StuG III Thread (and also other German vehicles I guess)

[Gun Ready]

.... and to much effort to perform a redesign. Who should do that? Makes more sense to replace the complete turret.

[SH_MM]

On 7/21/2021 at 7:55 PM, Stimpy75 said:

 i always wondered why they didn't put sth bigger than 20mm later on?

 

There was a competition during the 1980s to upgun the Marder while keeping the existing turret. Rheinmetall developed the Rh 205 gun for this competition, while Mauser developed the MK 25 (also known as Mauser Model E). Both of these guns were chambered in the 25 x 137 mm caliber. In the end it was decided that the funds would be of more use in the Marder 2 IFV development/Kampfwagen 90 project.

[SH_MM]

LuWa system demonstrator

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[Beer]

What is the reason for the divided tracks? 

[Serge]

To keep moving when the chassis is lowered. The track tension can be kept. 

[mr.T]

Valhalla turret? LOL Valhalla turrets is literally  a guy in his garage and lots of concepts and renders but little in way of actual turrets.

[SH_MM]

1 hour ago, mr.T said:

Valhalla turret? LOL Valhalla turrets is literally  a guy in his garage and lots of concepts and renders but little in way of actual turrets.

 

It is not. It is an engineering office with no own production capacity. IIRC they even managed to get some small scale production contract for a RWS or one-man turret a few years back.

 

 

 

Quite some work done by that one guy in his garage

[DrPlop]

Based on their websites I would agree with being rather small.

https://valhalla-turrets.com/

http://valhalladefense.com/

 

Or is it another company?

[Serge]

Nice garage 

[David Moyes]

They seem to have a working prototype.



 Valhalla’s Midgard 300 RCWS firing Venom LR video:

https://aei-systems.com/news-update/aei-systems-venom-30-integrated-into-valhallas-midgard-300-mk-1-rcws-video/

 

 

[mr.T]

Yes they have done a couple of small turrets and order from UAE got them going, but its still a dude in his garage. But yes quite impressive start for a company with 2 employees.

 

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[David Moyes]

FFG Boxer Armoured Recovery Module

 

Judging by the camo scheme this is heavily aimed at British Army.

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[2805662]

Apparently a tracked vehicle that uses Boxer modules is in the works. 

 

 

[2805662]

Just now, Willy Brandt said:

So KMW has some new patents for a tracked Drive Module that takes Boxer Mission Modules.
Here is the patent: https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search/family/073789775/publication/WO2021104577A1?q=pn%3DWO2021104577A1

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E8LWqI-XoAIMDop?format=jpg&name=small
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E8LWqZmXMAMnCvt?format=jpg&name=small

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E8LWqr6WUAM3vtL?format=jpg&name=small

 

And this dude apperantly has some insider info. But we probably have to wait for Eurosatory 2022 to see the thing

 

Snap!

[Serge]

 

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[Serge]

Yes. 
but can they developpe a tracked chassis fully compatible with the Boxer mission module standard ?

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[Lord_James]

11 minutes ago, Serge said:

Yes. 
but can they developpe a tracked chassis fully compatible with the Boxer mission module standard ?

 

15 minutes ago, Willy Brandt said:

Doubt it will look like this. KMW wants to get away from RHM and the Boxer Drive Module ist still partly intellectual property of RHM.

Should be easily, they have the Puma and her decoupled running gear. They could easily slot in a chassis that can accept boxer modules and still have it somewhat compatible with existing products. 

[2805662]

Boxer issues down under. 

 

• Dozens of combat reconnaissance vehicles face serious technical issues, posing a threat to the $5.6 billion project
• The vehicle's turrets are vulnerable to missile attacks as they are too heavy to add anti-missile protection
• Defence privately threatened manufacturer Rheinmetall with listing the CRV as a project of concern

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-11/army-boxer-light-armoured-vehicle-delays-turret/100343228

[David Moyes]

Boxer RCH 155 Firing on the Move


https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-6834013528542777344-owYH/

[Sturgeon]

On 8/4/2021 at 5:10 AM, mr.T said:

Valhalla turret? LOL Valhalla turrets is literally  a guy in his garage and lots of concepts and renders but little in way of actual turrets.

ever heard of subcontracted design?