David Moyes

@ 2:56
Perkins working on upgrading CV12 with common rail and new electronics rated at 1500hp.
Answer seems to imply this is for Challenger 2, which would make sense as BAE has a contract to explore powerpack upgrades.
We know that there was interest from Turkey for Altay and Nimda for India's FRCV is offering something that looks similar to their Czech T-72 upgrade (CV12@1000hp + Allsion XTG 411-6-N).


@5:28
In negations with collaborators for a hybrid powerpack. 
BAE and Qinetiq?
https://www.qinetiq.com/news/2017/05/qinetiq-and-bae-systems-partner-to-exploit-electric-drive-technology-worldwide
Qinetiq used Challenger 2 as an example for their E-X-Drive at IAV 2019:


There was a report (https://www.janes.com/article/85620/uk-mod-kicks-off-electric-vehicle-drive-study) that the British Army wants to hybridise their fleet of vehicles.
All of the above points to a 1500hp modernised CV12 + E-X-Drive powerpack for Challenger 2 as a real possibility. MTU has recently gained a foothold in the UK market with Ajax & Boxer and would most likely offer to upgrade CR2, this seems to be Perkins/Caterpillar's response.

Edit:
Also

Carmel?

20 minutes ago, SH_MM said:

The slides say the armor is made by Plasan, an Israeli company. One of the photographs shows a Plasan armor demonstrator based on the Piranha 5 (parts of various different armor kits fitted to the Piranha).

My mistake. Got confused with another Google Translated article.

Spanish Piranha V, now called Dragon:


 

SAPA transmission
30mm autocannon
Turret competition between Elbit, Rafael and Leonardo

https://www.arquus-defense.com/by-your-side/reference


https://www.arquus-defense.com/arquus-key-player-act-military-planning-2019-2025


https://www.edrmagazine.eu/arquus-inaugurates-mro-hub-at-fourchambault

Danish Piranha V:

8 hours ago, SH_MM said:

Didn't know that, but apparently a lot of British soldiers over at ARRSE don't seem to bother distinguishing between the different use-cases.

They're upside down on the Warriors (IFV and Engineering) but correctly mounted on Challenger 2. Another problem was that the feed link wasn't supported enough so would jam. Soldiers would treat it like a conventional machine gun, manhandling it and forgetting to decouple the power when working on it. Hence the "unreliable machine gun that would randomly fire and then take your fingers off when trying to fix it".
All of this has been resolved with upgrades and training, only the old-timers still complain about the "chaingun".

4 hours ago, Collimatrix said:

5 hours ago, LoooSeR said:

Drummond is an idiot and hack, we probably should have a rule about unironically posting links to his tweets. 

 

Yes.

He's solid on British Army and Industry (other sources do confirm) which is why I post his messages. But he does like to interject his own views and hyperboles.

6 hours ago, Willy Brandt said:

So how deep is the rework?

And what T-72s are there in the UK?
Or which T-72s does Rheinmetall own?

I believe the firings where done in Germany. So East German?

11 hours ago, SH_MM said:

The L94 is an unreliable piece of junk

It isn't. It's actually very good but on some vehicles to get it to fit they had to install it upside down, which it wasn't designed for. This caused a bunch of issues and led to it's negative reputation.

"Speaking at the International Armoured Vehicle event in Twickenham, London, Mr Simpson added that the turret would also include a new armour fit, although details are not publicly disclosable."
https://www.monch.com/mpg/news/land/4822-rheinmetall-challenger-2.html

Army HQ are recommending Trophy MV for across AFV fleet. 

Touched-up the photo:

3 minutes ago, Ramlaen said:

Is a completely new turret or a new rear half welded on?

Completely new citadel. The old one was cast.

Qinetiq using CR2 as an example for their EX-Drive.
A new powerpack is being investigated in a separate programme.

Clearer images:



"New Turret" refers to the turret citadel, with re-used equipment mounted on it.

Images from article:


 

The sights appear to be the same as Ajax from Thales UK.

https://www.rheinmetall.com/en/rheinmetall_ag/press/news/latest_news/index_16512.php

Why didn't we think of this?

On 12/18/2018 at 10:23 AM, Serge said:

Pizzaro CEV ready : 

https://www.janes.com/article/85279/spain-s-pizarro-combat-engineer-vehicle-takes-shape

The Griffin I hull was a spruced-up Spanish ASCOD prototype.

Edit:

http://defencetechnologyreview.realviewdigital.com/?iid=162443#folio=1

Puma - Page 14
Not being offered.
Concerns about cost, unmanned turret and limited interior space.
Rheinmetall focusing on Lynx.

Ajax IFV - Page 30
In engineering phase.
Hull needs to be lengthened, 300kg added weight.
Trial hulls made in Canada, turrets in US.
If wins then turret production would move to Australia but Hull would remain in Canada.
Costed option to move Hull manufacture to Australia.
Bisalloy Armour can't be used for hull as it would invalidate qualified UK survivability and reliability test data.
Turret exterior being refreshed.

AS21 Redback - Page 32
Fully committed to bid.
Heavily based on new K31 IFV.
Lance turret not available.
Higher blast protection than K31

It's just a test platform, not an official upgrade. The mortar was placed there to use the existing smoke launcher mount and wire.




120mm smoothbore now a requirement for LEP:

1 hour ago, SH_MM said:

Doesn't the British army have any system similar to IDZ-ES or GLADIUS 2?

Dismounted Situational Awareness (DSA) under the 'Morpheus' programme.
https://royalsignals.org/FileTransfer/RSI_LE_TacCIS_Roadshow.pdf