@DefencePhoto Great photo, Trevor! That's going back a bit...!
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Simon Jackson
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Simon Jackson
@simon_jackson18
Independent consultant on winning new business. Observer of defence matters, focused on Land Warfare and combat vehicles.
Katılım Ocak 2017
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@FTusa284 Spot on. There is a lot of human factors stuff from the 80s and 90s covering all these issues. Used to be in my office cupboard!
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"We need to do some urgent tests to see what the key issues are about operating AFVs for long times battened down!"
Well, one could start with taking the VERDI/MARDI files off the shelf, and reading them...
OK, so 25yrs+ ago - "no longer relevant!"
Might be an idea to check..
Nicholas Drummond@nicholadrummond
One of the problems affecting the UK’s Ajax is going to impact ALL future IFVs. This is motion sickness induced by using screens inside a closed down space. The issue is latency - what is happening outside the vehicle versus the time it takes to see this on screen. The difference between what the body feels and what the eyes see is what makes crews feel sick. Your iPhone already has a feature to offset this. We just need to develop something similar for armoured vehicles.
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@thinkdefence And TRACER to FRES and FRES to AJAX were caused entirely by the Army changing their minds - nothing to do with budgets, DES, government.... And thanks for reminding me, TD, that it's nearly 40 years since I wrote the initial TRACER requirement!
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The British Army decided CVR(T) was past its best in 1991. FFLAV followed, in which one of the recommendations was CV90 in the heavy recce role. FFLAV turned in TRACER, TRACER turned in FRES, FRES turned into Ajax. Currently, CVR(T) is replaced with Warrior
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@AndyGoode10 @EnglandRugby Poor quality match. Does anyone in the England camp know they are in the entertainment business? Looking forward to when we can say "great match, shame we lost"
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A win is a win and sometimes you have to win ugly, strong in defence at times and the Grand Slam is on for @EnglandRugby!!
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@thinkdefence Oh yes, remember Bill Kinkaid well, and got one of his books. He was spot on ref the procurement process - and just as relevant today
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Defence Procurement reform is an evergreen subject, am curious if anyone has ever heard of Brigadier Bill Kincaid, or read any of his books
amzn.to/48JtSaM
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@wavellroom Great article Harry. Fully agree. Been saying this for years - the 20 yrs since RAB came in!! The results are clear - as you point out. Odds anything changes...??!
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"The problem for Defence is that it is impossible to measure the value of what the spend delivers for the nation"
wavellroom.com/2023/03/01/res…
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Simon Jackson retweetledi
Clearing operations around Klishchiivka. Ukrainian 80th Air Assault Brigade. PART 1.
#Ukraine #UkraineRussianWar
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Working on a project, anyone got any personal favourite buzzwords for a modern, integrated, networked warfighting force @thinkdefence @combat_boot
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@thinkdefence Why - because we needed time in Blighty when forces all over world! Today - agreed, less equipment support: must be military as this is what keeps equipments ready for operations
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Mad question for you...
Why do we need serving Officers in posts like HR, facilities and equipment support?
Would civil servants not be cheaper?
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@thinkdefence Conqueror was actually 1st with a 120mm rifled gun TD, before Chieftain. In service 55-66. And British!
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Which NATO MBT had a 120mm main gun years before the other?
We forget just how advanced Chieftain was, 120mm main gun, laser rangefinder and hydropneumatic suspension, in service in 1963.
Leopard 2 arrived in service in 1979, M1 Abrams, 1986
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@RH_BAES_Land @BritishArmy Good spot Graeme! Def early Chieftains and an Abbot. Cent is a Mark 10 plus to me. 105 gun
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#TankTuesday
#RBSL has designed and delivered many of @BritishArmy’s armoured vehicle fleets under different business names.
Vickers-Armstrong at Elswick was appointed as ‘Design Parent’ for the #Centurion, the primary British Army Main Battle Tank (MBT) between 1946– 59.
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@thinkdefence Spot on TD - me as the "inventor" of the TRACER name - well, my wife picked it!! 1st draft out in summer 91. Subsequent Staff Requirement formed basis of AJAX requirements l
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In 1992, Staff Target (Land) 4061, more commonly known as TRACER, Tactical Reconnaissance Armoured Combat Equipment Requirement was to be the new CVR(T) replacement. It was cancelled, of course
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@harry_lye @thinkdefence Need to replace CVR(T) in recce role identified in FFLAV Study ~1988. I wrote and distributed initial Staff Target requirements doc in 1991
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Common track, engine, transmission on US Army Bradley M2A4, M109 Paladin and Armd Multi-Purpose Veh. Blimey...who thought of that!!! All plus M1 SEP3 now in 1ABCT in 3 Inf Div. Proper outfit and fun to be in, I bet. @thinkdefence @nicholadrummond
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@thinkdefence VERDI intent was to inform TRACER now AJAX recce requirements. It's WASAD tech is in AJAX. LR TRIGAT also for TRACER. And I was Warrior MRTRIGAT desk officer! Progress since then?!!
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VERDI-2 Warrior, every single optional extra box ticked!
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Moog's RIwP on GDLS TRX UGV - neat SHORAD solution and looks good. Anti Armour option by reconfiguring RIwP to eg Brimstone
Ronkainen@ronkainen7k15
General Dynamics Land Systems' TRX SHORAD Robotic Combat Vehicle equipp with RIwP turret loaded up with 30mm gun and Stinger missiles.
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@CR940 Am trying to think what that vehicle is at the back left
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Interesting to see UAE's EDGE acquiring majority stake in Milrem - missed opportunity for European defence companies..???? #thinkdefence #TotherChris #Gabriel64869839
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@thinkdefence 100% agree. And I'd add the never ending, small scale experimentation
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Is this a reasonable observation?
The British Army is addicted to discussing and developing concepts that it has no possibility of delivering within its most likely resource envelope, and that this is so distracting, it neglects the reality of delivery of actual capability
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