and Warrior needs to carry on in the armoured Recce ro...

I would agree but we will need more SHORAD in the Infantry battalions maybe a Troop with 4 AD Boxers and a Radar Boxer all liked in and yes we need to make use of the CTA-40's we have laying around Been saying for years that every IFV has to have a secondary robust AD capability, with the emphasis ...

mr.fred wrote: ↑05 May 2023, 11:31

RunningStrong wrote: ↑05 May 2023, 11:09 New armour on Warrior?

Looks like TES fit, but without the ERA fitted

I wasn't aware Warrior ever had ERA. Found a Janes article from a little while back.

https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news ... to-estonia

New armour on Warrior?

With more countries buying Patria, is it time the UK joined as part of a more affordable FV432 replacement plan?https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news ... t-vehicles

Apologies stand corrected. Both in the industrial heartland, midlands and manchester. Likely surrounded by the supply chain and also by other industrial firms to poach from. My point is "hey ever thought of relocating to merthyr tydfil" is likely not a great draw for the kind of talent th...

A screwdriver plant in wales with no future orders is a distraction IMHO all activity should be concentrated in the hub in the north east to give that ecosystem the best chance of long term survival Why? The industry in the North East was all but dead for a decade. Why is it more deserving than Sou...

B) I have never seen or heard of a project that having been mismanaged for 23 years miraculously cures itself without at least a radical change in management. Feel free to quote one. There was a radical change in management in 2010. C) Cost of support over the lifetime is generally 3 times acquisit...