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  1. MRose
    I'd think it's probably closer to 20-25 tons, it looks like it has a pretty elevated V-hull, which makes a lot of sense.
  2. MRose
    That vehicle looks a lot larger and higher than 5 tons and 2 meters and packs a lot more firepower. Seems more something along the Russian Terminator line of CONOPs.
  3. MRose
    Finally, some real news on Carmel! https://www.janes.com/article/85886/rafael-unveils-suite-for-future-armoured-vehicles
  4. MRose
    Guess someone caught the ATV craze too
  5. MRose
    As far as I undeerstand, the weight is not limited as long as it meets the protection requirements. The Lynx KF41 (at 50 metric tons at most) falls quite a bit short of the Ground Combat Vehicle (the proposed designs weighed 60-70 metric tons), it is actually closer to the Griffin III (at nearly 40 metric tons with armor package fitted) than to the GCV. The original/planned requirement for the NGCV was apparently to carry at least a crew of two and five dismounts, but this was toughened to carry at least a crew of three and six dismounts. The US Army's decision makers could very well change their mind and prefer a lighter or heavier vehicle by 2026, when the NGCV is scheduled to enter service. The Lynx KF41's design is modular, so a lower weight can be achieved, but this might require lower protection levels. They can't change their mind once the RFP is drawn up without something short of scrapping the whole thing. The NGCV was supposed to be around ~25-35 tons, almost a new FCS, but I guess they moved up the IOC quite a bit so they can't do something too radical and that's how we ended up with the OMFV. Now I'm getting a clearer idea why the RCV and all the other programs were lumped into the NGCV CFT.
  6. MRose
    Hardly an issue for a vehicle that is only supposed to enter service in the mid to late 2020's. And more importantly it's the size and weight the Army is looking for with the OMFV, the NGCV was suppose to be on the lighter side. Seems like the Lynx is designed for the GCV contest and not the OMFV.
  7. MRose
    I wonder if the NGCV will actually get a full buy, since they definitely had something more revolutionary/transformational in mind, but couldn't make it work in the timeframe because of all the other failed acquisitions.
  8. MRose
    Probably based on assumption that it is either made on base of what we had on hands in T-72B3, or that we are using Chinese export crap, both of which is a possibility. GurKhan had a comment on our thermal imagers, and he wasn't postivie in it about their capabilities. I thought it was French crap
  9. MRose
    Definitely a possibility, but I don't see the IDF using it in a dangerous role over let's say a Robattle. I'd figure it will be something along the lines of a smaller Griffon or M-ATV, given Plasan is Israeli.
  10. MRose
    That seems more possible, but the article is from 2015 so is it possible plans have changed? I guess if you have a 1/2 person capsule that would provide enough protection, but what role would this fill? Guarding the flank and preventing infiltration? I thought the Eitan buy was suppose to be huge.
  11. MRose
    You have some sources? That seems like a death trap
  12. MRose
    The IF-LD was developed with the IDF in mind?
  13. MRose
    https://www.janes.com/article/83690/idf-to-test-iron-fist-aps Extremely doubtful the Trophy-HV will be going on the Eitan, if the IDF is testing the Iron Fist-LC
  14. MRose
    https://www.defensenews.com/digital-show-dailies/ausa/2018/10/09/the-armys-future-tank-may-not-be-a-tank/ Time for a new thread?
  15. MRose
    The US is very happy with the Israeli APSes, and Israel now has to locate production in the US. The Israelis didn't want to rush the Carmel and I guess decided to shift away from requirements based because of how many fuck-ups and they actually have to field something now.
  16. MRose
    Looks like the timetable for the NGCV would prevent whatever becomes of Carmel from competing. Maybe whatever is the follow-on.
  17. MRose
    "Experimentation will begin “within the next couple of years,” he said, but he thinks hypersonic cannon shells could reach out to 100 km (63 miles). At that range, Maranian said, cannon can take on targets that today require more expensive rockets. So what do the rockets do? Well, they get longer-ranged too. That means, in turn, that means rockets take over missions from the most expensive missiles, so those have to gain range as well." They're looking at 1000nm now
  18. MRose
    You know you can just turn them off, right? If that's the case, and you're preparing for a near peer war, the money is better spent elsewhere...
  19. MRose
    Also APSs aren't the best in high intensity warfare because signal management actually matters vs AFG/Iraq/Gaza/etc.
  20. MRose
    ?????? The T-14 will not be fielded in any meaningful numbers in the next 10 years.
  21. MRose
    Putin's taken a certain ownership in the nuclear cruise missile? Didn't he order it tested, when the leaders of the project told him it wasn't ready. We're agreement here. I was talking about Zuk's fantasy of fielding the T-14s en masse, that's why I brought up the price of oil. Western reports had the missile failing.
  22. MRose
    Maybe if oil goes $200, Putin's going with more let's say "unconventional" weapons that don't even work.
  23. MRose
    Hybrid and high intensity are pretty much the same threat set and require the same preparations in terms of tech. Just a different pace of things. Even the largest and most advanced regular armies cannot deploy MBTs to every combat area, which is why flanking and shit still happens and always will happen, and they have ATGMs distributed across a whole lot of platforms with varying combat capabilities. So even when going against Russia or China or whatever, the top threat is going to be ATGMs. Especially once they go past 2nd gen ATGMs. But it's not going to stay strictly anti-ATGM. By 2021 there will be two serially produced MBTs with APS that can defeat KEPs.  By 2025 I assume the number will grow to 3 or 4. By 2030 it will be 5 at least. It's not a marginal upgrade either. An APS is a force multiplier, and if you look at it on the brigade level, or even division level, you got a formation that can stomp any similar sized formation. In a peer war environment, you generally want US MBTs up against Russian MBTs because that's the most effective platform against those. We haven't seen the Iron Fist data or any other, so it's safe to be conservative. Then there's the matter of if Russia will even be able to equip their T72BXXs with it.
  24. MRose
    Or you could even fit it on the JLTV... I could see these operating like a convoy with only a couple of soldiers manning the site.
  25. MRose
    Also a little surprised Israel hasn't bothered to market the turret. I'd imagine there'd be a great amount of interest from Eastern Europe.
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