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- 01 Apr 2024, 12:27
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19278
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Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
Thanks for your thoughts on the five year RN surface fleet priorities / tweaks given the realistic (IMO) China invasion of Taiwan scenario with Russia supporting by using its navy to threat and disrupt the NATO region in parallel. I’ve been thinking about it over the break also, and what strikes me...
- 01 Apr 2024, 10:44
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6127
- Views: 1822183
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
With all the reporting on Gaza, I’ve been reading about the US Expeditionary Elevated Causeway (ELCAS) capability. There’s a lot of information over at ThinkDefence. Seems to be too expensive both in terms of cost and supporting troop requirements for the UK, but it does feel a capability that the ...
- 01 Apr 2024, 09:06
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: General UK Defence Discussion
- Replies: 1889
- Views: 244951
Re: General UK Defence Discussion
https://archive.is/8wrrq More issues with recruiting. So the problem is not people wanting to join it is the crap recruiting firm I believe they are about to takeover tri service recruitment from next year. We'll see how that goes. How much has the training stream got to play in all of this or the ...
- 31 Mar 2024, 15:55
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19278
- Views: 9432215
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
Whilst I do not buy the idea that Russia will be in a position to launch a major ground attack on NATO countries anytime soon, I can see a conflict in the far east having an knock on impact to the European region (and possibly Gulf, South America and Africa through proxy wars). One plausible scenar...
- 31 Mar 2024, 13:59
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6127
- Views: 1822183
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Great that settles it then HMT 600 even with brimstone or 105mm can be lifted by a Chinook
- 31 Mar 2024, 12:43
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6127
- Views: 1822183
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Indeed because the vehicle you posted an image off has a gross vehicle weight limit which is less that the weight which can be lifted by chinook. So you are still missing the point. So regardless of what configuration it is(gun, cab whatever) it should still be lift able by chinook. Somehow I doubt...
- 31 Mar 2024, 12:09
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6127
- Views: 1822183
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Indeed because the vehicle you posted an image off has a gross vehicle weight limit which is less that the weight which can be lifted by chinook. So you are still missing the point. So regardless of what configuration it is(gun, cab whatever) it should still be lift able by chinook. Somehow I doubt...
- 31 Mar 2024, 11:31
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: General UK Defence Discussion
- Replies: 1889
- Views: 244951
Re: General UK Defence Discussion
So the problem is not people wanting to join it is the crap recruiting firm
- 31 Mar 2024, 11:30
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: General UK Defence Discussion
- Replies: 1889
- Views: 244951
Re: General UK Defence Discussion
So the problem is not people wanting to join it is the crap recruiting firm
- 31 Mar 2024, 11:16
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6127
- Views: 1822183
- 31 Mar 2024, 09:49
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6127
- Views: 1822183
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Why can’t archer be moved by a400m? To big or to heavy, not sure. Info came from one twitter post by Gabrielle Molinelli. We have already done the helicopter move within Europe from the fwd mounting positions on operations so I don’t know why it would be impractical now. Yes, I know that Chinook, P...
- 30 Mar 2024, 15:27
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19278
- Views: 9432215
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
there is the fact that the T31's are not intended to have a long service life (in the RN). A) is that a fact B) is that realistic ? A good life plan would be 20 years with a mid life upgrade at 10 years pretty much written into the NSS - that the purpose of the type31 is to reduce service life to g...
- 30 Mar 2024, 12:08
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
- Replies: 19278
- Views: 9432215
Re: Current & Future Escorts - General Discussion
A) is that a fact B) is that realistic ?jedibeeftrix wrote: ↑30 Mar 2024, 11:50 there is the fact that the T31's are not intended to have a long service life (in the RN).
A good life plan would be 20 years with a mid life upgrade at 10 years
- 30 Mar 2024, 10:58
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6127
- Views: 1822183
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Both Archer and M270a2 can be moved by LCU or A400m so both could bring support….. Do the rapid reaction Brigades need 155mm and M270? Would HMT based 105mm Howitzer, GMLRS, Brimstone and Protector be enough? At least in the initial stages? The point is both can be airlifted in by A400m if needed. ...
- 30 Mar 2024, 09:19
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6127
- Views: 1822183
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
If 16AAB and 3Cdo have a underslung Chinook capability without losing effectiveness then where is the negative? I never said there is a negative but why would they limited themself just to the weight which is transportable by Chinook, especially as both have other means to transport much heavier eq...
- 30 Mar 2024, 08:52
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The future form of the Army
- Replies: 665
- Views: 147978
Re: The future form of the Army
It is claimed that the 105mm shell filled with ROWANEX has a blast effect of a standard 155mm shell so could we design a 90mm sabot ( Like the Vulcano round ) with ROWANEX that gives the blast effect of a standard 127mm shell and the 40km range
- 29 Mar 2024, 12:42
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The future form of the Army
- Replies: 665
- Views: 147978
Re: The future form of the Army
Also what the army needs is a new light gun witch needs to come in both towed and light SP witch has a 40km range Using the same ordnance on towed and SP seems sensible, but is 40km from a light gun possible or desirable? Would it not compromise the "Light" part of the requirement? Greate...
- 29 Mar 2024, 10:00
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The future form of the Army
- Replies: 665
- Views: 147978
Re: The future form of the Army
The problem I see here is lets a HMT-600 has a Brimstone pack and a commander calls for a role change to a 120mm mortar or 105mm gun pack will the crew need to know how to use all three weapons Does the crew come with the module or the vehicle? ether way there could be a lot crews waiting for a veh...
- 29 Mar 2024, 09:29
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6127
- Views: 1822183
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
As said before there goal is to fight across a wide area using small fast moving teams to engage and harass the enemy…. The only way it would work is with an incredible amount of support. Otherwise the risk of overmatch by the opponent is substantial. It’s currently not clear where that support is ...
- 29 Mar 2024, 08:56
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6127
- Views: 1822183
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
They’ve got an option for snow for the MRZR Alpha Thanks. The tracks are great until you hit the first rock. The RZR have a role to play but as a universal vehicle for the FCF IMO they have major limitations. True - an array of air / LCVP transportable light vehicles are required - my view is that ...
- 29 Mar 2024, 08:44
- Forum: Defence Elsewhere
- Topic: French Armed Forces
- Replies: 1877
- Views: 140493
Re: French Armed Forces
This is clearly just ministers try to deflect from there part in this witch is delaying orders and upgrade programs to suit them
- 28 Mar 2024, 16:45
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The future form of the Army
- Replies: 665
- Views: 147978
Re: The future form of the Army
….so as far as Brimstone goes the UK built Wolfram for Ukraine witch is in service now It’s a great start. I was thinking more of a universal flatbed unit where modules could be rapidly changed depending on requirements. It would open the door to a whole host of possibilities. The problem I see her...
- 28 Mar 2024, 16:19
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
- Replies: 6127
- Views: 1822183
Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
So if it is right that the RM are moving to LSU's with 2 x strike companies plus support with a total of between 400 and 500 troops then what they have done is moved from 2x infantry size battalions to 4 x Ranger size Battalions with 2 at high readiness and 2 at low readiness. As said before there g...
- 28 Mar 2024, 11:42
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The future form of the Army
- Replies: 665
- Views: 147978
Re: The future form of the Army
To my mind, one thing that is missing is a wheeled deep-fires capability to support 1 Division. Initially, keeping the 14 Archer and acquiring (say) 24 HIMARS equivalent (potentially based on a more compact platform, for air-portability) would go some way. Eventually replace the Archers with (say) ...
- 28 Mar 2024, 11:32
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: The future form of the Army
- Replies: 665
- Views: 147978
Re: The future form of the Army
…what we need right now is deployable formations and there for the armoured brigades need to become Combined arms brigades with 4 x combined arms battalions…. Why not both? If 1st Division is fully mechanised with BOXER, Patria 6x6, Archer and Jackal/Coyote it becomes a highly deployable and versat...