Ramlaen Posted November 13, 2017 Report Share Posted November 13, 2017 The water propellers are gone. That_Baka and Serge 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramlaen Posted November 22, 2017 Report Share Posted November 22, 2017 The RFP for the Mobile Protected Firepower vehicle was finally published. Serge 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramlaen Posted November 29, 2017 Report Share Posted November 29, 2017 I missed this but back in August a feeler was put out for an airburst capable 105mm round. Presumably it would be for both the MPF and Stryker MGS. IMI is the only company I am aware of offering such a round. ATK does make a multipurpose round but I don’t consider a proximity fuse to be airburst. Quote Our 105mm HEAT-MP-T, a high-explosive, anti-tank, multipurpose with tracer, is a 105mm version of the M830A1 HEAT-MP-T cartridge. It is designed as a replacement for the 105mm HEAT round. Like the M830A1, it uses a discarding sabot with the same subcaliber warhead, with airburst capability selectable by the tank crewman. The cartridge has the same lethality as the M830A1 and is compatible with the Stryker Brigade Combat Teams MGS. The target range is 4,000 meters and a muzzle velocity of 1,330 meters a second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meplat Posted December 2, 2017 Report Share Posted December 2, 2017 On 11/29/2017 at 10:47 AM, Ramlaen said: I missed this but back in August a feeler was put out for an airburst capable 105mm round. Presumably it would be for both the MPF and Stryker MGS. IMI is the only company I am aware of offering such a round. ATK does make a multipurpose round but I don’t consider a proximity fuse to be airburst. I seem to remember a prox fuse, and a timed fuse for the old 105mm howitzer. As well as a very nasty 81mm mortar fuse with proximity detection (Green Hornet?). So a bit "con fuzed" unless this is for some kind of active/smart fusing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramlaen Posted December 2, 2017 Report Share Posted December 2, 2017 7 hours ago, Meplat said: I seem to remember a prox fuse, and a timed fuse for the old 105mm howitzer. As well as a very nasty 81mm mortar fuse with proximity detection (Green Hornet?). So a bit "con fuzed" unless this is for some kind of active/smart fusing. The 105mm M68 gun, not a 105mm howitzer. As far as I am aware the US just has 'dumb' ammunition in stock. Airburst as in it explodes at a set distance and sprays the target area with fragments. My assumption is they want a single round to replace HEP/HEAT/Canister. Collimatrix 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meplat Posted December 2, 2017 Report Share Posted December 2, 2017 1 hour ago, Ramlaen said: The 105mm M68 gun, not a 105mm howitzer. As far as I am aware the US just has 'dumb' ammunition in stock. Airburst as in it explodes at a set distance and sprays the target area with fragments. My assumption is they want a single round to replace HEP/HEAT/Canister. Ah the 105mm rifle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZloyKrolik Posted December 2, 2017 Report Share Posted December 2, 2017 I assume that those pics are not to scale with each other. BTW, No Willy Pete? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramlaen Posted December 2, 2017 Report Share Posted December 2, 2017 1 hour ago, ZloyKrolik said: I assume that those pics are not to scale with each other. BTW, No Willy Pete? Not to scale and not at the same angle, I used the best looking pictures I could find at the time I made it (M724A1E1 is now M724A2). I left out the M416 WP round because I couldn't find anything about it still being in use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramlaen Posted December 3, 2017 Report Share Posted December 3, 2017 AMPV mortar carrier being tested at Yuma. That_Baka and Serge 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramlaen Posted December 4, 2017 Report Share Posted December 4, 2017 https://www.flickr.com/photos/operations-group-national-training-center/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNT11593 Posted December 5, 2017 Report Share Posted December 5, 2017 Ramlaen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramlaen Posted December 6, 2017 Report Share Posted December 6, 2017 More 1st Cavalry Division with the updated CROWS. Zyklon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramlaen Posted December 6, 2017 Report Share Posted December 6, 2017 (edited) The Army put out an RFI asking if industry(GDLS) can deliver 72 Stryker MSL between FY2019 and FY2021. From the Q&A feedback. Answer: The determination of whether or not to use a .50 cal or 30mm gun effector has not yet been decided. Should the Government decide to direct the gun effector, a decision will be made at that time on consideration of providing the performance specification. Edited December 19, 2017 by Ramlaen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNT11593 Posted December 6, 2017 Report Share Posted December 6, 2017 Reading that it I'm surprised they didn't go with the M-SHORAD bradley. Commonality with both the regular bradley and AMPV and would blend better with the ABCTs/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramlaen Posted December 6, 2017 Report Share Posted December 6, 2017 I assume the 72 vehicles would be assigned to forward deployed BCTs, be they Armor, Stryker or Infantry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramlaen Posted December 9, 2017 Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 The first M1296 delivered to the 2nd Cavalry Regiment. Belesarius and Serge 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNT11593 Posted December 9, 2017 Report Share Posted December 9, 2017 https://www.dvidshub.net/news/257951/2cr-receives-first-30mm-stryker-europe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramlaen Posted December 15, 2017 Report Share Posted December 15, 2017 Manually loading the gun in an M1128, you can see the track loop the autoloader travels on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramlaen Posted December 19, 2017 Report Share Posted December 19, 2017 General Dynamics Land Systems Inc., Sterling Heights, Michigan, has been awarded a $24,272,649 modification (P00036) to foreign military sales (Kuwait) contract W56HZV-17-C-0067 to design, develop, and build a M1A2-k unique tank. Work will be performed in Sterling Heights, Michigan, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 31, 2019. Fiscal 2010 foreign military sales funds in the amount of $24,272,649 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Michigan, is the contracting activity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramlaen Posted December 22, 2017 Report Share Posted December 22, 2017 General Dynamics Land Systems Inc., Sterling Heights, Michigan, was awarded a $2,628,902,518 fixed-price-incentive contract for the upgrade of up to 786 M1A1 configured Abrams vehicles to newly configured M1A2 System Enhancement Package Version 3, and to upgrade M1A1 vehicles to M1A12S and M1A2-K vehicles. Bids were solicited via the Internet with one received. Work locations and funding will be determined with each order, with an estimated completion date of Dec. 21, 2020. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Michigan, is the contracting activity (W56HZV-18-D-0012). BAE Systems Land and Armaments LP, York, Pennsylvania, was awarded a $227,855,028 modification (PZ0002) to contract W56HZV-17-C-0001 for the production of up to 228 sets of M109A7 and M992A3 vehicles. Work will be performed in York, Pennsylvania, with an estimated completion date of Nov. 30, 2022. Fiscal 2017 other procurement (Army) funds in the amount of $227,855,028 were obligated at the time of the award. U.S. Army Contracting Command, Warren, Michigan, is the contracting activity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juretrn Posted December 24, 2017 Report Share Posted December 24, 2017 Lassie GavinDefense returns! This time: why the M1A2 SEPv2 is inferior to the Chinese Type 96! EDIT: I am sorry if the video gives you cancer, I promise to not post any more Gavin's stuff here. That_Baka 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renegade334 Posted December 24, 2017 Report Share Posted December 24, 2017 If I watch this video, will I have to undergo chemotherapy afterwards? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZloyKrolik Posted December 24, 2017 Report Share Posted December 24, 2017 Does that dude like any US vehicle? Besides the M113. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramlaen Posted December 24, 2017 Report Share Posted December 24, 2017 As you would expect with his video's, it needs a healthy dose of factchecking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roguetechie Posted December 24, 2017 Report Share Posted December 24, 2017 Yeah I counted a crap ton of things wrong with that... Even before you get to the highly specious individual "comparisons" As an example the gun tube life... Yes if you have WORSE metallurgy and gun production techniques AND several times the barrel life your cannon must obviously be superior.... Or it may not be able to pen an abrams to save it's life! One of the two Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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