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    Command, control, communications, computers, intelligence. Wait until you get to C4ISREW.
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    Swedes on exercise in Australia:
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    Brits on Exercise Thor’s Hammer 2019 in Woomera Prohibited Area.
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    You “quoting” me in that manner is misleading. I was quoting - and correcting - @Kal . I *did not* say that either country used the M230LF.
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    Australia does not (yet) have M230LF. The only system in service in Australia that fires the 30 x 113mm round is the GIAT 30mm DEFA M781 fitted the the Eurocopter Tiger ARH. EOS is an Australian company that sometimes ‘borrows’ ADF platforms to demonstrate its products, sometimes mounting M230LF, which can lead to some confusion.
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    Interesting. From a purely combat-tested crew survivability perspective, I’d rate the Abrams series as superior to Leopard 2. Leopard 2’s completely exposed hull ammunition wine-rack stowage is an inexcusable flaw. In terms of sensors, the gen 2 FLIR on Abrams (about to be superseded by gen 3 FLIR), is highest performing thermal currently available. My experience with European sensor systems is that they are available, expensive, and adequate, but underperform US systems, remaining a generation behind in performance. My most recent exposure to leading US AFV sensors is 2015, so a little dated, but I’ve heard nothing that would convince me that there’s been significant changes in this regard.
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    An attempt to obscure the obsolescence of the platform and the almost-incompetence of the upgrade program by applying a nostalgia-inducing camouflage scheme from the Cold War? Tank cosplay.
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    Got a link to the Hanwha announcement, by any chance?
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    Vampire crew?
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    Well, Rheinmetall has signed the Risk Mitigation Activity contract. 12 months until vehicles are delivered.
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    I *think* there’s been a middle eastern customer who has.
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    EOS has you covered.
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    Not nearly as exciting as the real thing, but some interesting details nonetheless:
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    NFI. There are some questions that are impolite to ask. They were hosting me & indulging my curiosity; as a guest, I kept the questions general in nature.
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    I did - they were excellent hosts, even after I mentioned that I was a tourist in terms of potential business PSM was there as PSM, no relationship to Rheinmetall (I know, I know). They seem to think that their platform is the best match to OMFV requirements.
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    Ze Germans at AUSA2019. Pics are mine.
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    Yep. I saw the pic & the caption and headed straight to the BAE booth thinking ‘How did I miss that?!’ It was an emotional roller coaster.
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    Took me a bit. (Et tu) Brutus; the one killed Caesar.
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    To clarify, this vehicle is *not* at the annual AUSA conference in Washington DC.
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    Definitely bad form posting from set up day. Ah well.
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    Literally just walked past them both. A Dragoon & one with the radar cluster that’s been exhibited over the last couple of years. Also a new M109 (M1299?), BAE UGV with RWS & the Elbit M113 Carmel demonstrator. No pics until tomorrow - setup day, today.
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    People are conflating requirements - parameters a system being procured has to meet - and conditions - parameters that respondents to the procurement have to comply with in order to participate. It doesn’t matter whether a system, in this case, KF41, meets the requirements stipulated by the customer, if the respondent (i.e. Rheinmetall) cannot meet the conditions of the RFP, in this case, delivery of an example system by a specified timeframe. A respondent has to meet the requirements while complying with the conditions.
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    Unlikely. Bid deadlines are usually an absolute. Once saw a major military communications company excluded from further consideration as the guy delivering the physical copies of their bid got caught in traffic and missed close by less than five minutes. Only having a single prototype smacks of under investment by Rheinmetall.
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    Literally the first paragraph of the linked article: “General Dynamics Land Systems today announced it has submitted its proposal for the Army's Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle competition, almost a year after it debuted its offering in Washington.”
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    Probably at AUSA in DC next month.
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