How will you determine range? Many options including Laser range finders, Lidar and radar for active systems. while those emit, they can be tightly focussed so that only the target would see it. If you want to maintain zero emissions then a computer-controlled stereoscopic or coincidence rangefinde...

You can observe it on the Polish SPG - they swapped out the gun for a Nexter gun - then they swapped out that one for the German one - then they swapped the original chassis (mated to the Braveheart turret) for the one from Korea (K-9) No. As far as the vehicle is concerned The “Braveheart” was a c...

What is clear by now is that Braveheart will not be arriving and the side profile as for how it was proposed did look so massive that one could easily question how much of the famed mobility would have been left had the new turret been adopted. New turret? I was under the impression that all that c...

In 2004 the H&K caseless telescoped round was licensed to US who further developed round using a plastic case, presume seeing result in above video. Seems unlikely. I can’t see the logic in licensing a caseless round and putting a case on it and the US has been working on telescoped round for d...

A thought that occurs following discussion in the Warrior thread: The British Army has a risk due to lack of SPAA. Ajax mounts a fire controlled CT40, has GVA and a demonstrated ability to swap out the big sight on the rear of the turret. Could we use Ajax as a SPAAG? We could use the rear turret si...

RunningStrong wrote:s that €500m for a rubber track? €3.5m for tracks doesn't sound like a bargain

I’m guessing that there’s more to it than that. I just thought that the amount spent on an upgrade was interesting.

Looking at the unit cost I’d think it would be a non-starter to buy something like that at all.

I thought it interesting and pertinent that another country is spending that kind of money on a midlife update.

Just for the sake of comparison: https://www.baesystems.com/en/feature/cv90-holland-investing-in-the-future-battlefield?utm_source=hootsuite&utm_medium=twitter&utm_term=baesystemsinc&utm_content=20adeedb-8a4c-4a02-b50c-a0fb0875bbc2&utm_campaign=PS2020 €500m for a midlife update 144 v...

jedibeeftrix wrote:Now that we've adopted the Bofors 40mm in the RN - and we have a SPAAG shaped hole in the Army - is there potential to widen adoption of the Bofors 40mm?

Surely more desirable to widen use of the CT40, which is a very similar capability.

Lord Jim wrote:Lockheed Martin did trial Javelin on their Warrior Turret, but if we went sown that route we would want to install a heavy ATGW,

Would we? Why?

So is an AJAX a light tank? What about a M1128? Scimitar 2? They're all protected, mobile, direct fire, with no dismounts (to exclude IFV). Yes, that would be a fair assessment. MCB concept development 2008. Japanese Defence law changes 2015. Any evidence of that? [That the Centauro is intended to ...

Until recently Japan's military stance was entirely defensive, and so the need to get a large calibre weapon to a pre-prepared defensive position quickly was more important than the vehicles own protection. Except the wheeled 8x8 Type 16 is the most modern vehicle in Japan’s Arsenal and has no dire...

No one is saying that wheeled platforms mounting large high velocity guns are a replacement for Main Battle Tanks. You are partially correct. However, if such a vehicle is the only such that you have on the field then it is a de facto your main battle tank. If it isn’t very good at it then that is ...

That's a complete contradiction in terms. Which is why no modern military recognises the term "light tank". I fear that they are deceiving only themselves if that is the case. I assume that you mean China and Russia don’t count as “Modern Militaries” although I speak neither language(s) a...

u But that bring we onto why have a large gun on a wheeled platform. They are not tanks anymore than an AS-90 is an alternative to the Challenger 2. They are Direct Fire Support Platforms, taking out bunkers and other fortifications as well as being able if required to engage lightly Armoured and so...

Didn’t say they were perfect said they tend to do better. Look around the Nordic, Singapore, Australia even France, Italy. If you’re going to mention Australia I’m going to have to mention Seasprite, NH90, Tiger, Collins-class submarines and their artillery programmes. Again, it helps to have their...

If the defence is that other countries mess up procurement so we’re just like everyone else then it’s not a very good defence. The US has more money than it knows what to do with, the problem is the U.K. thinks it does, but doesn’t. Countries that have limited budgets and know they have limited bud...

One could always look to the US in many areas, but often you have to be following the programmes right through to see it. If you look back all you see is the end point rather than how they got there and frequently a troubled programme is rectified through continued expenditure where in other nations...

I think that those with most combat experience would be the South Africans and the French.

More “wheeled light tanks” than anything else.

Each time I see a large direct fire gun on a wheeled vehicle it’s usually presented as a self propelled gun, mobile gun system, or some other three letter abbreviation. The trouble with that is that it is being pushed into roles where it is used as a tank. In reality it is a tank, and not a very goo...

BlueD954 wrote:I thought Mobile Fires Platform will be on a truck-like chassis like the Archer artillery.

The protection for the forward observers needs to be in line with the unit they are supporting rather than the artillery they are spotting for.

I will see you your Tavor and raise you a Grot:
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is already at its mechanical limits in terms of penetrator length Has this not been a known fact for a good while? Assuming that you’ve misquoted, a fair few people have been dissatisfied by MoD procurement, but to offer up additional costs to de-risk a weapons system for another country’s benefit ...

the MOD has already said no to the L55 being a thing for CR2 and that is confirmed. The fact that, engineering wise, the 120mm in terms of its ammunition is already at its mechanical limits in terms of penetrator length means there is now virtually no viability for future improvemen If that’s true ...