Kal
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by that article, the Redback is wider than the Lynx, by the picture the tracks on the Hanwha are as wide as the combo of Lynx track + side skirt. the ride will be different between the 2 vehicles. more rubber in contact + more tension along the track height seems similar, but hawha has both taller hull and nil suspension intrusion into hull. why?
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' STANAG 4A/4B for Mineblast protection with the same mine resistant seating system as on the Hawkei PMV https://www.australiandefence.com.au/defence/land/land-400-phase-3-bids-in-the-box
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I count 8 in there. And aren't those seats - Australian government issue seats from the Hawkei, to be common between Lynx and Redback?
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Video from Canberra.
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Vehicles of the PLA: Now with refreshing new topic title!
Kal replied to Khand-e's topic in Mechanized Warfare
5 sets of vents on one side, must be lucky number to confuse enemy for which one is the real. -
compare to CV90 mkIV floor of as21 perhaps 300mm thick, no intrusions VS floor of CV90 looks like sits right above torsion bars
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so this is about as wide and as long as the abrams? and as21 hull roof height is possibly abrams turret roof height?
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Kimchi armoured vehicles: K1, K2, K21 and other AFVs from Worse Korea
Kal replied to Zadlo's topic in Mechanized Warfare
I would suggest the RWS integration will be partly responsible for the command, control, communications, and computing (C4) capability, basically (Kongsberg) an integral part of the K9's digital architecture and fire-control system. Otherwise they would just chosen Australia's EOS RWS for the australian market. -
isn't the coax on the starboard side? or did it swap side for Australia?
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interesting detail on the port side of the gun shroud.
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something that is standing out is that both as21 and kf41 seem to have the drivers position a lot further aft than CV90 or KF31.... periscopes seem to at front of AS21 drivers hatch, but halfway back of KF41 hatch
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4 radars cover 360 horizontal, so it should be good for upto 45 degree from horizon, I doubt the radar covers above 60 degree from horizon, 45-60 degree is iffy. i do notice the radars are canted back a little... it would only take 1 additional radar to sense the top, thats implies a 1/4 price increase
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what I'm trying to understand, would a carefully driven rubber banded IFV be capable of travel on australian/asian roads without causing damage. because excavators have a bad reputation for tearing up the roads. we have plenty of that thin cheap, spray seal (chip & seal) road The Nature of Sprayed Seals | Austroads.
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Question, how friendly (or otherwise) are rubber tracks to dirt roads. I assume the rubber tracks are still too aggressive to place on bitumen roads, but do they tear up dirt roads too? (Ie australian rural dirt road, but still traversable by RWD. Ie ford falcon)
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Kimchi armoured vehicles: K1, K2, K21 and other AFVs from Worse Korea
Kal replied to Zadlo's topic in Mechanized Warfare
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I'm sure I don't know what the relevant performance metrics are, however using the public advertisments in my country, I get COAPS 2016 COAPS_2016.pdf (elbitsystems.com.au) FLIR •target NATO NFOV (DRI 10.5, 4.5, 2.2) km R400 R400BrochureAUS_WEB.pdf (eos-aus.com) thermal imager•target (DRI 13.7, 5.1, 4.0) km If I were to draw a conclusion, it would be that 4 years is currently a long time in sensor tech, and that COAPS2016 is different to COAPS today.
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just a thought, now that Apache are joining ADF, the M230 chaingun will now publicly be part of ADF. which is an option for the redback's R400 RWS. (but why bother when there is a real 30mm already on the turret)
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hmmm helicopters are army, apache uses m230, ADF will now have logistics to support M230
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No one is surprised. The lack of availbility of the OZ tiger was legendary. "On average, only 3.5 aircraft in the operational fleet of 16 helicopters were available on any given day in 2015,” it said. This was below targeted readiness of 12 aircraft." https://www.flightglobal.com/helicopters/resurgent-tiger-fights-for-survival-in-australian-arh-competition/140432.article I expect the EU tigers were much better, in theory its the same bird. In reality....
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EOS r400 optics etc are better than elbit's 2016 COAPS, but i can't find pdfs about current COAPS, I notice the AS21 COAPS has differing lenses to earlier generation. Other notable point is that EOS r400 seems to duplicated its dual axis stabilisation. I guess that allows the sensor's slew and elevation to be more rapid and more stable than it's weapons.
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RWS EOS is claiming roughly 12,500m. 5,500m and 4,500m for both thermal and day vision for dectection, recognition and identification (respectively).
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Modern slat armour is about 10kg per square metre coverage. (See hawkei above). It also has electric cunning to defeat more modern rpg. So weight is almost inconsequential, but maintainability and robustness could be an issue. As both redback and lynx come with ironfist's radars, the obvious option to up armour for pre deployment is simply to plug in larger/ and or additional launchers for the APS....so perhaps that is the future. But guessing the australian army conservatism, i would expect both. Additionally i would expect users of either/both lynx and redback to eventually add some hull APS launchers, tied to the turret's radars.
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Colour scheme for Oz...(australian feral pig) Bristles included.
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Maybe slat armour will end up optimised for 57mm HEAT spam. Besides slat armour should be cheap to repair.
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What is that spare prop looking thing on the side? It looks like its there to demonstrate the side can carry stuff, if needed.
