UK Army to stop using tanks
The Warrior Infantry Fighting Vehicle Mid-Life Upgrade, endorsed in 1999, frozen for some years and then given an ISD of 2010, was, I think, also termed the Warrior Lethality Improvement Programme. New, possibly 2-man turret, stabilised cannon, optics, better comms, better integration with dismounted soldiers, etc. One of the KURs was to have the ability to engage targets at 2000m at night (implying fighting), and the new cannon was to be adopted by FRES.
It isn't clear to me if this has been delayed over 10 years, or what is being talked about is a second MLU(!).
Old project management maxim. Don't modify a modification. Not set in stone, but a warning that certain standing risks WILL bite you, such as component unavailability and configuration control.
It isn't clear to me if this has been delayed over 10 years, or what is being talked about is a second MLU(!).
Old project management maxim. Don't modify a modification. Not set in stone, but a warning that certain standing risks WILL bite you, such as component unavailability and configuration control.
"Have you looked at the cost of the current generation of APCs? They match the cost of an MBT"
Well a German MBT cost around $ 5.7 mm in 2007 and a Styker AFV cost $ 1.4 mm in 2003 - big difference - tho (as usual) the UK's Warrior upgrade programme looks as if it will cost a god awful fortune......
Well a German MBT cost around $ 5.7 mm in 2007 and a Styker AFV cost $ 1.4 mm in 2003 - big difference - tho (as usual) the UK's Warrior upgrade programme looks as if it will cost a god awful fortune......
Even the Foxhound Light Patrol Protected Vehicle (LPPV) - a battle taxi as opposed to a full-size Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) like Warrior - is around GBP 1M a piece - original order for 300 in 2010 for GBP 270M and a follow on 25 ordered in 2012 for GBP 30M.
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Having once, in a previous job, been introduced to the dial-a-nuke, I remain
of the (probably wrong) opinion that any serious central european conflict
will go nuclear round about day 3.
of the (probably wrong) opinion that any serious central european conflict
will go nuclear round about day 3.
Have you looked at the cost of the current generation of APCs? They match the cost of an MBT , thanks to the doctrine that the APC must carry at least a 40mm stabilized gun to fulfill its battle taxi role.
It does seem that all this gear is pricing itself out of the market, too expensive to buy, too complex to learn and too fragile to use.
It does seem that all this gear is pricing itself out of the market, too expensive to buy, too complex to learn and too fragile to use.
