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by jedibeeftrix
26 Mar 2024, 14:23
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Replies: 5981
Views: 1500351

Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion

I think you are missing an important option that sits between those two extremes : a) Is it to launch brigade level amphibious operations? b) Is it to launch battlegroup level amphibious operations? * c) Is it a platform for reinforced SF operations? * the minimum scale at which combined arms maneu...
by jedibeeftrix
26 Mar 2024, 09:12
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Replies: 5981
Views: 1500351

Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion

Before dismissing such a group the consideration must be what can a modernised ARG actually achieve? We need to start with what is the requirement in a UK context, and then decide what it needs to do. Is it to launch brigade level amphibious operations? Is it to transport large formations or troops...
by jedibeeftrix
26 Mar 2024, 09:09
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Replies: 5981
Views: 1500351

Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion

i'm not expecting a more peaceful Europe in the 21st century, but I do work to the following: 1. the scale of the threat from russia today is an order of magnitude smaller than was the case when britain was staring down the barrel of 15 soviet shock armies. 2. in consequence, the threat that russia...
by jedibeeftrix
25 Mar 2024, 13:01
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Replies: 5981
Views: 1500351

Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion

The answer to your original question is No. That is an opinion that i do not share. The vast majority are not spending 2.0% nor will they for many years yet, outside of Greece and Poland no major country in Europe is spending 2.5% Accepted - my point was more that if the UK did respond to events by...
by jedibeeftrix
25 Mar 2024, 09:47
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Replies: 5981
Views: 1500351

Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion

no. no more so than was true in the 19th century. more purple if you will - at the direction of a maritime strategy, yes. The maritime strategy was historically designed to firstly contain Spain then France in the 18th/19th centuries followed by Germany in the first half of the 20th century. The re...
by jedibeeftrix
25 Mar 2024, 07:47
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Replies: 5981
Views: 1500351

Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion

Before that, why does the U.K. need to continue with the post-war/cold-war funding paradigm that treats the army as primary source of security, rather than an expeditionary adjunct to a broader maritime power projection? Are you suggesting deleting the Army entirely and just rebuilding around a UKM...
by jedibeeftrix
24 Mar 2024, 15:20
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Replies: 5981
Views: 1500351

Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion

….so people, please tell me more about how tragically expensive the carriers are to run, and how the magic solution is provided by cheap flat-top amphibs...? Before that, why does the U.K. require two active CVFs if only ~2.2% GDP is being spent on defence? It is gradually stripping out the rest of...
by jedibeeftrix
24 Mar 2024, 11:29
Forum: Royal Air Force
Topic: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)
Replies: 4067
Views: 950631

Re: Future UK Combat Aircraft (Project Tempest)

We could see FCAS being more Tomcat size in which case it’s not hugely off the F22 or what we expect GCAP to be, and this gets me thinking with how long the QEs are expected to be in service and how this could see changes to CATOBAR at some point could we see down the line a carrier variant of GCAP...
by jedibeeftrix
24 Mar 2024, 11:13
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Replies: 5981
Views: 1500351

Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion

in fact no one has come back with good reason as why a flat top LPD would be a bad move nothing wrong with a flattop, it is literally a zero cost option vis-a-vis any other configuiration of amphib - provided all other core tasks are accomodated. that is not to say that you can anything useful with...
by jedibeeftrix
18 Mar 2024, 12:43
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Replies: 5981
Views: 1500351

Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion

Tempest414 wrote: 18 Mar 2024, 12:40
It also has been said somewhere that the RM could go with 4 x LSU's of 500 instead of 8 x 250
can you point me to that, please? *curious*
by jedibeeftrix
05 Feb 2024, 10:09
Forum: British Army
Topic: Jackal and Coyote MWMIK (Army)
Replies: 193
Views: 62165

Re: Jackal and Coyote MWMIK (Army)

new guy wrote: 02 Feb 2024, 21:18 Supacat will unveil a closed cab version of its Jackal 3 High Mobility Transport (HMT) vehicle at Defence Vehicle Dynamics in mid-September 2024 and will also unveil a concept for an 8x8 vehicle using HMT technology.
these two changes i can't wait to see!
by jedibeeftrix
02 Feb 2024, 10:36
Forum: British Army
Topic: Jackal and Coyote MWMIK (Army)
Replies: 193
Views: 62165

Re: Jackal and Coyote MWMIK (Army)

new suspension and a windscreen?

not complaining, i like the vehicle, just curious if that is what constitutes the difference this 3rd gen brings...
by jedibeeftrix
30 Jan 2024, 19:19
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Replies: 5981
Views: 1500351

Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion

looks like a steel beach rather than a dock from the image.
by jedibeeftrix
28 Jan 2024, 19:43
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Replies: 5981
Views: 1500351

Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion

Without the need for tanks or heavy logistical needs, the need for LCUs is also diminished - I’d argue the the point where do we even need them. ThinkDefence is good at documenting the options for small logistics and small boat / air mobility, have a read. I must admit I’m at the point where I ques...
by jedibeeftrix
28 Jan 2024, 19:39
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Replies: 5981
Views: 1500351

Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion

donald_of_tokyo wrote: 27 Jan 2024, 07:28 It is a bit tricky, that LCUs and LCMs have a variety of size.

RN Mk10 LCU. 29.8x7.7m
Dutch LCU 36.5x6.85 m
Caiman 90 30x7.7 m
US MSV(L) 35.6x8.6 m
US LCAC 26.8x14.3
LCM 1-E 23.3x6.4 m

What type of LCM/LCU will RM need, and in what number?
12x Caiman 90 30x7.7 m
two for each future amphib.
by jedibeeftrix
22 Jan 2024, 12:17
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: General UK Defence Discussion
Replies: 1842
Views: 184012

Re: General UK Defence Discussion

….where does extra money for defence come from? Where did the funding go when the savage cuts were made in SDSR 2010? Start there. what if everyone took a similar hit? which is the conclusion i came to back in the day: https://jedibeeftrix.wordpress.com/2010/11/15/the-sdsr-2010-%e2%80%93-what-dare-...
by jedibeeftrix
21 Jan 2024, 12:27
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Mine countermeasures and Hydrographic capability (MHC) (MHPC)
Replies: 957
Views: 311688

Re: Mine countermeasures and Hydrographic capability (MHC) (MHPC)

….mass of what? Firstly the next SDSR needs to accept that the post Cold War peace dividend is over and a new settlement is required. "need" is a strong word to use when we consider likelyhood of an incoming labour gov't with an activist base that has fervently yearned for 14 years for mo...
by jedibeeftrix
16 Jan 2024, 08:45
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: River Class (OPV) (RN)
Replies: 5411
Views: 1420306

Re: River Class (OPV) (RN)

MHPC is gone. The Navy considered the P satisfied through the River class B2. That leaves MHC that shall be slow, fat, and utilitarian. if the P has been dropped, does that make it more likely that the MHC capability will be delivered via modular payload from the back of a low-end specialist escort...
by jedibeeftrix
13 Jan 2024, 10:11
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: River Class (OPV) (RN)
Replies: 5411
Views: 1420306

Re: River Class (OPV) (RN)

If you want to draw any conclusions from this conflict, scrap the T31 and buy more AAW tier platforms. i don't like the T31, and never have. i'd tend to agree with this statement, as part of a broader hi-lo fleet. by which i mean a greater delineation between high-end specialist escorts (more of pl...
by jedibeeftrix
12 Jan 2024, 11:53
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: River Class (OPV) (RN)
Replies: 5411
Views: 1420306

Re: River Class (OPV) (RN)

or perhaps simply a Bofors 40mm with 3M and sufficient radar/cms to deal with RPG/boghammer/drone threats?
by jedibeeftrix
11 Jan 2024, 08:46
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Replies: 5981
Views: 1500351

Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion

The whole thing leans heavy on air mobility so ultimately the Marines would spin-off from the Navy, and merge with the Paras under Joint Forces Command to become an elite air mobile force by Land, Sea and Air, but this is probably getting a bit ahead of thing. This seems at odds with the stated int...
by jedibeeftrix
10 Jan 2024, 12:10
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Replies: 5981
Views: 1500351

Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion

i believe there is a USMC statistic on the number of Lane/metres of stores and equipment that need to be rolled over a beach per day to support a standard MEU that would strongly suggest the need for LCU's isn't at all about supporting 65tonne MBT's. As we don’t have a MEU then we need a lot less t...
by jedibeeftrix
10 Jan 2024, 10:14
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Replies: 5981
Views: 1500351

Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion

The versatility of LCU sized craft are clear and have been for a long time. How do you transport vehicles OTH without LCU sized craft? I really don’t see how cutting LCU numbers by over 60% makes RM more modern and useable. It depends on what you need to move for the FCF with those LCUs - no longer...