You wait for the B-36...

What does the Goalkeeper do then....

MAD is going out of fashion rapidly, low magnetic content steel makes it increasingly useless. It’s not carried by the USN’s P-8's. Only the Indian Navy has asked for it.

That’s the point through. Combat Engineers lead the way. You can’t move the tanks if there are obstacles in the way. Hence the need for Armoured Engineering Vehicles. Doesn’t matter how many tank’s you have if there is an obstacle in the way. Remember what happened to the Syrians in the Valley of Tears? Hundreds of…

They are exactly the same ploughs. Made by Pearson Engineering in the UK who make all sorts of Combat Engineering goodies. Along with Mabey Bridge and Hesco Bastion they’re one of those defence contractors that really do deliver decent equipment time and time again.

See my post above. We have over 125. The graphic appears to show operational, squadron assigned aircraft. So aircraft in the pool are not counted. There are 45 Tornado listed, but 67 are on strength. With many more knocking around. Half of the Merlin HM’s are missing too...

I thought FOST had 2 Dauphins? Are they purchased or leased though?

Unfortunately thats exactly what they did with the Jaguar GR.3. Which was a superb tactical bomber. It would have been perfect for Afghanistan.

Nope that is this..used bythe US and UK..apparently the users absolutely love it. Terrier is a whole lot more powerful, and survivable.

UK MoD pricing often looks exorbitant but usually includes more than the base vehicle. In the Terrier’s case the cost is the programme cost. This includes simulators, facilities, conversion training, spares, manufacturer support etc. We’ve moved to whole life cost accounting for military programmes. Often the price…

It can swim, but most military vehicles can’t. Most US and UK vehicles designed with swimming capability have eventually had it removed or have ceased to maintain the capability. It just isn’t worth the compromises necessary to the vehicle or the expense. Bridging units are far better ideas

There’s a couple of ways of looking at that. First off the Sherman Firefly conversion was late in the day. It’s doubtful that enough could have been produced to arm the US forces as well. The US also was wedded to their TD doctrine with the M10 supposedly doing the tank killing (although the British up-armed M10's…

Unfortunately it wouldn’t work, hi-vis has been tried...Orange hi-vis.

Sometimes the cost alone make it worthwhile. The UK has used M548 (M113 derivative) for the Tracked Rapier, M993 (Bradley derivative) as well as another M113 derivative (carrying the Spike NLOS, binned after a couple of years with a trailer version replacing it) briefly rather than mating the systems to their own…

To be honest it seems a bit of a lash up. Whats the point of the turret if you don’t retain the gun? And carrying the MICLIC onboard....????

An M-9 isn’t really in the same class as Terrier though or for that matter the Combat Engineer Tractor that it replaces. It’s just an armoured bulldozer, no backhoe or other attachments.

Armoured D-9's also couldn’t keep up with the advance of an armoured unit. Terriers and Trojans are designed to be able to keep up with Challengers and Warriors and not slow the advance down. Imagine getting to an obstacle then having to wait a day for a D-9 to roll up...

Mine flails are still around. Lots of armys still have them including the UK and US. But they’re slow....this ones a Minewolf with UK forces in Afghanistan. It’s remote controlled for obvious reasons...

That was the L9 165mm demo gun. It was also used by the US in the M728 Combat Engineer Vehicle (an M-60 variant).Last used on the Centurion AVRE.

True. What many people forget is that thinking about health and safety also leads to thinking about processes in general, when you apply thought to health and safety you always tend to think about other parts of the process. It leads to greater efficiencies and productivity. When you look at the agenda’s of those who…