It does look quite tall to fit in a400m/c17. Would say that if it’s acceptable for your air defence system to be fitted on a man truck then it should be acceptable for your long range artillery to be fitted to the same. Beg to disagree! If your artillery is being hit with small arms then things are...

ArmChairCivvy wrote:"Next challenge is to demonstrate the mobility"
like does it fit into railway tunnels when loaded onto a carriage?
- there was this 'part project' about flattening the turret, to achieve this

Or a visit to an A400M/C17 rig.

Valid point, I agree. But then again how much is actually left, and is it being done in a timely manner? The WCSP seems to have been carried out at a very sedate pace being polite. Why do you think that a new turret for Boxer would be carried out more quickly? Because there's no understanding there...

The whole point of Computer Simulation as it exists now is to reduce the need to carry out extensive real world testing. The first platform built are basically as they would be when they enter service, rather than prototypes as we have traditionally known. You go straight to testing the whole platf...

Well if the price keeps falling the the JLTV is going to be the Phase 1 MRV(P), as cost was/is going to be the only thing to make the MoD and others question the decision originally made. As for Phase 2, well we are really spoiled for choice, which is a good thing, but I see offerings form GM and R...

Denmark contracts Eagle, patrol vehicles and an open reconnaissance prototype.

https://www.gdels.com/pr.php?news=149

At the very least the Voyagers should be able to be used as Data Transfer Nodes. Investment in the planes, or at least those that are retained in the core fleet, to installed cargo doors would greatly increase the flexibility of the fleet allowing cargo to be carried both above and below the cabin ...

Here's an idea : Cancel Ajax. As part of the settlement give GDLS a contract to put Eagle 4x4 and 6x6 into production in that new factory in Wales. Standardise on Boxer for the 40 t category Replace one contract with one worth a fifth of the value? I'm sure they'll be up for that... 3 billion spent...

SD67 wrote:Here's an idea :
Cancel Ajax. As part of the settlement give GDLS a contract to put Eagle 4x4 and 6x6 into production in that new factory in Wales.

Standardise on Boxer for the 40 t category

Replace one contract with one worth a fifth of the value? I'm sure they'll be up for that...

Further development of the Supercat HMT400 and HMT600 platforms would be an interesting option for the Army to pursue as a solution to the MRV(P) requirements. But development was never part of MRV(P). The intent has always been to take a proven platform. Suggesting we go bespoke will just mean a l...

In addition to tearing out the intenal gubbins that turns an IFV into a Scout vehicle... How about the revolutionary notion of putting some of the Ajax into the reserve force, to stand up a Ajax battalion (rgt?), to parallel the reserves Tank regiment we have? . It would need to be a reserve force ...

Wondered why this appeared https://twitter.com/gduknews/status/1331842636303437824?s=21 Could be a challenge (isn't it monocoque... is that a noun or an attribute, btw :) ) for getting the weight down - carbon et al fibres too expensive - steel too heavy - how to mix in alu/ ceramics into that kind...

Yes and Challenger has 10 degrees depression, but why not more? Because more would require an increase in the height of the turret. Indeed Soviet/Russian tanks have less depression in order to minimise height. Or the turret to be further forward. Or thinner glacis. Or fewer features on the glacis. ...

1 To allow for the maximum depression in order to engage very close range targets. This implies operating in close country or an urban environment where the visual signature of the mount is not really a problem. The CR2 in your picture is quite literally demonstrating the benefits of weapon depress...

Lord Jim wrote:Is something like a telescopic mount a possibility?

My first thoughts and concerns would be mine blast and lateral strength through recoil. I'm sure you could make it happen, and perhaps if you wanted to drive on/off an aircraft you might need it (but I think airbag suspension largely solves that).

I would suggest putting it a lot lower, most of the time it simply doesn't need to be that high and if it does it's hardly rocket science to find a means to raise and lower it as required. Designers quite literally put it as low as possible, there really is no justification for putting it any highe...

whitelancer wrote:I bet that's fun to fit!
Then its spoilt by having a 2' tall weapon mount stuck out the top for all to see. Still could have been worse, like the RWS on top of Ajax[s turret.

Where else would you suggest putting a weapon for all-round protection...

bobp wrote:Does the Boxer have facilities for a brew up ?

I can almost guarantee it was Requirement 001.

One would think that in order to be able to use anything it must be certified for every eventuality. Following that chain of thought, if the seat on the Captains WC is changed on a T-45 does the ship have to undergo a full set of sea trials? Depends. Is it Form, Fit and Function equivalent? Is it s...

To sum up I am not saying there would be not need to carry out testing to certify a new turret but that the process should be faster and cheaper for Boxer than a more traditional non modular platform. Re: certifying - It's hard enough to justify reducing the workload when changing the build standar...

I'm sure DOSG, DSTL and HSE would all agree that's complete dreaming. I am not so sure. The interfaces between the module and main hull is the same regardless of the configuration of the module for instance. That is the whole point of the modular approach. The tolerances of the module are well know...

We seem to rely on addon cover which is not a bad thing The Ozzies like their infrared band Barracuda even for tanks, because they also have a cooling effect. In Europe, except perhaps on N. German plains (where you are visible anyway) that sort of thing would get ripped soonish by vegetation - goo...

Lord Jim wrote: This is the unique thing about the Boxer, you are not integrating the weapon system into the whole vehicle just the Module. .

I'm sure DOSG, DSTL and HSE would all agree that's complete dreaming.

bobp wrote:A picture of Boxer fitted with a turret.

Could the British Army accept a turret Off The Shelf?

doubts about the cost-effectiveness and utility of CT40 in the naval role... Let's let the French do the test run on their OPVs (the AA version for use on land is just a concept, in metal though) The only thing missing from CT40 to allow AA at this time is timed airburst rounds, though a 3 round bu...