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@nicholadrummond There is no navy version of it (wings could not be rotated), so of very limited use, if not completely useless, for RM. Probably could be developed but USMC already has Osprey so if it is just for UK it would be really expensive to get and operate.

The MV-75 would allow UKSF, Rangers, 16 Air Assault and 3 Commando Brigade to deliver rapid response forces to much longer distances at much greater speed. As such, it would allow British Forces to make a genuinely worthwhile contribution to NATO. But... For this to work from a national prosperity perspective, Bell would need to licence local production. Replicating the original Westland model could allow Great Britain to become an export and maintenance hub for MV-75 European customers. Long-term, we must aim to acquire this transformational capability because it would perfectly facilitate the specialist tasks our marines, paras, and SF operators routinely conduct.

@MarcUK001 @nicholadrummond Doubt UK could afford it. There is no navy version of it, so unlike Osprey wings do not rotate to take less space in hangar or on the deck, so of very limited usage on the carrier.

@nicholadrummond Its a great platform and it would enhance our military. Can we afford it thou. Would it fit in the carriers. UK Political choices over the last 25 years have been poor.

@United24media Unfortunately those two are not the same tank. 320 is its designation in its parent unit (there were other tanks with same number), not uniq ID of that particular tank. They are not even the same model (check differences in the loader cupola).

The same tanks that crushed the 1956 Hungarian Revolution against the Soviet regime now meet their end in Ukraine.

@Fernand83113168 @Jeff21461 Regimental HQ had only 1 tank. 4 squadrons, each with 14 tanks (4 troops each with 3 tanks and squadron HQ with 2) plus one in regimental HQ for total of 57. Second tank to regimental HQ is added during 90s.

@Jeff21461 HQ British armoured regiment, but i think the squadron and the regiment has 2 chieftain, if i recall well they named type 57.

WIP. I wonder if anyone can tell what it is :)

@Rebel44CZ Isn’t the problem with this pipeline that while it could transfer 7 million barrels, port at its end could only load just around 4-4.5 at max?

Between the Iranian export (around 1.5M bbl/day), the UAE bypass of the SoH (also exporting around 1M bbl/day), Iraqi export via Turkey (400K?), and this, it means that around 10M bbl/day of oil is still flowing from the Persian Gulf countries.

@Jeff21461 1 Chieftain, 3 Sultan, 1 Spartan, 3 Ferret, 1 LR, that should be an HQ section of UK Type 57 armoured regiment (I guess same was for Type 43) during 1980s.

@joeblillib4090 Tank is from the 1st Armoured Regiment

@_HenryBolton So tea break every 90 minutes, that doesn't sound too bad.

I understand that crews of Ajax are only permitted to remain in the vehicle for 90 minutes, due to health concerns. That’s really not good if you’re being shot at. I once spent 76 hours battened down in a Chieftain. Isn’t it better to cut losses and buy the CV90 of the shelf?

@Shinji__11 @Gabriel64869839 As Gabriele suggested this might be 2 videos merged as one, second part is definitely not Ukraine.

@smaja79 @Gabriel64869839 The Donbas area is a bit hilly

If you know what a Merkava looks like and, despite the wooden potato quality of images you are thinking, like me, "that's not a Merkava", it's because that it is not. It's an old video from Ukraine war, and this is yet more fakery. Be careful around garbage thrown at your face.

@IndexSabot I always though there would be a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow but seems like it is something even better there.

Irish Army FV101 Scorpion during a live firing exercise at The Glen Of Imaal, 2010

@AnimarchyYT It is USS Abraham Lincoln, not Ford. First F/A-18E belongs to VFA-151 (according to tail markings), which operates from Lincoln.

With.... steam... catapaults?

@nicholadrummond Or just buy some gun pods for F-35B or some cheaper missiles, like APKWS, instead of introducing a new aircraft just for the case if you ever have to hunt drones. Or buy/develop some drones like Ghost Bat for tasks like this, way more useful than Tucano.

The Embraer A-29 Super Tucano can carry 1,500 kilograms of ordnance including 20 mm gun pods and 12.7 mm heavy machine guns. Is this the ideal counter-UAS aircraft?

@Gabriel64869839 Wonder would getting coupe of gun pods for roles like this this be worth it.

If you are worried about cost of that ASRAAM interception over Jordan, you'll better not look at Typhoons taking off with a full METEOR load for shooting down Shaheds... F-35B ends up being the "cheap" one with AMRAAM. You can just about see fins of AIM-120 on weapon bay door.

@MisterQuintus @JonHawkes275 Maybe kettle

@JonHawkes275 Commonality with Ajax?

🇬🇧 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

@joeblillib4090 It is 105mm

Iranian M101 75mm Howitzer position near Khorramshahr.

@Gabriel64869839 Maybe someone should try to put it on Boxer.

Turret that Lockheed Martin UK presented in Saudi Arabia at WDS is fully uncrewed companion to "optionally crewed" and larger turret seen on AJAX IFV at DSEI last year. It's an ITAR free, clean sheet design but building on same experience. 30x173 mm here, but 40 CTA possible.

@Rebel44CZ You and the rest of the team are doing fantastic job tracking all losses, for 4 full years now. Thank you for that, much appreciated.

And let's not forget that Russia has already invaded Ukraine in 2014, with especially intensive fighting in 2014-2015 and lower-scale fighting in the following years. So, here are the equipment losses documented before 2022:

/thread/ Since the start of the Russian 2022 invasion of Ukraine, the Oryx team (with help from our colleagues at @WarSpotting and many independent volunteers) has documented 35 579 equipment losses on both sides of the war.

@Rebel44CZ Lot of European countries would need smaller aircraft than GCAP as for many of them it would be to big and/or to expensive. Developing something similar to F-35, for example like planned Gripen replacement, would definitely be a good thing.

My take on the European fighter jet procurement: For now, we should keep buying F-35 - but be the last US fighter jet that the EU+ will buy SCAF should be put out of its misery, and GCAP should be boosted and become the main future fighter jet

@joeblillib4090 2nd Royal Tank Regiment, if I am not wrong.

Daimler Ferret my beloved