I really need to spell check and read through my longer posts before hitting the submit button!!!

Regardless of whether it is a 81mm or 120mm out light forces could really use an SP Mortar Carrier. Hopefully funding will also be found for the just as important Boxer based SP Mortar for the Mechanised Battalions, and which could also be used in the Armoured Infantry Battalions as well. This shoul...

Great video as always Xav. Would RAPIDfire be an alternative to Phalanx of it can be linked into the ships CMS and FCS? Could it then also replace both Phalanx and the DS-30 guns on most Royal Navy ships, freeing up both space and weight? Maybe we should look at trying it out on say the rear mount o...

There are multiple versions of ExLS. There is the well know Quad cell that is designed to be inserted into a Mk41 Silo and another is the standalone Triple Stack that has three Quad Cells joined together, therefore holding a total of twelve missile. Because of the "Cold" launch it is possi...

Well if someone is already adopting the 3 cell ExLS, can we now please.

Ok stick a 120mm Mortar on the back instead. The Coyote could easily take four crew and a few dozen 120mm mortar bombs.

On paper FGASW looks great, but is still planned to be one missile not a family (Ok sub launched versions are a derivative) so whatever ends up being produced, to cover all those roles, is going to be very expensive, and more than its competitors. If it fits in the Mk41 then it would give the T-26 a...

ArmChairCivvy wrote:Is Viking2 , with its better protection level, amphibious like BV206?

Yes in their standard form. Start adding all the additional protect kit used in Afghanistan and you might have a few issues.

I would say most of us have some subjects that contain a "Red" Button topic or opinion that can set us off. Spicy discussion, as long as it does not becomes too personal is what makes forums interesting.

The SSS could also provide logistical support to other operations, that would free up the Bays to carry other items during such operations. The Idea of a largish hanger able to hole 2 to 4 Merlin and a two spot deck would be a very useful idea. The vessel will probably come with a side door anyhow t...

I am still hoping for 10, 11 and 12

I can only hope the Army get some new munitions for both the AS-90 and GMLRS a lot sooner than the introduction of new kit. AS for 16XX why don't we try a Coyote with a 105 LG lashed to the back and spades fitted as a light SP gun. Other nations havge tested similar combinations with even lighter pl...

We have to avoid "Mission creep", on the FSS at all cost, no pun intended. We need a platform that just does what is required to keep the carriers supplies at sea, nothing more, the budget isn't there to do anything else. May be the planned LSS could be a jack of all trades, transporting a...

That is interesting. I suppose those who complain it isn't an M4 may have a bias against anything that isn't. The issues with greater tolerances and heat are surprising. With the latter, one of the things the gas system on the 416 was greatly reduce the heat build up, especially with regards to the ...

Very little to encourage any positive thinking about how the ISR may turn out. If published it will likely be more a statement of intent with little real mass, decision that are needed being pushed back until after the next Election. Again Political aspirations trumps the needs of the MoD to defend ...

Fort Vic working with a Bay or Albion could be a good way of assessing what is needed in the eventual purpose designed LSS.

We'll keep they for use in Norway as they are the best platform for up there by a large margin, even if the Army ends up using them again.

Shows the buoyancy of the Hunt's by the fact that the two halves stayed afloat! On another point, the Greek Airforce had contract Lockheed Martin to upgrade all its F-16Cs to F-16V standard, greatly increasing the capabilities of the plane, with a new AESA radar being the core improvement to the pro...

but what do you do when your L85 malfunctions (from 3:00) and a list of spares you need to carry (@4:20) to prevail: This was 2010 though, even the L85A2 wasn't fully deployed t all troops by then I believe though could be wrong. The HK revamp sorted the spares issues on the whole and the A3 progra...

I suppose they could lengthen the Maja class to add additional Mk41 VLS, to match or surpass the Chinese Type 55 and South Korean DDX III, turning the vessel into one that looks more like the USN's "Arsenal Ship" looked at in the 2000s. OR they cold remove any Aviation facilities leaving o...

J. Tattersall wrote:A GOCO approach subsequently failed to attract enough bidders to be applied to DE&S.

Thank God for that.

I thought we only had around 100 Vikings in service or do we have some more hidden away somewhere. I know the Mk2 is in the running to replace the Bv206 in a supporting role. What caught my eye though was the value of the Contract, £3.5M, so that could be up to £350,000 per Protected Weapon Mount. I...

Space Marines here we come

I like the idea in the picture of a 57mm and 40mm up front and a 35mm Millennium Gun at the rear. Would be a great replacement for Phalanx and doesn't penetrate the deck either.

Every other Naval SAM gets its target and course updates via a Fire Control Radar - FCR, dedicated to that role be it a modern AEGIS system or an older one using individual directors, which limited the number of missiles able to be controlled in flight at any one time. What makes Sea Ceptor unique i...