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    Any word on numbers?
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    Looks like a refugee from the bad vismods thread....
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    So BAE competes against Rheinmetall in Australia and partners with Rheinmetall in the UK? Got it.
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    Dangers of going from memory. That said, they have detailed knowledge of the XM35 and very little of the Cockerill 105 in comparison.
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    The US fully tested the XM35 (isn’t it a derivative of the M68A1?) back in the Nineties, so they’d have a detailed level of understanding and comfort with the XM35, presumably. Cockerill 105? Not so much...
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    Would the gun be considered GFE under the program? Also, I would’ve thought that the gun on the M8 would’ve been type classified when the platform was - i.e. why is it still the XM35 and not the M35?
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    Land 400 Phase 2 (the 8x8 bit) is due for consideration (“Gate 2”) by NSC (National Security Committee [of Cabinet]) in the second quarter of this year....that’ll also give Gate 1 to Land 400 Phase 3 ([tracked] IFV). Both contenders for Phase 2 were asked in August last year to cost up a Phase 3 offering based on their 8x8 shortlist i.e. an 8x8 IFV. The Bushmaster replacement project may also be a factor...a flat-top Boxer to replace the Bushmaster would be a cost-effective option from a fleet management perspective.
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    Well, with the ECP to the dual V Hull Stryker in train, it looks like the MGS is being left even farther behind. Sad - it’s my favourite variant.
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    I think I just LooSeR’d LooSeR? 😬
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    DOT&E report on US active protection systems (Trophy on Abrams, Iron Fist on Bradley, Iron Curtain on Stryker): http://www.dote.osd.mil/pub/reports/FY2017/pdf/army/2017aps.pdf
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    Australian JTLV - type truck on trial in Iraq, delivered via C-130: http://video.defence.gov.au/play/diNjh5ZDE6HQQ-JFmmYugc3wig8XjJFG#
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    Australia formalises Abrams upgrade, plus Abrams-based bridges, breachers, and armoured engineering vehicles. https://imgur.com/gallery/TfIpF
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    Interesting. I’ve worked with Chris Wachsberger over the years - this is the same guy that spend years trying to get unitary vision/1x optics on every weapon as “only binoculars can be used to acquire targets”.
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    http://dspace.dsto.defence.gov.au/dspace/bitstream/1947/3812/1/DSTO-GD-0003 PR.pdf analysis on what different muzzle devices do to shot dispersion: FN Minimi.
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