It would not surprise me to see Sentinel operating over Poland, if its not already!

The fake news has been that we will keep more of our tanks in Sennelager... where they have been all along Their are three Battle Groups worth of equipment based in Europe, one in Estonia the balance at two bases in Germany. This includes artillery(AS90) and I assume the balance of the equipment fo...

Entering service by 2030! Far to slow.

The particular arm that deals with turret control is Swiss. They do have a subsidary in the UK but it deals with other things . Who built the gun control/ stabilisation system for CR2? I had always assumed that it was a solid state system under development at the time for fitting to CR1. But I am n...

Think First World War, if you have a new fangled flying machine spying on you, even dropping the odd bomb what do you do? You arm your own flying machines to shoot them down. Which leads to to them arming their flying machines..... Inevitably that's what will happen with drones. The interesting ques...

Phil Sayers wrote: ↑02 May 2022, 16:27 Not seen anything on that but the usual MAM-L seems most likely.

Thanks for that.

Any idea what weapon they used?

Ah, I wondered if anyone would come up with that. If you are referring to CAMM, its yet to prove its capability against surface targets. Assuming however that it is successful, one problem would be its cost, but more importantly do you want to use your limited number of anti air missiles against sma...

Its a pity the MOD cant or wont take full advantage of Brimstones capabilities. Doing so would improve its sustainability, cost effectiveness, export potential and do a little bit for the economy to boot.

Well if you want to be strictly true we haven’t seen any major tank battles in Europe or Ukraine. Seen plenty of tanks being ambushed in city’s and built up areas, stuck in the mud or picked off in the open with precision drones or artillery but haven’t seen any massed charges of scores of tanks at...

In the same way that Brimstone would have previously required you to have a Typhoon on hand... Which was rather my point. Wildcat with Sea Venom or LMM is good, giving the capability to engage targets at distance. However it cant be guaranteed to be available when required, a shipborne system gives...

RunningStrong wrote: ↑23 Apr 2022, 18:38 Sea Venom already serves that purpose.

It only serves that purpose if the ship has a Wildcat available its in the air and is fitted with Sea Venom. Hardly a 24/7 capability.

Spartan ideal for moving anti-tank or MANPAD teams around, possible intended for Starstreak.

Unfortunately the video ends before we see the final result of the engagement, (one could ask why it ends at that particular point?) so its unclear how effective the fire actually was. However in general a 30mm APDS round should have little trouble penetrating the rear armour of most if not all MBTs...

Wasn't the hull of the K9 based on that of AS90? What would be the difference between the K9 and an updated AS90?

Entirely incorrect. The army has very clear standards and also must consider the HSE limitations as a duty of care. Well the reports up thread only mention Health and Safety at work regs, nothing specific to AFVs! However lets assume the Army has very clear standards for noise and vibration on AFVs...

I should first say I have no scientific information to go on, but I would be very surprised if the Rarden cannon presented a problem on CVR(T) or Warrior. Not only where the working parts pretty well enclosed the spent cases where ejected outside of the turret. The co-ax however is a different matte...

RunningStrong wrote: ↑21 Jan 2022, 19:03 Let alone CO, Cyanide and shock...

Sorry you have lost me, not sure what you mean!

BRIGADE COMBAT TEAMS. Deployable forces are being re-modelled around Brigade Combat Teams (BCTs), creating more self-sufficient tactical formations and providing more options for decision makers. BCTs integrate the full range of capabilities but at the lowest possible level including artillery, un-...

RunningStrong wrote:Or perhaps it's not nothing to do with the turret or the hull...

So what has it got to do with?

I’m convinced that they mostly exist as a kind of slang to identify outsiders to the group. Or just to baffle outsiders. I have to admit they can be handy abbreviations, however their are so many with each "group" having their own bespoke set, (which constantly changes) that it becomes im...

Sorry.
All the bloody acronyms they use serves to confuse as much as clarify.

It should of course been WCSP, Warrior Capability Sustainment Programme.

Given that when Ajax was down selected their was not even a prototype, just ASCOD, and even when ordered some 5 years latter still no sign of Ajax itself, that was high risk. Selecting CV90 then or now seems like a much safer bet. Ideally what you want is something fully up to spec and properly test...

During any given operation by tracked heavy units, 25% are down for maintenance to the vehicle and its tracks especially. You have misread the article. What it actually says is that the mean rate of failure is four times higher for heavy forces equipped with Challenger and Warrior than that of ligh...

That explains why we haven't seen much of SRVL, though they seem happy enough to perform RVL on normal runways. Just as Joint Force Harrier was a mistake, sharing F35b between the RN and RAF (with the RAF having control of the aircraft) is a cop out and can only lead to problems. The F35b should be ...