Ron5 wrote:
I wonder how much of your much vaunted, super secret, Ajax capability is provided by its payload*. Because as a vehicle, Ajax looks totally unremarkable even ignoring its habit of injuring its crew.
What do you think an armoured vehicle is aside from a metal box and "payload"?
Ron5 wrote:
A view that's backed up by Ajax and its cousin vehicles 100% lack of success in international competitions. I predict the current Czech competition going the same way with the Ajax cousin not even making the short list.
Then by that metric just about everything the UK defence has made independently since the 1970s is somewhat unremarkable, as none of it has been much of an export success.
CR2, crap. Warrior, crap. T45, crap, Astute, crap.
Ron5 wrote:
*a payload that could probably just as easily be carried by other vehicles. Like Boxer. A question that I'm sure is being asked is what would it take to transfer the payload across?
Of course it could be, just like Tranche 1 Eurofighters could just as easily have all the capabilities of Tranche 2/3. Right?
Ignorance is bliss, eh?