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First fours Serval (VBMR light) delivered to the army :
 

 
https://www.forcesoperations.com/le-ministere-des-armees-receptionne-les-quatre-premiers-serval/

1996 video showing the famous Russian log in use (most likely at training):
 
First time I saw a video with the complete procedure shown actually.

1996 video showing the famous Russian log in use (most likely at training):
 
First time I saw a video with the complete procedure shown actually.

Żółć may correct me but I believe there is a plan for having joint US/Polish repair and mainteanance facility for M1 in Poland adjacent to the new US forward storage base. I don't know how much of a real advantage it is to have Germany as a supplier of the Leos just over the border. The German foreign and military policy has been fickle and the tanks are produced in Greece anyway. 
 
I agree with the weight. Same issue for our eventual purchase. 

First fours Serval (VBMR light) delivered to the army :
 

 
https://www.forcesoperations.com/le-ministere-des-armees-receptionne-les-quatre-premiers-serval/

First fours Serval (VBMR light) delivered to the army :
 

 
https://www.forcesoperations.com/le-ministere-des-armees-receptionne-les-quatre-premiers-serval/

The EU is planning to send military aid to Moldavia within this year, in case it become a case of Ukraine invasion 2.0
The question is with what stock, given that almost everybody is already scrapping the bottom of the drawers to find stuff for Ukraine.
 
Heck apparently even the US already gave about 25% of their Stingers stock (and 1/3rd of their Javelins) to Ukraine and they can't manufacture more immediately since the production lines have either stopped or need time to ramp up to full scale production. For the Stinger some components aren't even produced anymore and replacement will have to be found.

T-72 in Ukraine through thermal imager of SF member. Note that exhaust is visible in the thermal imager, plus ground near it is hot.

That's exactly what it is.
 
The question is if everybody in Europe buy the F-35 what will happen when the need to replace the F-35 arrive in a few decades? Technically even France could buy the F-35 as well since there is a proper CATOBAR version (F-35C) (though there is the problem of our airborne nuclear dissuasion).
By the time the life cycle of the F-35 is at its end, indigenous aircraft manufacturer (Dassault, Airbus and Saab) will have completely lost all know how regarding fighter design because they haven't worked on anything similar for decades.
Choosing the F-35 and killing the FCAS is as good as destroying the capability of designing a high performance fighter in Europe for a long time, making us even more dependent on the US. Germany may be ok with that but their decision has an impact on the rest of us too :/

Well on one hand now that elections period are over both in France and Germany, there is now enough political stability to continue negotiations.
On the other hand the war in Ukraine kinda validated France position on the need of an effective European defense and Germany woke up noticing that their army is basically naked and that they can't do much to help their neighbour in case of an invasion.
Cue emotional response and German politicians put 100 billions euros on the table ... and the first thing they buy are F-35, CH-47 and the THAAD system.
 
Now I perfectly understand that those 100 billions are meant to plug in the holes with material that is available now, and on a lot of niches the American were the only one that could provide the material quickly. But frankly it sent a terrible political signal that at the first sign of trouble, Germany turned around and went toward the US.
 
Add on top of that the fact that even before the invasion of Ukraine Germany screwed up two major European program by buying PE-8 naval patrol aircraft instead of going forward with the MAWS program and then refusing to participate to the Tiger MkIII standard (Forcing France and Spain to downscale the number of helicopters that will be upgraded) and making noises that they would be interested by Boeing's AH-64 instead.
 
Between all of that, their dependency to Russian gas and the fact that their partners had to convince them (at least in the beginning of the conflict) to take meaningful sanctions against Russia and help Ukraine ...
Short answer, nobody in Europe have any kind of trust left in Germany regarding defence and military matters.
Sadly it is likely that all cooperation programs with Germany will be re-examined.

That's exactly what it is.
 
The question is if everybody in Europe buy the F-35 what will happen when the need to replace the F-35 arrive in a few decades? Technically even France could buy the F-35 as well since there is a proper CATOBAR version (F-35C) (though there is the problem of our airborne nuclear dissuasion).
By the time the life cycle of the F-35 is at its end, indigenous aircraft manufacturer (Dassault, Airbus and Saab) will have completely lost all know how regarding fighter design because they haven't worked on anything similar for decades.
Choosing the F-35 and killing the FCAS is as good as destroying the capability of designing a high performance fighter in Europe for a long time, making us even more dependent on the US. Germany may be ok with that but their decision has an impact on the rest of us too :/

That's exactly what it is.
 
The question is if everybody in Europe buy the F-35 what will happen when the need to replace the F-35 arrive in a few decades? Technically even France could buy the F-35 as well since there is a proper CATOBAR version (F-35C) (though there is the problem of our airborne nuclear dissuasion).
By the time the life cycle of the F-35 is at its end, indigenous aircraft manufacturer (Dassault, Airbus and Saab) will have completely lost all know how regarding fighter design because they haven't worked on anything similar for decades.
Choosing the F-35 and killing the FCAS is as good as destroying the capability of designing a high performance fighter in Europe for a long time, making us even more dependent on the US. Germany may be ok with that but their decision has an impact on the rest of us too :/

Well on one hand now that elections period are over both in France and Germany, there is now enough political stability to continue negotiations.
On the other hand the war in Ukraine kinda validated France position on the need of an effective European defense and Germany woke up noticing that their army is basically naked and that they can't do much to help their neighbour in case of an invasion.
Cue emotional response and German politicians put 100 billions euros on the table ... and the first thing they buy are F-35, CH-47 and the THAAD system.
 
Now I perfectly understand that those 100 billions are meant to plug in the holes with material that is available now, and on a lot of niches the American were the only one that could provide the material quickly. But frankly it sent a terrible political signal that at the first sign of trouble, Germany turned around and went toward the US.
 
Add on top of that the fact that even before the invasion of Ukraine Germany screwed up two major European program by buying PE-8 naval patrol aircraft instead of going forward with the MAWS program and then refusing to participate to the Tiger MkIII standard (Forcing France and Spain to downscale the number of helicopters that will be upgraded) and making noises that they would be interested by Boeing's AH-64 instead.
 
Between all of that, their dependency to Russian gas and the fact that their partners had to convince them (at least in the beginning of the conflict) to take meaningful sanctions against Russia and help Ukraine ...
Short answer, nobody in Europe have any kind of trust left in Germany regarding defence and military matters.
Sadly it is likely that all cooperation programs with Germany will be re-examined.

Well it's a choice of buying the best fighter available in both performance and value or supporting local industry which may or may not make something comperable in 20 years assuming another Typhoon/Rafale split doesn't happen.

Well on one hand now that elections period are over both in France and Germany, there is now enough political stability to continue negotiations.
On the other hand the war in Ukraine kinda validated France position on the need of an effective European defense and Germany woke up noticing that their army is basically naked and that they can't do much to help their neighbour in case of an invasion.
Cue emotional response and German politicians put 100 billions euros on the table ... and the first thing they buy are F-35, CH-47 and the THAAD system.
 
Now I perfectly understand that those 100 billions are meant to plug in the holes with material that is available now, and on a lot of niches the American were the only one that could provide the material quickly. But frankly it sent a terrible political signal that at the first sign of trouble, Germany turned around and went toward the US.
 
Add on top of that the fact that even before the invasion of Ukraine Germany screwed up two major European program by buying PE-8 naval patrol aircraft instead of going forward with the MAWS program and then refusing to participate to the Tiger MkIII standard (Forcing France and Spain to downscale the number of helicopters that will be upgraded) and making noises that they would be interested by Boeing's AH-64 instead.
 
Between all of that, their dependency to Russian gas and the fact that their partners had to convince them (at least in the beginning of the conflict) to take meaningful sanctions against Russia and help Ukraine ...
Short answer, nobody in Europe have any kind of trust left in Germany regarding defence and military matters.
Sadly it is likely that all cooperation programs with Germany will be re-examined.

Well on one hand now that elections period are over both in France and Germany, there is now enough political stability to continue negotiations.
On the other hand the war in Ukraine kinda validated France position on the need of an effective European defense and Germany woke up noticing that their army is basically naked and that they can't do much to help their neighbour in case of an invasion.
Cue emotional response and German politicians put 100 billions euros on the table ... and the first thing they buy are F-35, CH-47 and the THAAD system.
 
Now I perfectly understand that those 100 billions are meant to plug in the holes with material that is available now, and on a lot of niches the American were the only one that could provide the material quickly. But frankly it sent a terrible political signal that at the first sign of trouble, Germany turned around and went toward the US.
 
Add on top of that the fact that even before the invasion of Ukraine Germany screwed up two major European program by buying PE-8 naval patrol aircraft instead of going forward with the MAWS program and then refusing to participate to the Tiger MkIII standard (Forcing France and Spain to downscale the number of helicopters that will be upgraded) and making noises that they would be interested by Boeing's AH-64 instead.
 
Between all of that, their dependency to Russian gas and the fact that their partners had to convince them (at least in the beginning of the conflict) to take meaningful sanctions against Russia and help Ukraine ...
Short answer, nobody in Europe have any kind of trust left in Germany regarding defence and military matters.
Sadly it is likely that all cooperation programs with Germany will be re-examined.

The bins are placed on top of the armor modules :
 

 

The SIMS are dangerous Nazi propaganda comrade
 
 
https://nypost.com/2022/04/25/russia-appears-to-confuse-the-sims-for-sim-cards-in-possible-staged-assassination-attempt/

The SIMS are dangerous Nazi propaganda comrade
 
 
https://nypost.com/2022/04/25/russia-appears-to-confuse-the-sims-for-sim-cards-in-possible-staged-assassination-attempt/

The bins are placed on top of the armor modules :
 

 

The bins are placed on top of the armor modules :
 

 

The bins are placed on top of the armor modules :
 

 

Leclerc XLR mockup :
 
 

Video of the Jaguar corresponding to the pictures posted last page :
 
 
Griffon and VBCI further down the thread.