Why do we always re-engineer our aircraft??
Ok its not a wind up....I was just wondering why in the UK forces we buy perfectly good airframes from our Sherman Tank cousins then bugger about with the design ie, putting in british engines instead of the ones it was designed, trialled & tested with, or tinker about with the other techie bits for a long time until the initial budget is overspent by a couple of 100% ??
Is it just me or do we (the brits) have an awful habit of buggering up our procurement orders in this way??