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- 11 Sep 2016, 14:21
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Section Infantry Weapons
- Replies: 1492
- Views: 443504
Re: Section infantry weapons
I am curious how one accesses the gas tube and piston rod for stripping and cleaning, now that there's no folding cover on the handguard Yeah, me too, Starting to think you unscrew the entire handguard with the new hex nut located on the body. Again the 416 seems to be where inspiration was drawn ~...
- 11 Sep 2016, 12:10
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Section Infantry Weapons
- Replies: 1492
- Views: 443504
Re: Section infantry weapons
I am curious how one accesses the gas tube and piston rod for stripping and cleaning, now that there's no folding cover on the handguard
- 11 Sep 2016, 10:33
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Section Infantry Weapons
- Replies: 1492
- Views: 443504
Re: Section infantry weapons
What's on the bottom of the gas block? Could it be an HK416 / m320 style locking pin slot. Maybe the L17's will be getting updated for quick detach as well? And if that is a load of cobblers why leave it exposed? :?: The Combat and Survival article shows the socket it is indeed for the UGL detent p...
- 10 Sep 2016, 21:23
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Section Infantry Weapons
- Replies: 1492
- Views: 443504
Re: Section infantry weapons
Well it looks like there's a completely new gas block at leastarfah wrote:Are their any improvements to the working parts, TMH or barrel ?
Seems to be similar to the L22A2s gas block or even HK416, but different
- 27 May 2016, 14:48
- Forum: Personnel and Units
- Topic: United Kingdom Special Forces (UKSF)
- Replies: 75
- Views: 11720
Re: United Kingdom Special Forces (UKSF)
The SAS did their upgraded L119s it seems:
Cropped from a picture in The Sun a few weeks ago
http://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2014/06/l ... 8-upgrade/
Cropped from a picture in The Sun a few weeks ago
http://www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2014/06/l ... 8-upgrade/
- 22 Mar 2016, 18:38
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: CT40 Case Telescoped Weapon System
- Replies: 20
- Views: 11080
Re: CT40 Case Telescoped Weapon System
Any word on how many rounds are held in the AHS on the Warrior and Ajax turrets? IIRC the in-turret configurations that BAE/CTA put forward for various vehicles were 42 - 70 rounds (depending on the design). I wondered if Lockheed moving the new Meggitt-designed AHS/Magazine outside the turret ring,...
- 16 Mar 2016, 18:30
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: Warthog All Terrain Tracked Carrier (ATTC) (British Army)
- Replies: 31
- Views: 33543
Re: Warthog (ATTC) (Army)
One of the best new vehicles we got in years What makes you say that? I heard nothing but bad things about them when they were first being used: Road wheels cracking after relatively low mileage, difficult to access the drive train for field repairs, fuel pumps that were no good in a sustained hill...
- 01 Mar 2016, 18:50
- Forum: Defence Elsewhere
- Topic: KUWAIT
- Replies: 14
- Views: 616
Re: KUWAIT
Still plodding along. The Kuwaiti govt. has approved a withdrawal of $500 mln from the state's reserve fund to begin payment for the Typhoons (IIRC, the total value of the contract is supposed to be ~$8 bln). Kuwait's parliament approves $500 mln towards Eurofighter deal Source: Reuters - Tue, 1 Mar...
- 04 Feb 2016, 16:51
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
- Replies: 2828
- Views: 771853
Re: Typhoon
Ground crew pulling the safety tabs on a Spear III missile in preparation for live firing on what is the first live testing on the Typhoon. Brown band at the rear indicates that it has a live motor at least. But it's an inert weapon (blue band) and doesn't look like it has a seeker head (not just t...
- 28 Jan 2016, 22:34
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
- Replies: 2828
- Views: 771853
Re: Typhoon
...according to experts, the Vietnam buy American fighter still very far although bilateral relations between the two countries have improved greatly in recent times . On the issue of buying weapons, Europe will have the advantage. Are the French in the same boat as the Americans so far as past rel...
- 28 Jan 2016, 15:48
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
- Replies: 2828
- Views: 771853
Re: Typhoon
but have Oman received their deliveries? The Omani ones haven't come off the production line yet. The Hawks that Oman bought at the same time are supposedly going to be delivered first; planned some time in 2017. So I imagine the first Omani Typhoon deliveries will be later that year, and on in 201...
- 26 Jan 2016, 16:29
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: British Forces Personal Issue Kit Thread
- Replies: 102
- Views: 70023
Re: British Forces Personal Issue Kit Thread
45 Commando out in Gibraltar are already wearing it as well:
https://www.facebook.com/Commando-Helic ... 572781577/
https://www.facebook.com/Commando-Helic ... 572781577/
- 26 Jan 2016, 14:45
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)
- Replies: 6097
- Views: 1755612
Re: F-35B Lightning II (RN & RAF)
Hopefully it works out this time and there's not some other grounding incident.
- 13 Jan 2016, 19:41
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: MBDA Brimstone Missile (RAF)
- Replies: 175
- Views: 88499
Re: Brimstone Missile (RAF)
I seem to remember reading that the RAF specifically dropped its requirement and funding for internal carriage of Brimstone (SPEAR 2).
Likely they see internal stowage of Paveway IV (SPEAR 1) and SPEAR 3 (which is the weapon that the information jonas wrote, pertains to) as being more important.
Likely they see internal stowage of Paveway IV (SPEAR 1) and SPEAR 3 (which is the weapon that the information jonas wrote, pertains to) as being more important.
- 13 Jan 2016, 19:05
- Forum: Defence Elsewhere
- Topic: German Armed Forces
- Replies: 595
- Views: 47123
Re: German Armed Forces
German Armed Forces Will Lease Israeli Drones ... Read More: http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/international/europe/2016/01/13/bundeswehr-germany-lease-israeli-drones/78723784/ Most interesting part for us: According to media reports, it is currently being discussed to arm the Heron TP with ...
- 03 Jan 2016, 20:10
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: FV4034 Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank (British Army)
- Replies: 2323
- Views: 1041175
Re: Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank (Army)
Turbines are hot (an IR missile could track that exhaust from another continent) , noisy ... The gas turbine on Abrams most certainly isn't noisy. In fact I've read comments from American servicemen that you can hear a HMMWV approaching from further away than you can hear an Abrams, and often you'l...
- 22 Dec 2015, 16:25
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: British Forces Personal Issue Kit Thread
- Replies: 102
- Views: 70023
Re: British Forces Personal Issue Kit Thread
Another video on Virtus. This one seems to be something that Source specifically made to brief UK personnel who are receiving the kit (and appears to be censored in a couple of places in the public version of the video).
- 22 Dec 2015, 14:50
- Forum: Defence Elsewhere
- Topic: Australian Defence Force
- Replies: 2630
- Views: 751074
Re: Australian Defence Force
Can't understand how the Canberras are qualified to take one flavour of the Chinooks (in service), but not the other? The flight control and navigation systems are completely different on the F model Chinook so it'll behave differently in the air. Once it's on board and in the hangar deck it also h...
- 17 Dec 2015, 11:46
- Forum: Defence Elsewhere
- Topic: Lithuania will pay twice for German howitzers
- Replies: 5
- Views: 352
Re: Lithuania will pay twice for German howitzers
KMW/Germany can't have stung them too bad with the PzH deal, since Lithuania has decided to purchase eighty-eight Boxer IFVs: http://www.janes.com/article/55657/lithuania-closes-in-on-ifv-selection http://en.delfi.lt/lithuania/defence/lithuania-picks-german-boxer-ifvs-for-eur-400m-armament-upgrade.d...
- 16 Dec 2015, 13:30
- Forum: Defence Elsewhere
- Topic: French Armed Forces
- Replies: 1877
- Views: 142722
Re: French Armed Forces
France has made a confirmed order for another 8 of the 12 A330 MRTT aircraft that it plans to buy for the AdA: Airbus Defence and Space has received a firm order from the French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) for a further eight A330 MRTT Multi-Role Tanker Transport aircraft. The aircraft constitu...
- 15 Dec 2015, 18:54
- Forum: Royal Air Force
- Topic: Eurofighter Typhoon (RAF)
- Replies: 2828
- Views: 771853
Re: Typhoon
Doubt 111 Sqn will come back. The RAF seems to be cutting back to the first 20-odd squadron numbers wherever possible... with the exception of 617 Squadron who get a free pass because they're the Dambusters My money would be on 19 and 25 Squadrons or 23 Squadron (which was very much a fighter squadr...
- 12 Dec 2015, 21:24
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: SDSR 2015 General News & Discussion
- Replies: 632
- Views: 27912
Re: SDSR 2015 / "Defence Cuts" General News & Discussion
CVRT is CVRT after all The Stormer-based vehicles (like Shielder) had a Perkins 6L turbo-diesel engine from before the "Scorpion-type" CVR(t)s were being diesel-ised with the Cummins 6BTA 5.9L engine. I'm pretty sure the Stormers weren't retroactively converted to the Cummins, since the C...
- 09 Dec 2015, 20:03
- Forum: Defence Elsewhere
- Topic: New Zealand Defence Force
- Replies: 619
- Views: 39568
Re: New Zealand Defence Force
The Steyr was found to be ineffective at sighting targets and firing at ranges greater than 200m. So to solve this, they are going from a 20 inch barrel to a 16 inch LMT. Blind journalism? :roll: My understanding is that the limitations in precision at longer ranges were to do with most NZ Steyrs s...
- 09 Dec 2015, 08:36
- Forum: Defence Elsewhere
- Topic: New Zealand Defence Force
- Replies: 619
- Views: 39568
Re: New Zealand Defence Force
Some media on NZ's new gat from LMT:
Called "MARS-L". Apparently competed against 8 other rifles.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/ ... -issue-gun
Called "MARS-L". Apparently competed against 8 other rifles.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/ ... -issue-gun
- 04 Dec 2015, 21:42
- Forum: Personnel and Units
- Topic: Strike Brigades (SDSR 15)
- Replies: 156
- Views: 24919
Re: Strike Brigades (SDSR 15)
Those battalions are currently equipped with Mastiffs returned from Afghanistan though.
So MIV would be replacing those and whatever remains of Bulldog 2, rather than Saxon which hasn't been used by Mech Inf in years (or "Heavy Protected Mobility Infantry" as they're called nowadays).
So MIV would be replacing those and whatever remains of Bulldog 2, rather than Saxon which hasn't been used by Mech Inf in years (or "Heavy Protected Mobility Infantry" as they're called nowadays).