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- 21 Feb 2024, 16:38
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: 105mm L118 Light gun
- Replies: 223
- Views: 83619
Re: 105mm L118 Light gun
Russia seems to be producing large numbers of tanks & APCs after leaving them to rust in a field for 50 years. Ukraine also just dug 10,000 maxims out of a warehouse somewhere to convert into anti-UAV systems It's not exactly rocket science either (unless you choose to make it so) Are you tryin...
- 21 Feb 2024, 14:09
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: 105mm L118 Light gun
- Replies: 223
- Views: 83619
Re: 105mm L118 Light gun
But certainly if MoD (and Treasury) are not seriously re-examining disposal policy they're insane. The value of them won't be high, and MoD must have a shed where they can stick 100 L118...its not like they take up much space when they're folded... You wouldn't store them folded, and you would need...
- 19 Feb 2024, 10:27
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: Directed Energy Weapons
- Replies: 57
- Views: 6736
Re: Directed Energy Weapons
Would say the limitations of loaded CIWS ammunition have only been a minor irritation over the last 100 or so years and not to compare with lasers unable to fire in adverse atmospheric conditions, rain, fog etc. When was the last time a CIWS was engaging multiples? Probably the C-RAM units? Don't b...
- 18 Feb 2024, 15:46
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Boxer / Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV)
- Replies: 2826
- Views: 750391
- 18 Feb 2024, 15:17
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: Directed Energy Weapons
- Replies: 57
- Views: 6736
Re: Directed Energy Weapons
There is an assumption that lasers can defend against a high number of near simultaneous threats and do wonder if its a realistic assumption, surely it will depend on the targets resistance to heat and that will vary and the time the laser beam takes to burn thru, the power of the laser, the operat...
- 18 Feb 2024, 12:20
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Boxer / Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV)
- Replies: 2826
- Views: 750391
Re: Boxer / Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV)
245 CT40 plus spares/training were binned off WCSP.
- 17 Feb 2024, 14:38
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: Directed Energy Weapons
- Replies: 57
- Views: 6736
Re: Directed Energy Weapons
Would note Drangonfire was a technology demonstrator programme assessing the viability of laser technology and not envisaged as an operational weapon system and so not surprised at the comments on the limited capability expressed in the video. But the video is drivel. The video doesn't understand l...
- 14 Feb 2024, 14:22
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: RBSL Challenger 3 (Future) Main Battle Tank (British Army)
- Replies: 358
- Views: 78349
- 14 Feb 2024, 13:33
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: Directed Energy Weapons
- Replies: 57
- Views: 6736
- 13 Feb 2024, 06:32
- Forum: UK Defence & Aerospace Industry
- Topic: Sheffield Forgemasters
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2199
Re: Sheffield Forgemasters
https://bnnbreaking.com/world/sheffield-forgemasters-revolutionizes-nuclear-power-with-electron-beam-welding In an industrial corner of Sheffield, England, a British steelmaker is rewriting the rules of nuclear energy production. Sheffield Forgemasters, a storied engineering company, has developed ...
- 10 Feb 2024, 12:52
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Ground Based Air Defence
- Replies: 743
- Views: 206306
Re: Ground Based Air Defence
Quick thought, what about using laser guided SNEB's or HYDRA's for drone defence? Surely a better solution to using Land / Sea Ceptors? In a swarm scenario you would struggle to track and lock on multiple targets using laser guidance. If each missile has independent seeker then it's more expensive ...
- 05 Feb 2024, 13:09
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Jackal and Coyote MWMIK (Army)
- Replies: 193
- Views: 64631
- 03 Feb 2024, 14:54
- Forum: UK Defence & Aerospace Industry
- Topic: Malloy Aeronautics
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1234
Re: BAE buys Malloy Aeronautics
Shame, I thought Malloy had a really good culture an opportunity to grow into something special.
- 03 Feb 2024, 14:17
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Ajax Armoured Vehicles (British Army)
- Replies: 2433
- Views: 542484
Re: Ajax Armoured Vehicles (British Army)
Thanks for the replies. Can you guys quantify the benefits? For example, with a remote turret the Ajax IFV could carry X number of troops and with a manned turret, Y. I seem to remember the Ajax variant IFV entered for the Australian competition, was said to need to be extended to accommodate enoug...
- 03 Feb 2024, 13:24
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
- Replies: 894
- Views: 327791
Re: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
Archer is process of clearing for transport via C-17 https://twitter.com/Gabriel64869839/status/1753557389486223757 According to Gabriel, apparently original Archer does not fit into A400, but he don't know if version mounted on MAN maybe can do it. Wikipedia page on Archer would suggest HX2 versio...
- 02 Feb 2024, 23:54
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Ajax Armoured Vehicles (British Army)
- Replies: 2433
- Views: 542484
Re: Ajax Armoured Vehicles (British Army)
Sorry Sol, maybe I did not put enough emphasis on "was" - I meant during the timeframe up to when the Warrior life-extension/improvement project was eventually decided upon. A current IFV version does indeed not exist, but it was developed from IFVs which were/are in service with Spain an...
- 01 Feb 2024, 15:42
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Ajax Armoured Vehicles (British Army)
- Replies: 2433
- Views: 542484
Re: Ajax Armoured Vehicles (British Army)
Sorry Sol, maybe I did not put enough emphasis on "was" - I meant during the timeframe up to when the Warrior life-extension/improvement project was eventually decided upon. A current IFV version does indeed not exist, but it was developed from IFVs which were/are in service with Spain an...
- 31 Jan 2024, 16:11
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
- Replies: 894
- Views: 327791
Re: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
1RHA on Facebook stating that E Battery has retrained onto L118 and that AJAX conversion begins later in the year. Interesting times! When they say conversion to AJAX, are they giving up the towed 105mm or operating the AJAX alongside it? Any idea how that works, doctrinally? It seems like an odd c...
- 31 Jan 2024, 11:33
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
- Replies: 894
- Views: 327791
Re: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
1RHA on Facebook stating that E Battery has retrained onto L118 and that AJAX conversion begins later in the year.
Interesting times!
Interesting times!
- 30 Jan 2024, 21:18
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Ground Based Air Defence
- Replies: 743
- Views: 206306
Re: Ground Based Air Defence
Would you even hear it coming and, if you did, would you have time to engage it? You're conflating detection with killing. You either need to use a different system to detect of you need to be keeping an eye out. The rifle (not hypothetical shotgun) is not firing shot, so the trajectory of one bull...
- 30 Jan 2024, 13:51
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Ground Based Air Defence
- Replies: 743
- Views: 206306
Re: Ground Based Air Defence
I get how it works :D I'm not entirely sure you do. It's not difficult for a person to follow a moving target through sights, but becomes challenging for the user to perform the necessary ballistic compensation for range and movement. The system does this for the user. The system is also only a fir...
- 29 Jan 2024, 19:56
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Ground Based Air Defence
- Replies: 743
- Views: 206306
Re: Ground Based Air Defence
The Army has procured this for the moment: https://www.army.mod.uk/news-and-events/news/2023/06/game-changing-anti-drone-weapon-sight-for-army-s-close-combat-soldiers/#:~:text=The%20capability%20can%20recognise%20a,other%20in%2Dservice%20individual%20weapons. In all honesty, what are the chances of...
- 22 Jan 2024, 19:57
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Boxer / Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV)
- Replies: 2826
- Views: 750391
Re: Boxer / Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV)
Industry has no appetite for accepting any risk in the supply chain. MoD has burned way too many matches on promises of large fleets and then placing small orders (AJAX, Foxhound etc etc). Then out that in the context of government finances and election year and no wonder they've put little effort i...
- 19 Jan 2024, 08:47
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: UK Mobile Fires Platform
- Replies: 97
- Views: 13624
Re: UK Mobile Fires Platform
I'd rather went all in on M119A3 than continue anything more on the L118. That would give us commonality within AUKUS and commonwealth.
M777 way, way too expensive for reservist play thing. Give them high quality simulators and make assets available for live firing quarterly.
M777 way, way too expensive for reservist play thing. Give them high quality simulators and make assets available for live firing quarterly.
- 17 Jan 2024, 16:39
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: M777 Portee DVD 2016
- Replies: 113
- Views: 31125
Re: M777 Portee DVD 2016
That looks like a rehash that uses the same assumptions that others have made.