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^--- I gotta say, that's a nice-looking camouflage pattern and netting right there.
 

Mobile Protected Firepower prototypes (both BAE's and GDLS') are now known as XM1302, pending final type classification and formal naming.
 
Little thread on Abrams's weight growth:
 
 
I swear those names are getting more comic bookish or video-gamish as time goes by ---V

Mobile Protected Firepower prototypes (both BAE's and GDLS') are now known as XM1302, pending final type classification and formal naming.
 
Little thread on Abrams's weight growth:
 
 
I swear those names are getting more comic bookish or video-gamish as time goes by ---V

Follow-on to Challenger...with a T-72/90-style carousel and autoloader:
 

https://emu.usahec.org/alma/multimedia/378862/20181815MNBT989112214F167098I011.pdf
 
Old PEO Armament TMAS brochure on the Thumper and the ATAS ATD, which seems to have evolved into the CATTB. It also shows the intended technical differences between ATD I and ATD II, which became CATTB Phase I and Phase II, respectively.
 
https://emu.usahec.org/alma/multimedia/401640/20184655MNBT989107254F026157I004.pdf
https://emu.usahec.org/alma/multimedia/401705/20184655MNBT989107254F026170I002.pdf

Follow-on to Challenger...with a T-72/90-style carousel and autoloader:
 

Follow-on to Challenger...with a T-72/90-style carousel and autoloader:
 

Follow-on to Challenger...with a T-72/90-style carousel and autoloader:
 

Follow-on to Challenger...with a T-72/90-style carousel and autoloader:
 

Still waiting for Nick Moran's take on this.

Still waiting for Nick Moran's take on this.

More tests in store for farther-shooting howitzers (defensenews.com)

Ronkainen's on a BAE MPF posting spree, so rather than repost all the tweets and end up with a boatload of duplicates, I'll just post the thread's starter post here:
 

Ronkainen's on a BAE MPF posting spree, so rather than repost all the tweets and end up with a boatload of duplicates, I'll just post the thread's starter post here:
 

https://www.dote.osd.mil/Portals/97/pub/reports/FY2022/FY22DOTEAnnualReport.pdf?ver=UBO7t2O1FkRuvrB-nJDZ-g%3d%3d
 
There are a few interesting things in there, including SEP v4, APS for tanks (Trophy and Iron Fist Light Decoupled). As an aside, I recently re-posted here an article boasting of marked improvements in the Bradley-mounted IFLP, but the DOT&E 2022 annual reports claims, on the other hand, that the system continues to suffer from "effectiveness deficiencies" (page 89). Huh.
 
Interesting numbers: "The TROPHY APS adds approximately 5,000 pounds to the Abrams SEPv3. The IFLD APS adds approximately 1,780 pounds to the Bradley."
 
This is what the report has to say about the MPF (page 136) - with some relevant points highlighted:
 
 

https://www.dote.osd.mil/Portals/97/pub/reports/FY2022/FY22DOTEAnnualReport.pdf?ver=UBO7t2O1FkRuvrB-nJDZ-g%3d%3d
 
There are a few interesting things in there, including SEP v4, APS for tanks (Trophy and Iron Fist Light Decoupled). As an aside, I recently re-posted here an article boasting of marked improvements in the Bradley-mounted IFLP, but the DOT&E 2022 annual reports claims, on the other hand, that the system continues to suffer from "effectiveness deficiencies" (page 89). Huh.
 
Interesting numbers: "The TROPHY APS adds approximately 5,000 pounds to the Abrams SEPv3. The IFLD APS adds approximately 1,780 pounds to the Bradley."
 
This is what the report has to say about the MPF (page 136) - with some relevant points highlighted:
 
 

https://www.dote.osd.mil/Portals/97/pub/reports/FY2022/FY22DOTEAnnualReport.pdf?ver=UBO7t2O1FkRuvrB-nJDZ-g%3d%3d
 
There are a few interesting things in there, including SEP v4, APS for tanks (Trophy and Iron Fist Light Decoupled). As an aside, I recently re-posted here an article boasting of marked improvements in the Bradley-mounted IFLP, but the DOT&E 2022 annual reports claims, on the other hand, that the system continues to suffer from "effectiveness deficiencies" (page 89). Huh.
 
Interesting numbers: "The TROPHY APS adds approximately 5,000 pounds to the Abrams SEPv3. The IFLD APS adds approximately 1,780 pounds to the Bradley."
 
This is what the report has to say about the MPF (page 136) - with some relevant points highlighted:
 
 

I have to admit, I'm kinda bugged by that egress hatch on the left turret side. Would have preferred armor instead, but it seems it wasn't too much of a concern to warrant its removal from the design.And, yeah, Nick thinks GDLS' offering was the right one. We'll see his take on the BAE MPF soon, but the vehicle has apparently failed his "easily wiggle yourself into/out of it" test.
 
EDIT: