@Gabriel64869839 Looks like a "Isreali" Cam net top right?
Not sure why people keep trialling them, they are 100x better than a nornal Cam net.
COs using innovation funding every year to buy more and more.
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Keeping the kit in the hands of the user (Who will break it again)
Beigetreten Nisan 2023
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@thinkdefence Could've bought 1000x for £25m.
Thats back of sofa money. £100m will get you 80% of the fleet.
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@Gabriel64869839 Fleet is absolutely destroyed.
However with new radios coming online it reduces the need for FFRs. A absolute basic Hilux/Ranger for £25k would do the job for 80% of the needs.
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The fleet is in poor shape and it is high time to replace it. The fact is that, even on this, the existing fleet quickly draws down before the replacement is even selected. We are not expecting the contract till' next year according to published timelines.
BBC News (UK)@BBCNews
'Workhorse' Land Rover fleet to be retired from Army after 70 years bbc.in/4sNZG8c
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@BearJFK @thinkdefence Not sure who's told you? Theres been news reports for years about there availability.
Shocking vehicle.
Good on paper, but extremely maintenance heavy and no spares.
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@SpannerOperator @thinkdefence Really?
Not what I heard. Or is it because they’ve failed to maintain them for lack of parts and support since Afghan withdrawal?
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This short clip shows a Foxhound Protected Patrol Vehicle. What changes are needed in a Mk2?
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@BearJFK @thinkdefence Solid 🤣
Foxhound has some of the worst availability in the Army.
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@ThackhamJosh @PaulWri89662714 @UKDefJournal @Tankman94 Spares are a pain and CAVS is 100% the right direction to be going in.
Means it can be used across 1 & 3 DIV, spares be plentiful due to the large amounts of users.
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@PaulWri89662714 @UKDefJournal This program seems another going around in rings when iys just the vehicle the system sits on… just build more stormer with CRT, upgraded engine plus suspension & be done with it @Tankman94 @SpannerOperator
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The Ministry of Defence has extended the assessment phase for the Army’s future mounted short-range air defence capability. Click image for more.
ukdefencejournal.org.uk/?p=67582
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@ThackhamJosh @FennellJW I doubt we will see RCH built in the UK.
Itll be off the german production line with gun fitted in the UK to a APC DM.
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@FennellJW Lets not get carried away, it looks like it doesnt even include all elements of the standalone module let alone the host vehicle itself
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This seems to be a very cheap price for 37 guns, and also much less than the £800 million allocated or the medium howitzer programme. Looks like its as much as they could afford to spend this year to keep the programme ticking along before the DIP is publised.
UK Defence Journal@UKDefJournal
Britain has ordered 37 artillery weapon systems for Boxer mounted RCH 155 howitzers under a 53 million pound contract. Click image for more. ukdefencejournal.org.uk/britain-places…
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@Osintcollection A400M issues seem to be in the past and being used very hard at the moment.
Hopefully buy a few more to make up the numbers.
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RAF A400m landing in Akrotiri now. UK Strategic airlift getting the miles in. Shows the value of the fleet. Would like to understand what RAF will do (if anything) to expand fleet with the DIP and replace the C-130 fleet.
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@nicholadrummond Bradley replacement being a turretless Bradley fitted with a Turret?
I jest, but brilliant commonality with the US Army. Most Tracked platforms on Bradley running gear.
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@G4Wallah @JonHawkes275 How do they do BVS-10/BV206?
If you throw a track then surely dragged back on road wheels then track replaced? Still take ages to track bash and put a metal track on.
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@JonHawkes275 Absolute bitch so swap composite tracks, you’d need big forks to do that in the field. Guessing REME/ES have rejected it on those grounds? Throw track and the crew wouldn’t be able to fix in the field.
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🇬🇧 M270 taking shape with installation of UK-specific items. I had missed that the upgrade had quietly dropped the composite tracks in favour of some new Cook steel tracks, disappointing move but I'm sure they have some reasons
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@G4Wallah @thinkdefence If they had put EPLS on the SX series SVs it would've been some vehicle cross country especially with the same tyres as SVR.
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@thinkdefence @SpannerOperator Although they did acknowledge DROPS MMLC to be limited, hence IMMLC procured largely for RA resupply. Often wondered why we didn’t/don’t do the same with existing (E)PLS ie chunkier balloon tyres for better off-road performance for RA units.
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Read an interesting RLC Journal article from the early eighties that suggested a better alternative to DROPS for RA ammunition supply was a combination of low mobility articulated trucks and high mobility forward control County Tractors with trailers
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@thinkdefence @G4Wallah Dont need to worry about RA needing Improved mobility when you have no guns.
Too busy playing Checkers when the army is playing Chess.
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@G4Wallah @SpannerOperator I just like tractors and was amused to find someone from the eighties agreeing with me 😀
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@TBrit90 Well seeing that Spain/Austria are haply with ASCOD and with VACs out the same factory.
I would say we could perfectly destroy CV90 aswell.
Look how well BOXER trials are going.
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It should have been us.
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BAE Systems Hägglunds@BAESHagglunds
Presenting – the CV9035SVK MkIV! The new IFV of the Slovak Armed Forces. 🇸🇰💪
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@G4Wallah @Gabriel64869839 Agreed, if we loose all Civvy and Military airports, including places like Dishforth and Cottesmore.
The main issue will be the lack of A/C left. Prestige strike could remove most of the A/C we have.
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@Gabriel64869839 Seems somewhat redundant when we have so many camps with old airfields that just need some basic repairs done no?
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In 2023, Chief of the Air Staff talked of plans for exercise in which RAF jets would return to take off from UK roads, too.
Agile basing was "big" between 2021 and 2023 under Wigston and Harvey Smyth. Done it at very small scale in Finland, but nothing on UK roads to this day.
RAF Coningsby@RAFConingsby
Today, two Typhoon aircraft took off from RAF Coningsby, utilising a taxiway. The Station Commander said: “This has always been an option. We have successfully, and safely, achieved our objectives, assuring our processes, increasing our capability, and enhancing our resilience.”
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@tinman197474747 Very different to being dismounted moving around and having that experience to cutting around doing 20-30mph and no ability to build heat through movement.
Savage in the cold they are.
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@SpannerOperator I dunno the RM have managed in Norway for decades.
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@tinman197474747 That much warm kit, end up like a Michelin man.
Can not conduct any dismounted activies.
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@SpannerOperator The lads and lasses will love it, issued carinthia!
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@Gabriel64869839 Gab, would it also cover HMTV?
Would be about right for length of time frame? I know we used to borrow MASTTIFF Gearbox diagnostic tools for HMTV.
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MoD has signed last month a 5 year contract, with 2 individual 1-year options, for repair and maintenance of Transmissions on VIKING and Cougar (Mastiff).
Jan 2031 end is well beyond published OSD for both MASTIFF (2028) and VIKING (2029).
It's both a good and a bad signal.
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@cameowilts @BearJFK @ArmchairAdml They are non-stop, even the A400M seem to get quite a bit of useage.
Absolutely zero redundancy.
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@BearJFK @ArmchairAdml That’s the issue, they are turning and burning nearly every single flight. So much use.
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That is a fleet.
RAF has only 22. 8 C-17s but they’re getting shagged and probably won’t last too much longer.
8 is as many as Australia and Qatar have.
Airbus Defence@AirbusDefence
The 52nd #A400M has been delivered to the German Air Force! This military transporter is a true powerhouse, boasting 44,000 hp from its four turboprop engines. With a top speed of up to 750 km/h, the A400M has a maximum range of over 8,700 km. At full payload of 37 tonnes, it can cover more than 3,300 km, and even take off and land on unpaved runways.
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@FennellJW Thats not 11X.
Its ASOB.
11X has moved back to conventional combat as a advance force with plenty of Reece and Strike options.
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11 Brigade shaping up in its role as Tier 2 SOF, working with RM Cdos.
BFBS Forces News@ForcesNews
Fast. Precise. Ready⚡ A Special Operations force comprised of Royal Marines Commandos and British Army Rangers has taken part in a major exercise required for a key Nato role🔗⬇️ youtu.be/nwg5_wv5qbw?si…
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