Renegade334 Posted October 20 Report Posted October 20 @Ramlaen Yeah, AUSA's a bit of a quiet affair this year. Almost passed by unnoticed, at least for me. But the highlights of this year's expo seem to be a pair of AMPVs with MTMS mortar and MCT30 turrets, yet another Ripsaw variant that can launch kamikaze quadrotor drones, Archer, Rogue FIRES unmanned antiship missile launcher and the Oshkosh Stryker with MCWS turret. Ramlaen and Cleb 2 Quote
Ramlaen Posted October 20 Report Posted October 20 Really emphasizes how big a Booker is, makes me curious about how much space there is in the hull if the turret is based on an Abrams'. PFJN 1 Quote
Renegade334 Posted October 23 Report Posted October 23 On 10/13/2024 at 9:49 PM, Clan_Ghost_Bear said: Both XM30 Contractor teams have continued to evolve their designs: GD On further inspection, this appears to be a product-improved Ajax variant, not the XM30. Not sure why it was on GD's AUSA page... Speaking of GDLS AJAX: @Ramlaen: the problem is that the Booker is front-engined, which increases the height of its frontal aspect. That volume, for some reason (maybe to not degrade the gun depression?), does not decrease as the viewer moves rearwards. Merkava has kind of the same problem, though there are other factors to consider, like that rear compartment that can, in cases of emergency, be used to carry a couple of troops or MEDEVAC wounded personnel. The Abrams does the reverse: it keeps the front part of its hull slim then imparts it volume once you move past the turret ring, all in order to accommodate the AGT1500 powerpack (which, incidentally, does cause gun depression issues when aiming backwards, since the engine deck is so high). The Booker's 8-cylinder MTU 8V199 TE23 isn't exactly a smol boi, either: Laviduce and Ramlaen 2 Quote
Ramlaen Posted October 31 Report Posted October 31 Seeing that photo of the Booker's engine led me to searching it. https://www.rolls-royce.com/media/our-stories/discover/2023/rr-delivers-first-mtu-series-199-powerpacks-for-m10-booker-combat-vehicle-program.aspx Stimpy75 1 Quote
Wiedzmin Posted November 4 Report Posted November 4 a bit of measures Laviduce, LoooSeR, Ramlaen and 2 others 5 Quote
Vicious_CB Posted November 29 Report Posted November 29 Looks like the Donbass guntuber got his hands on a captured Bradley to do some live testing with. Lets hope we get to see the Leo 2A4 that got recently captured. Quote
LoooSeR Posted November 29 Report Posted November 29 Somebody should start a program to save vehicles from this Youtuber. Ramlaen 1 Quote
Wiedzmin Posted November 30 Report Posted November 30 firt set of measures, more will be added + some will be fixed after new measues(if this will took place) Ramlaen, LoooSeR, Laviduce and 4 others 7 Quote
Ramlaen Posted December 4 Report Posted December 4 Was checking some old bookmarks I had and found a video that had been privated for years was once again public. Quote
Wiedzmin Posted Monday at 08:09 PM Report Posted Monday at 08:09 PM some strange Brad proto(not MET-D) https://www.flickr.com/photos/eleki_j/albums/72157616232688192/ Cleb 1 Quote
StarshipDirect Posted 11 hours ago Report Posted 11 hours ago On 12/9/2024 at 3:09 PM, Wiedzmin said: some strange Brad proto(not MET-D) https://www.flickr.com/photos/eleki_j/albums/72157616232688192/ That was the Bradley technology demonstrator from AUSA 2008. Converted the legacy turret to be unmanned, external tanks, and had composite/ceramic armor tiles. Could have been a great alternative to the XM-30 which in my opinion is a waste of money. https://defense-update.com/20080904_bradley.html Wiedzmin 1 Quote
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