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The Minister for Defence Industry has confirmed via a media interview the number is 129 x vehicles, plus the re-pricing/best & final offer activity. Months from a decision. What no one appears to be talking about is whether the M113AS4 fleet, in whole or in part, will be retained. This would change the net personnel & operating costs of 400-3. AS4 was initially at 350 vehicles, then topped up by further 81 via the “Enhanced Land Force”. APC, command, & logistics variants have been gifted to Ukraine, so the total number of AS4 may be below 400. If AS4 is retained, ideally some ideas for improvement that were stopped when 400-3 was conceptualised may be recommenced.
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A bit early to say who will get what, imo. The commonwealth looks guilty for “attritional tendering” at this point - there’s apparently another repricing activity. That’s the third one.
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United States Military Vehicle General: Guns, G*vins, and Gas Turbines
2805662 replied to Tied's topic in Mechanized Warfare
Depends on a variety of factors. Can be either. Barrel only is faster & more convenient. -
United States Military Vehicle General: Guns, G*vins, and Gas Turbines
2805662 replied to Tied's topic in Mechanized Warfare
Fitting & removing the gun takes minutes. We used to do the same on ASLAVs when in the compound or in transit. Hardly a permanent state of affairs. -
United States Military Vehicle General: Guns, G*vins, and Gas Turbines
2805662 replied to Tied's topic in Mechanized Warfare
Ukrainian Bradleys. -
StuG III Thread (and also other German vehicles I guess)
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Some images of ex-Canadian C1s turrets that were bought by Australia to harvest for spare parts. Any guesses on the diameter of that trunnion? -
StuG III Thread (and also other German vehicles I guess)
2805662 replied to EnsignExpendable's topic in Mechanized Warfare
Thanks to the Defence Trade Controls Act of 2012, these vehicles remain subject to Australian-government imposed end use controls until they’re scrapped. Good times. -
StuG III Thread (and also other German vehicles I guess)
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Found this one…somewhere. -
United States Military Vehicle General: Guns, G*vins, and Gas Turbines
2805662 replied to Tied's topic in Mechanized Warfare
Not saying that it is a great argument, just that the design hasn’t changed since inception. In terms of “high & forward”, the M8 is very similar to Leopard 1 & 2, location wise, but at least this is compartmentalised & tested for crew survivability. From my understanding - it’s been a while since I dived into M8 - the hull stowage passed its testing (i.e. the driver survived ammunition deflagration of each of the hull stowage locations), but the turret stowage required redesign, testing, & qualification which was completed prior to type classification as the M8 in the 1990’s. -
United States Military Vehicle General: Guns, G*vins, and Gas Turbines
2805662 replied to Tied's topic in Mechanized Warfare
That’s been the design since the CCVL days in the 80’s. Three compartments of ammunition; ready (i.e. turret) & either side of the driver. Replenishment of the ready ammunition requires the driver to get out as you say. Regarding compartmentalisation, this configuration passed crew survivability qualification in the 90’s. There’s some footage on YouTube of the testing, similar to the Abrams stuff with artillery air burst & shaped charges. -
United States Military Vehicle General: Guns, G*vins, and Gas Turbines
2805662 replied to Tied's topic in Mechanized Warfare
It’s compartmented. -
Today’s The Australian newspaper:
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Both Redback & Lynx are at Avalon 2023, an Australian “air show +”, both in overall OD. Notable for Redback is the pop up poster that details Elbit’s “30mm Redback turret”.
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StuG III Thread (and also other German vehicles I guess)
2805662 replied to EnsignExpendable's topic in Mechanized Warfare
Apparently a turret illustration of a C1 turret. Any clearer versions out & about? -
StuG III Thread (and also other German vehicles I guess)
2805662 replied to EnsignExpendable's topic in Mechanized Warfare
After some research & googling, I’ve drawn a blank on some specifics of the Leopard 1. Some questions: what is the turret ring diameter? What is the distance from the hull front to the centre of the turret ring? What is the height of the hull roof for the fighting compartment & the engine deck? Thanks for any help you’re able to provide. -
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AbramsX 3D model: Cults 3D -
I guess AJAX is off the hook?
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Puma fails. Again. -
Labor being Labor. As simple as that. The defence strategic review may green light a small buy of IFV to save face, but I’m not hopeful.
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United States Military Vehicle General: Guns, G*vins, and Gas Turbines
2805662 replied to Tied's topic in Mechanized Warfare
Would also question whether this is 38 short tons or 34.4 tonnes. -
Interesting. Would be useful to know whether the Korean crew were military or civilian, & qualified on the MT30 turret. Almost a 180 degree difference to the Australian experience, where the AS21 performed very creditably & army is a huge fan of it.
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As per the Senior Vice-President International Business from EOS - not a defence aggregation website - the key external difference between the T2000 & the MT30 is the sensors. Here’s the MT30 (yes, with R400 Mk2 HD RWS fitted): Here’s the T2000: You can see that the T2000 has the same sensor package housing as that fitted to the R400 RWS. Internally, the FCS & HMI are completely different.
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Quite the opposite from what I’ve heard. The EOS T2000 had a fire control system from EOS. The turret on the Polish test was the Elbit MT30. They have a common ballistic shell, so telling them apart is tricky. Have to look at the sensors. Anecdotally, the Polish tests did not have any contractors present to zero, boresight, or train the crews.
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Delay of decision to proceed *at all* now formalised.
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United States Military Vehicle General: Guns, G*vins, and Gas Turbines
2805662 replied to Tied's topic in Mechanized Warfare
Interview with the AMPV product manager & walkaround.