Land 400 Phase 3: Australian IFV
The following is derived from various wanderings, discussions, & tyre kicking, and covers an opinion on the forthcoming Land 400 Phase 3 Request for Tender, and is as per June 2018.
General: Phase 2 will significantly shape participation in Phase 3. Costs for the two bidders that weren’t short listed for the Risk Mitigation Activity (GDLS & Elbit Systems) ran into the tens of millions of dollars. Costs for the losing BAE bid could rightly be assessed as double that. Combined
As confirmed by Rheinmetall, the Lynx KF41 is not equipped with any of Liebherr's existing heavy-duty engines. The previously mentioned Liebherr D9512 and D9612 engines are both V12 engines, but the Lynx is fitted with a six cylinder inline engine with a whooping 18 liters of displacement. It seems to be the very opposite approach to the Puma's MT890V10 enigne, being designed to output a constant 4,300 Nm of torque (up until 1,900 rpm), while never reaching really high rpm (max 2,300 rpm).
