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  7. The Small Arms Thread, Part 8: 2018; ICSR to be replaced by US Army with interim 15mm Revolver Cannon.

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    Comparison between conventional & hybrid cartridge case ammunition, showing the hybrid fired from a 13” barrel having a higher muzzle velocity than a conventional round fired from a 16” barrel. 
     

     

    Only the 13” hybrid perforated the armour plate. The hybrid cartridge case is the same technology in the Next Generation Squad Weapon’s 6.8x51mm ammunition. 

  16. Land 400 Phase 3: Australian IFV

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    1 hour ago, SH_MM said:

    The Germany parliament has reportedly rejected the notion to buy the Boxer CRV Block 2 from Australia after the selection of the Redback IFV. Earlier reports suggest that buying Boxers from Australia was twice as expensive as producing them in Germany and was meant to be a compensation deal when choosing Lynx.

    Gives an indication on how expensive Boxer CRV is for Australia. 

  21. Land 400 Phase 3: Australian IFV

    in Mechanized Warfare

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    34 minutes ago, Thuel said:


    There you have it!
     

    “The ABC can reveal the German and Korean companies bidding for the rescoped program have been asked to provide options for an Australian build, or complete overseas production of the IFVs with local support.”
     

    https://amp-abc-net-au.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.abc.net.au/article/102395168

     

    Reportedly, input costs in Germany have risen significantly due to the denuclearisation of the power grid. This, plus capacity issues thanks to post-February 2022 orders, may make KF41 cheaper to build in Australia than Germany. 

  23. Land 400 Phase 3: Australian IFV

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    The re-pricing activity, evaluation, & negotiation for the 129 is scheduled to take approximately 9 months. Far too early to say which way it’ll go. There’s a real danger that either or both tenderers may decline to participate. There’s also a real chance that any anticipated savings from reducing the buy may not be sufficient to warrant proceeding with the buy. 


    That article is a bit contradictory. Lynx’s vibrations due to “all metal track”, which points toward rubber band track (Soucy was demonstrated on Lynx, briefly), however Redback had “problems” with its rubber band track (first I’ve heard of this).

     

     

  24. Land 400 Phase 3: Australian IFV

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    22 hours ago, 2805662 said:

    A bit early to say who will get what, imo. The commonwealth looks guilty for “attritional tendering” at this point - there’s apparently another repricing activity. That’s the third one. 

    The Minister for Defence Industry has confirmed via a media interview the number is 129 x vehicles, plus the re-pricing/best & final offer activity. Months from a decision. 

     

    What no one appears to be talking about is whether the M113AS4 fleet, in whole or in part, will be retained. This would change the net personnel & operating costs of 400-3. 
     

    AS4 was initially at 350 vehicles, then topped up by further 81 via the “Enhanced Land Force”. APC, command, & logistics variants have been gifted to Ukraine, so the total number of AS4 may be below 400. 
     

    If AS4 is retained, ideally some ideas for improvement that were stopped when 400-3 was conceptualised may be recommenced. 
     

     

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