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  1. Rico
    Hard to say anything in that context except that I don't get it. As far as I know Poland will aquire Leo 1 and Leo 2 vehicles this year with no sign of K1/K2. Maybe there will be a K2PL but it won't be fast. Even the Brits noticed that having their own single tank is not too smart and moved as close towards Leo 2 as they could (without doing political suicide).
  2. Rico
    Industry reasons are relevant if you can produce all spare parts in Norway. As Hyundai says they will still produce the core components in Korea which means you can wait a lifetime for spares while waiting to get your powerpack maintained whereas you can do the same for your Leopard 2 engine at dozens of companies or ask your neighbors to borrow some spares. I think it is smart to push KMW into a position to do local work and involve local companies for assembly, cables and stuff like that. But in the end military reasons should be more important than industry support.
  3. Rico
    I see this more as disadvantages. New stuff like APS, APU and GSE (RWS, ICS etc.) is already part of Leopard 2 design (no risk) but NOR would be first user if they go with K2 in that direction getting to know the child sicknesses. Biggest advantage is still lower weight for heavy snow.
  4. Rico
    That is true indeed but it is fair to say that almost every user/customer is complaining about Rheinmetall grapping all coins they can get and doing quite hard sales practices.
  5. Rico
    Well, Flensborg is Danmark's southernmost port that is located on the German borderside. If you be there you will understand - it is simply a mix of both countries and so is FFG on my opionion. It is true that M133 upgread led to G5 but G3 and G4 are/were used in DK as well. Wisent 1 and Wisent 2 have both lots of input from Danish user side in their veins and Bundeswehr rejected both (BPz2000 and Wisent 2 AEV) for a worse technical solution.
  6. Rico
    Well, FFG is partly more a Danish company than a German one as I see it. At least the northen axis is much stronger in its relationship than down south incl. German Bundeswehr. That might be why their products are seen in a different way from Danish perspective. Personally I think that the G5 was/is very good in performance but the prototype production quality could not reach quality of CV90. But that might be prototype VS series. Lets wait and see when the ACSV gets a chance to show some muscles.
  7. Rico
    Love to see old Leopard 1 vehicles getting what they deserve. Easy and smart to do some enhancements and they still do a very good job. I would guess that additional Leo 2 support will mean that the 2A4 hulls will be used for that since there is almost nothing else available. But most interesting part will be to see if there will be some K2NO.
  8. Rico
    No problem with promoted information but am I the only one not liking that trashy looking red/white webside? Doesn't look very professional to me.
  9. Rico
    M113 looks like a power pack size compared to Lynx.
  10. Rico
    Yes but EMC and power grid is more tricky on electric due to electrical spikes. So radio communication might be affected and other electrical components, too.
  11. Rico
    Well money needs to be found for everything and MBTs are more important and still not done yet. Class 2 should support CV90 as well (at least how I see it) and that would be tricky for a ACSV (aluminium version) at least from protection and weight perspective (but Leopard 2 ARVs can fill that gap for front line duty and maybe already do in eFP). If it comes to value for money there is nothing that can beat a good, old Leopard 1 ARV but maybe a K1 ARV comes into play as well (if korean way is chosen).
  12. Rico
    Great to see the ACSV G5 coming into action on one side but sad to see Leopard 1 going out of service. I always liked that vehicle a lot.
  13. Rico
    Which CVE system is that?
  14. Rico
    Agree that tracked is definitely the best platform to go for such a task. Puma would start at 10M€ per vehicle. ACSV seems not a bad idea. Data I found is around 1M€ per vehicle but doubt that FFG is considered. Lynx could be am option if Puma fails to increase readiness. But I am pretty sure that it will be Boxer since it is known, has right company name, ~3.5M€ pricetag and a performace that will do the job in some way.
  15. Rico
    Rheinmetall writes the shopping list for BAAIN so nothing to worry about 😂. Next points on the list are - Lynx instead of Puma - Kodiak instead of Wisent
  16. Rico
    None. There are 20 Leo 2A7 delivered so far. Germany is currently upgrading 104 to Leo 2A7V. Further there will be Leo 2A6A4 which final goal will be close to Leo 2A7V. Difference towards 2A7V are mine protection, no APU. I guess no AoA for the chassis in the front and no AC for the turret (not sure others might know better).
  17. Rico
    Dachs AEV to Leopard 2 AEV. Buffel ARV to Buffel A1. Biber AVLB to Leguan.
  18. Rico
    Yes, having some more users will definitely be a plus for you down under. And I am pretty sure that Lynx was a bit in front of Redback (my feeling) up to now since Australia seems to do good work with RLS (Boxer, MAN trucks etc.). Further Korea (my opionion as well - many will see it different) was allways good in doing better copies of existing vehicles (K9 - M109; K2 - Leo2/Leclerc, normal cars as well) but I am not so sure if you what to go with something really new. Besides RLS has many good vehicles as references, too. I will follow the testing phase of L400 and maybe this will prove my opionion wrong but I won't be surpised if Boxer and Lynx will work side by side in many countries in 10 years.
  19. Rico
    Interesting but hard to tell how much quality is behind the decision. The Czech tested IFVs at least (maybe HUN had access). Hungary seems to buy a lot of German vehicles (which is quality stuff for sure) but it doesn't seem a real competition. I like what Australia is doing. Building prototypes, add their requirments and test against them.
  20. Rico
    Scource or rumor?
  21. Rico
    Well, that is basically what I have read and heared at different scources as well. That is why I can't understand why Puma is around in the media everywhere because that are all customer failures (except software). If almost all failure are on my side I wouldn't think about a replacement..
  22. Rico
    Is there an puplic overview about the key issues?
  23. Rico
    I think the aim is to put KMW under pressure. But it is very clear that Lynx/CV90 are no real options. ~400 Puma with ~10M€ each + development cost + spare parts means maybe around 5 billion € wasted with some more 3.5 to be spent for CV90s. They will pay another billion to remove the most common child sicknesses and live with what is left.
  24. Rico
    Might be exhaust air of the heater.
  25. Rico
    This wouldn't have been something I'd complain about but the positive thing is that good looking in military means nothing as long as the vehicle does its job.
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