This looks a bit awkward to lug around... Agree, but the TFB text has this part (from the manufacturer) to 'explain' "Due to the 40mm MV ammunition, the development of the SSW40 is closely related to the turret independent secondary weapon system (TSWA, Turmunabhängige Sekundärwaffenanlage in ...

I just hope the new coup-conspirators of Rushi and Javid do not get a look in as the new PM and also do not ever get any high office of state ever again - ever - then i wont be as angry... Apologies for using a quote from you, but this is what I say in the pubs: the reverse-takeover of the Empire h...

Rumours are (for whatever they're worth) that Raab and Morduant aren't going to run, which is surprising. I'm not advocating Patel or Brawerman Interesting: Raab is head-over-shoulders with Patel. And Morduant is head over shoulders with Brawerman ... which leaves the only one to breathe, thorough ...

Indeed that is a surprise. He is not a details man and couldn't keep ontop of the brief once he lost Cummings That's what I have done for a living @£ 3k a day ... helping guys who have got to the top as visionaries... to actually deliver (with a little bit of detail sprinkled in) The problem with t...

NOT RESPECTING THE HEADLINE BUT AT LEAST THE DEVELOPING NARRATIVE:

Sweden, Germany & France launching a project for that 'mid-mkt' soft spot... which will be BIG

I like the way Sir Patrick Sanders speaks: will re-build our *stockpiles* and review the *deployability of our vehicle fleet*. And having seen its limitations first-hand as the Commander of the Field Army, I think we need to ask ourselves ask ourselves *whether Whole Fleet Management is the right mo...

is far more important than what the US and EU might say or do, if they were to turn against" us. It's an existential issue Don't have an opinion on this (do like the Irish, which ever side of the border they come from). - with an affection with numbers, I seem to remember that 27k British troo...

On further reflection, there are many stages at which you could step into between capability requirement and solution. Close to or at the capability end, you have "Stop Enemy doing what he is doing" and you then solutionise from there DE&S used to have x-Capability managers to see to ...

Rheinmetall have gone public on their development. In that case while you write "should we have a requirement for a 60 calibre length gun", what you are really asking is "should we sole source this one to Rheinmetall?" From one and a half years back, a tad less might do 'just fi...

an APS and a fire direction sensor and any ATGW team could be in a world of hurt. err, a fire direction sensor would not help much once the missile (F&F) has been launched. Assuming there are several missile teams (of 1 or two). In the war like we are seeing in Ukraine some Russian commentators...

it is possible to carry an M270 in a A400 Atlas then that would improve the platforms expeditionary credentials but not by much as it is tactically inferior to the HIMARS when it comes to mobility. A v good point. We need to have as small as possible sensor to shooter loop, and we must be able to o...

This is incorrect. They were not intended for the direct-fire zone. Indirect fire is still combat, and still frontline. Would you like to elaborate on splinter-proof... as opposed to the various 30 mm from the front and 50 cal from all other sides ? Without any reference to MBTs; an art of its own ...

I do not see the MRV(P) programme delivering vehicle like the types purchased under UORs for Afghanistan and Iraq. Hard to see the difference between some of the UORs and the so-called Batch2 - it being called B2 was based on the idea of (technical) standardisation, but when was it last that we saw...

A surprise to everyone: I actually like Boris!

But serial lies cannot be a substitute to policy/ policies.
- though, in his speech (setting out 'legacy') there were things that others, most likely, would not have had the balls to dictate... start with the extra £24 bn

Conservative Home have Ben Wallace as favourite to succeed and Penny Mordaunt as second favourite, followed by Liz Truss and Tim Tugendhat. Patel or even Braverman people voted for Boris because he was patriotic and positive Yes, that's right, but out of that list (above) only Tugendhat - relativel...

Jacob Rees Mogg would be my choice, if I had that choice. No chance While I agree, I also will have to say ehhm: https://www.economist.com/leaders/2022/07/07/clownfall?utm_content=ed-picks-article-link-1&etear=nl_special_1&utm_campaign=a.&utm_medium=email.internal-newsletter.np&utm_...

Great article, thank you. Stays with the title of the tread by leaving only the penguins out in the cold, by the inclusion of this statement: "it took less than two weeks for Russia to begin begging China for arms and assistance. China has not sent them. If it is no longer a serious military po...

The BBC has been looking at lists (partial!) available on Russian KIA and the findings https://english.nv.ua/nation/bbc-office ... 31589.html

SD67 wrote: ↑31 May 2022, 18:14 I read Oct 2024 is penciled in as main gate

Those who don't believe the next GE to be early, will find that May 2, 2024 may regardless intervene as to the Gvmnt staying the course

Commonality between Packages 1 & 2 has been ditched long ago... So I wonder if '2' will still go ahead? Even then the talk has been about only the first half of the indicated rqrmnt - need to switch from front line armoured ambulances to a faster but still protected one as part of the care chain...

do the BCT's Heavy , Light or otherwise need this capability . Yes the army needs this capability but do the BCT's With that sort of range it is a good question (except for the fact that the capabilities have to be housed somewhere... before they are deployed, perhaps using a different template. Su...

Let me add some time order, as the already started 5-yr prgrm will produce 'this' by 2025... and then we could add some 'goodness' from the US, as per the second quote that follows: "A new Fire Control System will be developed collaboratively with the US, UK, Italy, and Finland. The CRT will pr...

Your proposal chimes much like the inter-war Gdansk. But as for Crimea, if the Ukrainian counter-offensive in the South is successful, Crimea can end up much like HK; without control over its main fresh water source. The fate of Crimea will depend on the state of Russia after thiols war ends, with t...

such as NSM for lower priority targets that will still need to be prosecuted effectively. For anything important they would probs be launched in pairs as there is programming available to make them approach simultaneously from different directions... ie. do 'a Moskva'. As for where to put additiona...

Lord Jim wrote: ↑31 May 2022, 05:41 teh Poiish Army needs as many as it can get.

I presume they have a 'hot' production line.

The MoD has mentioned (only in passing) that upgrading AS90s is one option... so we could source some 'stuff' for our existing hulls?