If Chinook could have parachute dropped aid off the ramp I would think that would be more accurate than a400m. But, I don't think chinook has the volume underslung or internally for aid drops.
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- 28 Mar 2024, 07:10
- Forum: UK Defence & Aerospace Industry
- Topic: Airlander Airship
- Replies: 72
- Views: 5887
- 27 Mar 2024, 15:11
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Airbus A400M Atlas (RAF)
- Replies: 392
- Views: 155503
Re: Airbus A400M Atlas (RAF)
Agreed. But clearly there's issues with "boots on beaches" that US Military have been trying to address.Tempest414 wrote: ↑27 Mar 2024, 14:22 Even better still take a Bay class from Cyprus with 2 x Mexeflote and a LCU drop thousands of tons right on the beech and make a real difference
- 27 Mar 2024, 13:15
- Forum: UK Defence & Aerospace Industry
- Topic: Airlander Airship
- Replies: 72
- Views: 5887
- 27 Mar 2024, 11:12
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Airbus A400M Atlas (RAF)
- Replies: 392
- Views: 155503
Re: Airbus A400M Atlas (RAF)
taking less? Being more vulnerable? taking a day to get there? Airlander 10 carries 10t, the same as this A400M dropped. But also a significant part of that airdrop was ruined due to failed parachutes, poor landing spot or poor impact. Let's not pretend this is a timely delivery, it's months late. ...
- 27 Mar 2024, 11:10
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Ajax Armoured Vehicles (British Army)
- Replies: 2432
- Views: 526732
Re: Ajax Armoured Vehicles (British Army)
Fair point. I'm not a fan of Boxer as a scout vehicle either, I was thinking more along the lines of the French Jaguar EBRC. I guess cross country performance will be the deciding factor. Lets just hope once it's in service it can put all of its development woes behind it. Bwaahahaha. Have you see ...
- 26 Mar 2024, 21:15
- Forum: UK Defence & Aerospace Industry
- Topic: Airlander Airship
- Replies: 72
- Views: 5887
Re: Airlander Airship
Plans to start production? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-68639876 Wouldn't this be better done by Airlander?x https://twitter.com/RoyalAirForce/status/1772583805062160747?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1772583805062160747%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_...
- 26 Mar 2024, 21:13
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Airbus A400M Atlas (RAF)
- Replies: 392
- Views: 155503
- 23 Mar 2024, 21:17
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Ajax Armoured Vehicles (British Army)
- Replies: 2432
- Views: 526732
Re: Ajax Armoured Vehicles (British Army)
BOXER CRV versus Abrams.
- 23 Mar 2024, 17:35
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Ajax Armoured Vehicles (British Army)
- Replies: 2432
- Views: 526732
Re: Ajax Armoured Vehicles (British Army)
Unfortunately Ajax has been built so bespoke to British army requirements it has been a total flop in the export market. Too heavy to be a scout and reconasaince vehicle but too small internally to be considered an IFV. Considering that Australia and Germany are acquiring turreted Boxer as a Scout ...
- 23 Mar 2024, 11:57
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Ajax Armoured Vehicles (British Army)
- Replies: 2432
- Views: 526732
Re: Ajax Armoured Vehicles (British Army)
I thought I saw a post talking about Fox hound mark 2, maybe MRV-P will pick up again. Unfortunately Ajax has been built so bespoke to British army requirements it has been a total flop in the export market. Too heavy to be a scout and reconasaince vehicle but too small internally to be considered ...
- 21 Mar 2024, 17:12
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
- Replies: 865
- Views: 293437
- 21 Mar 2024, 17:10
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Royal Artillery/Royal Horse Artillery future developments
- Replies: 865
- Views: 293437
- 12 Mar 2024, 18:51
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: Directed Energy Weapons
- Replies: 40
- Views: 2459
Re: Directed Energy Weapons
Rifle is all weather, from coldest to hottest Def Stan, and every weather in-between. I'm curious as to your accuracy with a rifle when its pissing down with rain and you can't see the target. Same goes for any armored vehicle guns. I know you're a septic, but are you familiar with Sennybridge? Ran...
- 11 Mar 2024, 19:17
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: Directed Energy Weapons
- Replies: 40
- Views: 2459
Re: Directed Energy Weapons
The point you & others are missing is that lasers, & other EO kit, are not all weather yet have scads of value. Plenty of military kit is not all weather from the humble squadies's rifle and on up. I'm not sure anyone has a clue what point you're trying to make. Rifle is all weather, from c...
- 11 Mar 2024, 14:39
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: Directed Energy Weapons
- Replies: 40
- Views: 2459
Re: Directed Energy Weapons
For all the laser experts out there, please note that Dragonfire is installed next to a radar guided Phalanx in the CG movie. Also in the picture are very expensive, clear weather only, EO directors on both the Phalanx systems and the ship itself (for the 30 mm guns). Electro-optic sensors work mor...
- 29 Feb 2024, 08:13
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Jackal and Coyote MWMIK (Army)
- Replies: 193
- Views: 62219
Re: Jackal and Coyote MWMIK (Army)
An angled roof would be enough to deflect grenades dropped from drones away from the crew and reduce injuries. The Jackel is basically an open bucket inviting them to be dropped inside. There's a tarp on top, does the same job for grenades. On a jackal the whole crew are the eyes and ears of the pl...
- 28 Feb 2024, 13:36
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Jackal and Coyote MWMIK (Army)
- Replies: 193
- Views: 62219
Re: Jackal and Coyote MWMIK (Army)
I can understand the benefits of an open top design in Afghanistan especially when enemy drones were less of an issue, but do these vehicles actually have a viable use case in Europe? Feels like a contract placed in order to keep a British manufacturer afloat for a few more years. What difference i...
- 22 Feb 2024, 16:29
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: 105mm L118 Light gun
- Replies: 216
- Views: 78406
Re: 105mm L118 Light gun
And yet you've posted conjecture and twitter as your "facts" Russian & Ukrainian MOD Press releases are "conjecture". OK. In an information war, yes. You seem to be making less and less sense. I made no attempt to link anything to modern hardware, You're literally in a threa...
- 22 Feb 2024, 14:29
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: 105mm L118 Light gun
- Replies: 216
- Views: 78406
Re: 105mm L118 Light gun
Are you sure English is your first language? That's not a meme, it's simply a statement of fact. And yet you've posted conjecture and twitter as your "facts" :lol: None of what you've posted aligns with the memes that you parroted. Only that you've swallowed limited data points on 1940s h...
- 22 Feb 2024, 13:40
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: 105mm L118 Light gun
- Replies: 216
- Views: 78406
Re: 105mm L118 Light gun
Clearly you're not aware of what a meme is, you're just a parrot. LOL - so you can't find a single meme that I've posted, can you? Care to note who I was parrotting? I won't hold my breath - you're clearly in the grip of some weird breakdown. Let's see if I can post a meme - I've never done it on t...
- 22 Feb 2024, 13:16
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: 105mm L118 Light gun
- Replies: 216
- Views: 78406
Re: 105mm L118 Light gun
That's what triggered you? OK, what "memes" have I been "dripping" on here? This will be interesting, since I've never posted a meme on here. Maybe you meant Twitter? Clearly you're not aware of what a meme is, you're just a parrot. Oh, so you're a vatnik? Oh babes, someone disa...
- 22 Feb 2024, 12:15
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: 105mm L118 Light gun
- Replies: 216
- Views: 78406
Re: 105mm L118 Light gun
They're active mines, not geological storage...
- 22 Feb 2024, 07:20
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: 105mm L118 Light gun
- Replies: 216
- Views: 78406
Re: 105mm L118 Light gun
Winsford, and?
- 22 Feb 2024, 07:18
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: 105mm L118 Light gun
- Replies: 216
- Views: 78406
Re: 105mm L118 Light gun
Russia has neither taken AFV out of fields or taken 10,000 maxims out of a forgotten warehouse. Thanks for demonstrating that you didn't even read what I said before deciding to be a complete arse. I think you also demonstrated that you have no idea what has been going on in Ukraine. Russia has bee...
- 21 Feb 2024, 19:56
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: 105mm L118 Light gun
- Replies: 216
- Views: 78406
Re: 105mm L118 Light gun
In the very early days following the retreats from Kyiv, Sumy and Chernihiv they were pulling tanks from open storage with little to no refurbishment. 2 years in they tend to go to a tank repair facility for a modicum of upgrades but in the first 6 months that wasn't the case. Plenty of T-80 and 72...