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As the Australia-China relationship deteriorates, a $200m PNG 'fishery' deal raises eyebrows - ABC News
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well, Qld was able to buy a shiney new fleet of illegal trains...New Queensland train delivery doomed 'from day one', inquiry chief declares - ABC News I'm not so confident that Australian procurement won''t overlook the obvious. I'm happy with boxer for CRV, pretty good odds that where ADF boxer goes, UK boxer is nearby. but for M113 replacement, i want USA/Korean.
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Its not a question of do others supply it, its a question of would Australian defense even consider it. back to land 400 phase 2 Joint media release - Prime Minister, Minister for Defence Industry and Minister for Defence - New Vehicles to protect our troops and create 1450 jobs | Department of Defence Ministers 'The Government will spend $5.2 billion to acquire the 211 vehicles, which will replace the Army’s current ageing Australian Light Armoured Vehicle fleet. Over the 30-year life of the vehicles, Australian industry will secure two thirds, or $10.2 billion, of the total investment in acquiring and maintaining the fleet' they won't nickel and dime on the ammo, when they are spending this type of money, the risk reward is just not there for procurement.
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yeah nah. Ammunition with ammunition belt for Bushmaster II cannon (top) and for Rheinmetall MK 30-2 cannon (bottom) | CZD archive It would be uncharacterically bold for australia defense procurement to purchase 30mm ammo that was not canon's maker's preferred, even more so if the links are different. since 30mm ammo comes as belts in boxes, just hope we don't need to rely on NATO partners fors overseas deployment. Its a situation of damned if we do, damned if we don't.
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yeah, but CoA is going to have 3 obvious choices for turret upgrades, particulary for counter UAV tech, EOS, Elbit and Hanwha are all excelent choices, vs Rheinmetall where its going to be a sucker's price later on. Similar with any future armour upgrades, Redback is essentially a prequalified panel of providers, whereas Lynx is locked in sole source. similarly with ammo, Rheinmetall 30mm gun with proprietary non-nato linkage, no pay no fire.
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if you want i could link seek ads for elbit and eos Elbit Jobs in All Australia - SEEK Eos asx Jobs in All Australia - SEEK in all seriousness, at a distance the Redback and the Lynx seem both good items, both comparable enough that if the products were switched (ie Lynx were to be Hanwha and Redback were to be Rheinmetall) it wouldn't change much, a very different story to phase 2 where the Boxer was obviously the better vehicle for Australia's needs. The problem is that by going with Rheinmetall again, as a country we will just be asking to be screwed on price for any and every upgrade. Rheinmetall is smart, they will look us up and down and work out a price high enough that some other project in defense gotta be cancelled when we need an additional feature that was not part of original contract. So even though I'm now a Queenslander i still think the Redback is the better option for Australia. look, I'm no longer impartial, I had to wait until EOS was large enough before my super allowed be to allow me to buy into it, so i got some EOS shares now in my super, the choice as I see it, is that either Australia gets the Lynx but can't afford the later upgrades to counter UAV goodness, or Australia gets the redback and both affords and will soon enough get the upgrade to counter UAV goodness, some including freaking lasers. EOS-Mopoke-Full-Spectrum-CUAS-Capabilities-Web.pdf (eos-aus.com) because if War comes our backyard, the UAV content will make Nagorno-Karabakh seem like stroll in the park. anyone will be able an purchase export equivalent to www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma3ya_lqCLM
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Senator calls for Victorian budget to step up support for defence industry - Defence Connect with state govenment support like this, Victoria is gifting land 400 phase 3 to Qld.
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Kimchi armoured vehicles: K1, K2, K21 and other AFVs from Worse Korea
Kal replied to Zadlo's topic in Mechanized Warfare
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Kimchi armoured vehicles: K1, K2, K21 and other AFVs from Worse Korea
Kal replied to Zadlo's topic in Mechanized Warfare
DEFENSE STUDIES: Flaws in K21 Design Confirmed (defense-studies.blogspot.com) point is, K21 is meant to swim, so it can't be that heavily protected. presumably good sensors and great firepower should be +ve north and south korea is an artillary location, other kinetic threats are of a less prioritised nature. -
I assume that is the one to be tested to destruction. the turret sure looks more adorned than Hungarys.
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Isn't the ammo stored as coils of linked rounds? If so, wouldn't the round that fills the storage most efficently be the best ammo going forward as in the future, electronics will mean its cheaper for fused rounds that go bang at the target. Less rounds but more total volume shrapnel cloud. But if the intent is to suppress using a saw gun, the more rounds the better, which means less diameter. Not even taking into account the possibilty of the turret being optimised for a particular length vs another length round. Perhaps 2 stacked coils of 30mm vs 1 coil of 35/50mm. (Does seem unlikely)
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Google gave 3.4.4.2.1 Main Weapon - General ... 'The Vehicle is required to suppress enemy vehicles at a distance of 2000 metres for 3 minutes to allow for another friendly unit to position and engage the enemy vehicle. It is assumed that the Vehicle main weapon will fire 9 rounds every 10 seconds during suppression and after three minutes still have ready rounds available.'
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approx the slots represent the gaps between sandwich layers, 4 gaps would be 5 n?ra layers (roof) so for the side there is 4 gaps would be 5 n?ra layers + spacing or 5 gaps would be 6 n?ra layers but no after space so they are tuning the performance as they want
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What ever mk4 turret armour is, my philosphy given such a good performance of slera,nera,nxra etc etc relative to structual armour, is that every kg devoted to structual armour is a kg that is not available for replacable slera. Obviously the base armour needs to support reaction forces from a 120mm tank gun, so part of it will be chunky, but in general, Merk 4 appears to have a lot of armour all around and over the turret - something pay for that weight wise. for instance, other western tanks have an outer burster plate holding their NERA but Merk 4 turret outerplate is sandwich n?ra instead.
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part of the requirement was 9 rounds per 10 seconds for 3 minutes, plus have plenty remaining to do actually fighting with. anyway, calibre upgrade to 35/50mm supershot (or equiv) was to be baked into both offerings.
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What that, 2 x 1/2 hour field repair job.
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Really? I thought EOS RWS was a requirement even if for commonality of user interface with adf's other platforms.
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Just like redback....
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That drivers side cheek on the turret, it looks hollow?
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No RWS yet?
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http://www.amtjets.com/pdf/Titan_specifications.pdf
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without knowing the size of the missle, I'm guessing they could launch it from the back of a Toyota... And ferry them around using a motorbike. perhaps launch from rooftop like oversize manpad.
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Nice, looks fit for purpose
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2 rotors, thats bold
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rules of engagement, no guns. hand to hand mellee only, regular breaks to retrieve dead bodies. and its easy to die, just trip over a cliff in sub zero temperature average ground angle is about 45 degrees, plenty must be steeper than that.
