Ramlaen

Might be the unmanned turret that was funded by that NDAA.

20 minutes ago, Lord_James said:

If was smart enough to understand some of this science jargon, I might agree with you. Instead I’ll just silently nod my head as you talk 

lol it basically means Mercury has not quite rounded itself, its gravity is not strong enough to overcome the rigidity of the material it is composed of

On 11/4/2022 at 10:49 AM, Lord_James said:

I detect a hint of salt in there. But people like to (if not love to) draw lines in arbitrary places to make them feel special, and science is no different. 

Or sell books.

I think it would have been a lot more honest to simply say objects in the Asteroid and Kuiper belts are not planets than selectively applying the rules used to define a planet. Mercury is not in hydrostatic equilibrium.

https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/d8-nk9a-yn73/download

On 10/31/2022 at 4:02 PM, LoooSeR said:

 

A lot if you don't use arbitrary qualifiers designed to exclude Pluto.

https://www.greencarcongress.com/2022/10/20221011-allison.html

Also from that Defense News article.

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Norman told Defense News the Army is now working to answer some operational questions that come along with a new capability. One of those is how to manage a vehicle that breaks down or ends up stuck in a ditch. GDLS designed the vehicles to have maintenance performed by a 10-ton or less wrecker, Norman said, and they are also intended to tow and recover each other.

“But there are times operationally when you’d want to have a recovery vehicle available to pull a vehicle out of a ditch or do a number of other things,” he explained. “There’s a decision coming up for Army senior leaders whether we want to put a dedicated recovery vehicle in the formations with MPF, or whether we want to have wheeled wreckers, 10-ton wreckers and self-recovery ... be the way that this is approached.”

The can (how to recover a heavy for an IBCT vehicle) was kicked down the road.

3 hours ago, TokyoMorose said:

 

Suspension overheating problems eh? It would seem ASCOD 2 is showing its colors, again.

https://www.defensenews.com/industry/2022/10/10/general-dynamics-to-begin-building-us-armys-new-light-tank-next-month/

"The Army is working with GDLS to address overheating problems experienced by vehicles tested at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona. “The hydraulic systems were getting hot; we think it’s an air flow problem. GD has already come up with a design fix for that that we have to validate,” Dean said."

Correct me if I am wrong but the ASCOD 2 uses torsion bar suspension. The MPF, which is not based on the ASCOD or AJAX, uses this

I would use a spoiler tag if you have more than 2-3 tweets, mine was also a bit long.

1 hour ago, Renegade334 said:

 

I think the current configuration of the Leonidas is a non starter as the US Army doesn't appear to like unique hull variants of Strykers.

2 hours ago, StarshipDirect said:

Most countries don’t have a Javelin equivalent and it’s not because they can’t make one. To make a Javelin style missile it will cost you more than other ATGMs. Javelin is also shorter ranged than most other ATGMs. Russia has plenty of good ATGMS.
 

Javelin is shorter ranged when using the old CLU because it had a limit on being able to acquire targets, the new CLU or an RWS mount removes the limitation.

2 hours ago, Cleb said:

 

These are the money shot for me.

The original of this is over 30 megabytes, here along with more hi res SEPv3 pics.

https://fortbenning.smugmug.com/Armor-School/316th-Cavalry-Brigade/316th-Cavalry-Brigade/2022-09-28-316th-Cavalry-Brigade-Master-Gunner-Course

Some pictures from the Maneuver Warfighter Conference last month that caught my eye.

https://www.defensedaily.com/diu-taps-gm-defense-to-develop-battery-back-prototype-for-tactical-vehicles/advanced-transformational-technology/