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    I’d be surprised if the KF31 found any customers, TBH.
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    First Boxer delivered to the Australian Army:
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    Looks pretty close.
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    In the land domain, ADF has generally been very conservative (ASLAV was forced onto it by then MINDEF, M113 upgrade, LR for decades, upgrading the EF88). This decision is a bit of a surprise. There was was no way K21 would’ve met the blast & protection requirements of L400-3. “Redback” is an almost-new design. Who exactly was “disappointed” by the K21? ROKA? GDLS fell into a (seemingly common) trap made by UK-staffed entities (the team for 400-3 was overwhelmingly UK/Brit) in Australia: “we know best.” There was a marked reluctance to accept Australian requirements and input, for cost/design reasons, but also because of (imo) arrogance. Even the ramp vs. back door discussion took longer than it should’ve. The customer has been operating tracked APCs with ramps since 1965 - they know what works for them. Then there’s the 40mm AGL piece: the customer just struggled through Land 40-2 (vice 400-2) to select the Mk47, proposing a solution that used the H&K GMG (i.e. the losing solution to 40-2, regardless of the fact that the British Army bought it) was both dumb & tone deaf. Further; the coax - the 7.62mm chain gun coax makes sense in the UK context (Warrior & AJAX) but makes zero sense in the ADF context. A MAG58 would’ve made a lot more sense. Even Rheinmetall realised offering a MG3, MG4, or MG5 wasn’t a good move, offering the MAG58 coax instead. AJAX seemed to get caught up in their own hype & it bit them.
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    7.62mm chain gun coax didn’t help, either.
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    Reflects a discussion I had yesterday with a former colleague who’s tangentially involved: ”AJAX is a very old truck. Just not really in the running and viable. Not for us, doesn’t do anything that the others do, better.” The GDLS team is “shocked” - they had no idea until the announcement.
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    I don’t think Rheinmetall will get much of a say in the matter.
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    I can see that T-2000 turret being back cast onto the Phase 2 vehicles, a possibility called out in the Phase 3 RFT.
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    Trial report from British Army trial on composite rubber track fitted to Warrior. http://gvsets.ndia-mich.org/documents/PM/2018/Composite Rubber Track Trial Results for Warrior IFV.pdf
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    Hoping both it and the BAE MPF entry are at AUSA this year.
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    AJAX is very much an ASCOD II that’s been optimised for British Army service. Lots of requirements that aren’t applicable to the Australian Army - no point in paying for someone else’s desirements.
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    Lynx KF41 progresses in Australia:
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    No love from Australia.
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    Rheinmetall & Hanwha through to the Risk Mitigation Activity. https://gallery.mailchimp.com/ebe687fe800f7d0f2f28fa168/files/1088f6cf-cb97-4812-a471-a1e933125641/DTR_Special_Bulletin_16_Sept_2019.pdf Kinda glad CV90 is out. Also, not too unhappy that AJAX isn’t progressing - lots of legacy from the British Army that isn’t needed by the Australian Army.
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    Point still stands: poor design. ETA: original design’s hatch folds back from vertical.
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    I’d put money on that turret being non-ballistic. There’s some interesting design choices - what I’d call short-comings: vertical commander’s hatch & no visible armoured doors on the gunner’s sight (forward of the commander’s hole).
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    Here we go:
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    Confirmed: the HX77 with Archer module is at DSEI. Very, very large vehicle.
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    A US short ton is 2,000 pounds, which equals 907kg (~0.907 tonnes). I’m using the Australian military convention on tonnes to differentiate metric from non-metric units of measure, noting that a metric tonne isn’t a SI unit for 1,000kg. MLC 70 equates to 70 US short tons. 70*0.907 = 63,490 kg = 63.5 tonnes. MLC 81 = 73.47 tonnes.
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    Likely refers to “claimed compliance/performance” and “demonstrated compliance/performance” where demonstrated means either objective quality evidence is provided, or the compliance/performance is measured as required.
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    Re-hash of my pics from AUSA 2017 of the Horstman. Trying to dig my MHI ones up.
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    I wonder whether this is the basis for Rheinmetall’s ‘Protected Amphibious Vehicle’ for Land 400-3?
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    Can really see the Lance Turret heritage.
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    Agree, Kongsberg definitely has a leg up. “The Army will award up to seven design integration study contracts for potential vendors to evaluate integrating a MCWS onto a Stryker ICVVA1 platform.The Army will supply both a Stryker platform and the XM813 30mm cannon to build production representative system samples, the official said.”
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    Like reply, apart from what I’ve quoted. The US isn’t buying more turrets from Kongsberg, it’s staging a competition to supply a remote turret that can mount the 30mm Bushmaster gun (XM813?), within which, Kongsberg will likely compete.
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