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Defence, Science, Tech and History. Opinions and Red Teaming. I reserve the right to change my opinion based on new information. TheOtherChris over on BSky.

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7 months
⚙️ Why are Western NATO armies turning to wheeled artillery, why is wheeled artillery the British Army's preference, and why is this the right answer in both a NATO and British context? Russia's invasions of Ukraine in 2014 and 2022 destroyed relationships with Europe and drove…
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British Army operating Toyota HiLux... disguised as a BMP-3 using a VisMod kit.
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Don't try to tell me the UK doesn't build anything.
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Underbarrel shotgun attachment for last-ditch point-blank dealing with FPV drones? Birdshot or Buckshot?
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The penny-wise pound-foolish Apache/JAGM saga continues. The UK is now buying 3,000 JAGM missiles for $957.4M. That equates to $319,000 per missile for a system already integrated onto our AH-64E's, that the UK has already trained on, which the UK has already paid for and…
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⚙️ Amongst the news that a Ukrainian PzH 2000 has fired a record-breaking ~20,000 shots through a barrel is the more important detail that the PzH 2000's L52 is rated for a barrel life of 4,500 Equivalent Full Charge. EFC is an interesting measure: 1/
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Rheinmetall-Chef: „Kein Land in Europa ist gut auf einen Überfall vorbereitet“

Rheinmetall-Chef Armin Papperger erklärt im RND-Interview, warum er sich derzeit vor Nachfrage nicht retten kann, woher die eine Million Schuss Artilleriegranaten für die Ukraine kommen sollen, warum...

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You've just learned that the RAF has a squadron of Vulcan B.3's mothballed in a sealed rail tunnel...
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Unless the UK commits to new-build Challenger 3 hulls, the future does not look bright for British Army MBT numbers or further MBT design. The realistic alternatives are: 1) Buy via FMS or similar Abrams M1A3 which means General Dynamics and very little input on the design…
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A C-17 is so big that an MRZR is often needed to shuttle the crew from the ramp to the cockpit.
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💬 "Commander, I object to what is currently over there. Remove it for me."
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If we can build atom splitting hunter killers that repeatedly murder Virginia-class submarines on exercise, we can build a tank hull.
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1/ A thread on Argentinian equipment during the Falklands War taking a look at how a nation can rapidly become a near-peer for conflict through peer-arming and the danger of underestimation.
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ARCHER 155mm orders 48 ARCHER 6x6 - 24 Sweden - 24 Norway Norway withdrew their order of 24 after delays caused by technical issues. Sweden took delivery instead. 12 to be sent to Ukraine 14 bought by UK 22 left for Sweden. 24 more ARCHER 8x8 MAN ordered by Sweden June 2022
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🚀 Storm Shadow, co-developed with France with their SCALP variants, is normally an air launched, low observable, precision cruise missile with a British designed BROACH warhead. The warhead is now also used by Allies.
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⚙️ According to British Army insiders, the price for an RCH155 155mm is around €8M, and the price for a CAESAR Mk II 155mm is around €6.5M. Why is the narrowing of this gap now important? A quick thread on the importance of Full Cost Accounting over Unit Price... and Boots.
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Storm Shadow carried by Ukrainian Su-24M/MR. The UK snd Ukraine successfully integrated this Anglo-French missile onto a Soviet-era aircraft with a completely different technology-base in a matter of weeks.
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B-21 has definite Tacit Blue vibes. With the edges/chines and the curves.
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🚁 V-280 has been selected for the US Army's Future Long Range Assault Aircraft. Why is this aircraft, or aircraft with performance like it, important for the UK? 1/🧵 #flraa #v280 #nmh
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Demonstration of Chobham Armour vs 120mm APDS and 5" Shaped Charge warheads.
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People forget that all Challenger 2 tanks in service or in storage use a still-classified armour called Dorchester (see Chobham). This family of armour was kindly shared with NATO allies and can also be seen on the M1A2, albeit with a different mix. 1/
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Raytheon's Pike turns every M320 grenade launcher in a British Army Section (underslung or drop-pouch) into a 2km guided 10m effect weapon. Combine with standard 40mm grenades ($30 ea) or 40mm programmable air-burst for close-in counter defilade or cUAS. Grenadiers Maximised.…
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Starstreak Lightweight Multiple Launcher (LML), normally used to launch Starstreak HVM missiles but also capable of slotting in Martlet (aka LMM or Starstreak LVM). The shelf on top is to sprinkle flash powder on for when taking a targets Daguerreotype in poor light.
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One of the more significant pieces of news from #DSEi last week was the announcement of BAE's Next Generation Adaptable Ammunition. 155mm artillery ammunition that is earmarked to replace the existing L15 shell and L106 mechanical fuze used by the Army. 1/
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Royal Marines storming ashore during Operation PALLISER, the UK military intervention in Sierra Leone, 2000.
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⚙️ MLRS and the UK --- The Future Artillery Conference this week released new information on the UK's rocket artillery programmes as well as provided more information we can intuit from. An M270, HIMARS and PULS thread 🧵 #artillery #M270 #PrSM #LPS
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Phenomenal alertness, foresight, reactions and skill to drift that bus around that car in those conditions. Seriously impressive.
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'The passengers didn't really say anything,' says the hero bus driver whose quick actions in dodging a car in Edinburgh have gone viral.
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⚓︎ SSN-AUKUS --- A few personal thoughts and opinions with the SSN portion of AUKUS announcement this week that do not seem to be often discussed. SSN vs SSK The US and UK have shared how much of Australia's ocean regions can be covered by an SSN. Australia is well aware of…
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The Bundeswehr have ordered 19 Skyranger 30 air defence systems. 1 x Prototype 18 x Skyranger 30 on Boxer 8 x MAN 15t armoured resupply vehicles 8 x Workshops 18 x Training systems 1/
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💂‍♀️ This is the KAC KS-1. ---- A direct gas operated AR in 5.56 made by Knights Armament Co of Titusville, Florida. Scuttlebutt says this is Project HUNTER's selection to equip the Rangers and Royal Marines. This is a colossal error, but not for the reasons some may think. 🧵
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The UK modular CAMM air-defence missile based on ASRAAM is a triumph. One of the few weapon systems adopted Cross-Service, arguably leading to its export success and growth into CAMM-ER and the Anglo-Polish FCM. How long until a Meteor-based module "Hyper-CAMM" is developed?
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Guided/specialist munitions reduce the impact of differences between howitzers. If there is to be significant artillery investment, it should be here to drive down costs far below guided missile prices, develop multi-purpose rounds, increase range and reduce time to target. 1/
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British service personnel should have greater access to shooting ranges and be encouraged in their use both scheduled and as an option for their spare time. Strict firearms laws restrict civilian practice, but this should not limit our military who are dependent on these skills.
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ICYMI ⏺️ UK is spending nearly $1B on newly designed JAGM missiles for Apache ⏺️ UK has an existing sovereign alternative called Brimstone 3 that is both effective and battle-proven ⏺️ Brimstone 3 is as modern as JAGM, both missiles were developed due to preferences beyond what…
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The penny-wise pound-foolish Apache/JAGM saga continues. The UK is now buying 3,000 JAGM missiles for $957.4M. That equates to $319,000 per missile for a system already integrated onto our AH-64E's, that the UK has already trained on, which the UK has already paid for and…
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You've just learned that the Royal Navy has a Batch of 5 Type 42 destroyers in concealed drydock storage...
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⚙️ Deconstructing the Syrian Airstrikes in 2018 and identifying why the RAF is lacking a long range payload truck. 🧵 1/
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Tracked Boxer & Boxer image sporting identical Infantry Carrier Vehicle modules. Mechanised and FV432 Infantry. Note where the Tracked chassis is wider, tackling track ratio and adding protection. Potential for storage or very heavy appliqué. Also, AFV's look better in Green 😉
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A400M is a heavy transport aircraft with a large dimension cargo bay. It can carry ~50% more than your average C-130 Hercules at almost C-17 speeds. It's a big uplift in lift. For context, an A400M can loft ~20 tons from Ascension or St Helena direct to the Falkland Islands.
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Challenger 3's turret has been designed by RBSL, manufactured by Pearson, not only to support EPSOM and FARNHAM armour, but also to support Trophy APS. By designing these in, Challenger 3 avoids needing several tons of deadweight needed to counterbalance an older turret design.
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Puma VJTF, German politics and the German press. Just before Christmas, it was reported that 18/18 Puma's working up for NATO deployment has suffered "total failure" (Der Spiegel) and that Marder IFV's would cover the next deployment instead (good Janes follow up article). 1/
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⚙️ M2 Bradley and the UK --- A thought experiment exploring M2 Bradley's introduction to the British Army. How, why and what next.
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Devonshire Dock Hall is vast. Currently the UK builds 3 SSN or SSBN in there at a time. Strictly speaking, 6 Astute sized vessels *could* be built in the 260m long hall although 4 might be easier to arrange. Build schedule is artificially slow at present.
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7.62 stood upright (with lean) on full auto.
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FN Herstal’s EVOLYS 7.62 mm ultralight machine gun. Soon to enter service in France and Belgium and hopefully in the UK too.
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BAES to return barrel manufacture to the UK, only if ARCHER selected for MFP. While that would be a little bit of good news, I am bitterly disappointed in the utter lack of manufacture / fabrication being onshored in this pitch. What is being offered is an IKEA-Lego…
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🛠️ Quick observation on the recent CAESAR production increase, as opposed to CAESAR itself. Nexter managed to keep CAESAR production running at a level that can be described as Low Rate Production.
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HiLux in a Merlin.
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Upcoming pods for the MQ-9 family. A couple of interesting enablers here.
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💂‍♀️ The 120mm Mortars are coming! --------------------------------------- 120mm mortars are coming to at least Battalion level in the British Army, and perhaps Company level, supplanting 81mm (pictured). The driver is that both British Army development groups (Dstl, ETG and NGCT)…
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Thales FZ275 Laser Guided Rocket, a lower cost alternative 70mm guided rocket compatible with launchers able to fire Hydra and APKWS.
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🚀 Tactical Precision Strike Platoon-level Loitering Munitions will supplant 60/81mm mortars. Similar weight and effect of warhead but lighter "round" and launch tube. Range and ISR benefits. Downside is volume and cost, latter offset by a far greater first-round-hit rate. 1/4
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F-117B or F-117C (depending on source). A UK modified version of an improved Nighthawk offered simultaneously to both the RAF and USAF in 1995. Followed on from the F-117N which had been turned down by the USN. Note EJ200 engines, used by the Typhoon.
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🚀 Carl-Gustav M4 and the Land Industrial Strategy --- The UK is replenishing munitions with Saab-produced Carl-Gustaf M4 recoilless rifles in a £5M contract. These are non-disposable launchers firing 84mm natures from Anti-Tank to Illumination. How does the LIS fit in?
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🚀 Air Defence Alerting Device (ADAD). Not the Starstreak HVM missile, or the STAIRS C based thermal sight on the Stormer vehicle in front of the launcher. It's the little ball on top of the launcher itself. Watch how it's rotating in this slow motion gif. 1/
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The BS.100 engine. This was the first real supersonic VTOL engine. Instead of reheat/afterburner, it used Plenum Chamber Burning. Bristol Siddeley before they merged into Rolls-Royce. Unsure from the angle but may be my grandpa at the front by the fan.
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⚙ Poland are due to receive the first 24 K9A1's from Korea. Great news for Poland and NATO! But this isn't the rapid/advanced Artillery program being promoted and it's nothing like the K9A2 being offered to the UK, which is a red flag for the UK. Read on. #artillerytwitter 1/
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New Supacat closed armoured cab variant of the Common Base Platform shared with HMT.
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Storm Shadow being blamed for every explosion east of the Dnipro tonight.
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[Thread] A brief history of a modern 155mm gun development for the Royal Navy: The 155 TMF.
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⚙️ A thought experiment exploring extending Warrior. 1/🧵
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A few serious notes and observations on the submarine aspect of AUKUS specifically. I don't have much time today so these will be more bullet point style, with few pretty stock pictures.
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The Borsuk is powered by the same MTU (East Grinstead) 199 TE20 as AJAX, sports Horstman (Bath) InArm suspension and transfers power through a Perkins X300 transmission. Perkins (Peterborough) provides the X300 in Europe via CAT's defence agreement with Allison.
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There are 4️⃣ general categories of options for Challenger 2 moving forward given the announcement to supply Ukraine. With some minor variations and blends available, a quick Twitter-limited look at these options. 1/🧵
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Not going to be long until the Royal Navy sees four of its new Frigates being built indoors simultaneously in the UK: 2 x T26 indoors at Govan 2 x T31 indoors at Rosyth Add to the 3 x SSN/SSBN's plus 1 x FSS in build at the same time in Barrow-in-Furness and in Belfast.
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Latest photos from within Babcock’s Venturer Building in Rosyth showing the first blocks of HMS ACTIVE. It’s the 2nd in the T31 Class ahead of its keel laying ceremony next month - a day for employees both Babcock and MoD to celebrate this milestone. @Babcockplc
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☕️ "But does it have a BV?" Ahh, the Boiling Vessel, also known as the BV or Bivvie. The one-time secret weapon of the British, now shared and equipped across NATO and even fitted to Abrams M1A2 Main Battle Tanks. 1/ #boilingvessel #bv #bivvie #tea #brew #wet #mug
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Very apparent from comments and DM’s that not many know what these are. Don’t expect rows of Grad style MLRS barrages. Brimstone missiles are smart hunter killers. Tell them where tanks* are, they’ll fly there and kill them, dividing targets up between themselves.
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Rarely seen footage of Ukrainian forces launching Brimstone missiles toward Russian targets. H/t @GlobalGeoNews #Russia #Ukraine
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Per Kongsberg Australia, the NSM Coastal Defence system uses the same common Naval Strike Missile as seen aboard ships, operated with the same architecture as the NASAMS air defence system. Whether mounted to a Jelcz or Bushmaster (Strikemaster) chassis or dismountable pallet.
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British air defence is in demand having being proven effective against drones, helicopters, strike aircraft and cruise missiles. This is where the MOD, HMT and FO should sense opportunity: Industrial and soft/hard power. Britain has proven expertise in this area and is in…
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Boxes of 5.56x45mm NATO. The UK has recently moved over to the Enhanced Performance Ball, a 62 grain hardened steel core with gliding metal envelope also manufactured by BAES. Similar to the 7.62 HPB these can also punch through 5mm RHA at 2x-3x to range of the previous rounds.
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Megatron is one of the test bed MBT's used by the ATDU and is based on a Challenger 2 MBT. Here it equipped with a plethora of EW sensors and devices. Note the Ajax behind equipped with Orion sight. It is able to receive, process and present info from it's own and other sensors.
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Ricardo have added a third, powered, axle to the Ford Ranger via a bolt-on system they call HEX. The axle is an addition that does not void the warranty, and increases overall hp/tonne by including an electric motor which I believe is from the Ford Mach-E based on specs. 1/
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About the size of a Hawk, stored and transported in a container, a pair of internal bays and a 1,500nm operational radius (about 2-3x Typhoon / F-35B). This is the longer ranged payload truck type of thinking the RAF needs. (Plus P-8A / Rapid Dragon)
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BAE reveals autonomous collaborative platform demonstrator will ...

BAE Systems has revealed the design of an autonomous collaborative platform (ACP) demonstrator which it aims to fly within the next two years.

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A fast and loose thread on the broad history for the *sensible* reason why Nimrod MRA.4 was scrapped. WARNING: Nimrod MRA.4 is an emotive subject. There is a lot of genuinely good work, blood, sweat, tears and lost lives behind the Tweets. Tread sensitively please.
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⚙️ Quick vision of a UK-built Army: Wilder: Leverages UK automotive. 4 tons. Spartan Mk.2: Goes anywhere. 8-12 tons. Boxer: Mass dismount backbone. 30-40 tons. Challenger 3: Main Battle Tank. Wrecks other tons.
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⚙️ Napkin process for introducing a common hulled Heavy APC, Heavy IFV and MBT to the British Army. STEP 1: Start with the latest Namer 1500. It forms the foundation of your common hulled fleets. Israel are open to licensed production and further partners.
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Good photograph on the vast size of the EBRC Jaguar.
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The Jaguar scout car is a lot larger than I thought, usually "reconnaissance vehicle" isn't something you think the size of a house!
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1914 systems reappearing in 2024.
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⚡🇺🇦💪💥A good solution for waging trench warfare.
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You've just learned that there's a Cavalry Regiment of CVR(T) Scimitar mothballed in a nearby underground bunker...
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@TotherChris
2 years
If the Royal Navy are not all over this like a rash, enthusiastically supported by the RAF and backed by DE&S, then MOD procurement is utterly broken. Seaspray 7500E AEW & Sonobuoy dispensers on a platform we've invested in, established training/support & operated since 2004...
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Presenting MQ-9B’s new short takeoff and landing capability: MQ-9B STOL   With this developing capability, MQ-9B will be the first #UAS in its class to enable big-deck amphib takeoff and landing, unlocking unlimited potential at sea. #MDM2022 Learn more:
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In Liverpool, even the robots rob your cars.
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3 months
This video shows a robot in Liverpool removing an illegally parked Volvo XC60 from a disabled parking spot before delivering the SUV to a nearby tow truck.
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2 years
In 2016 Think Defence tweeted about FPV racing drones equipped with grenade sized packages being in the future of modern warfare. 1/
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@thinkdefence
7 years
Now imagine this drone was carrying a hand grenade, this is the future of urban war
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@TotherChris
6 months
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories positioned together at as close to true scale as possible without map distortions. Not shown is the British Antarctic Territory which is almost double the landmass again.
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@TotherChris
1 year
I am a real fan of the Akıncı aesthetics. The Bayraktar team nailed the look of this aircraft.
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@TotherChris
2 months
The RAF receiving Taurus in exchange for supplying Storm Shadow to Ukraine is bonkers. Germany should supply Taurus to Ukraine. Taurus is not integrated on Typhoon. The RAF risks a battle proven Anglo-French built missile to be supplanted. All to allow Scholz to save face?
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@TotherChris
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20 Things! That you might not know about the RCH155 Howitzer system. And Boxer in general too. e.g. RCH155 combines a Boxer Drive Module, Rheinmetall 155mm/52 gun and an autoloader from the PzH 2000. All mature systems to de-risk a refined Gun on a Truck (GOAT) concept.
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The original Otokar Cobra armoured car was based on a HMMWV chassis. The Cobra II is an all-new monocoque hull design.
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@TotherChris
3 years
1/ AVRe Cap 3 - A thread looking at an approach to regenerate a heavy family of tracked vehicles.
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@TotherChris
1 year
⚙️ CV90 and the UK --- A thought experiment exploring how CV90 could be: a) introduced "immediately" to the British Army; and b) How that slots into the British Industry and Army longer term. How, why and what next.
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@TotherChris
11 months
That time the Royal Navy developed a 155mm naval gun for British vessels and the Arleigh Burke's that were compatible with land-based 155mm ammunition.
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@TotherChris
5 years
[Thread] A brief history of a modern 155mm gun development for the Royal Navy: The 155 TMF.
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@TotherChris
9 months
A flight of Merlins that have allowed a young Wildcat to join them on their migration.
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@TotherChris
2 years
Congressional Budget Office April 2022 report on F-35 availability. 💬 "...the availability rates of all three fleets of F-35s were higher than those of most of DoD’s other fighters." F-35B had higher availability than F-15, F-16... and F-18's. Source:
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@TotherChris
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Project WOLFRAM is a project, with few details, surrounding Ground Launched Brimstone in general. The specific vehicle pictured here is a Supacat Extenda Mk.2 with a Brimstone box launcher on the rear. Related concept launchers have been seen on Boxer, Ajax and THeMIS.
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🇺🇦Ukrainian Front
@front_ukrainian
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⚡️🇬🇧Britain handed 🇺🇦Ukraine several dozen Wolfram mobile ground platforms for Brimstone missiles Previously, these missiles were adapted for launching from trucks.
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During Exercise IRON DIABOLO the Flexipod was evaluated. Pop a blue light on top it looks like a TARDIS. A little look at Flexipod: 1/
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@TotherChris
2 years
Personnel quickly lift a Hellfire Longbow onto a roof mounted Moog RWiP, part of the Leonardo lead IM-SHORAD system on a Stryker 8x8, with the aid of a ramp.
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@TotherChris
2 years
Quick backgrounder on British Artillery work that has been going on over the last few years. Some of this information has moved on, however it might help give you an idea of where everything sits. 1/
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@TotherChris
10 months
✈︎ There are a number of post involvement second-order advantages to the UK's involvement in F-35 programme. 🧵
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@TotherChris
1 year
For the record, if the UK builds 227+ Challenger 3 tanks either via recapitalising C2 or new-building to bring us up to four or (preferably) more Armoured Regiments, I'll still be happy.
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✈︎ A thread on spending towards the Global Combat Air Programme (GCAP) and whether the UK should persevere. 🧵
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@TotherChris
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Luxembourg's spec for 80 x Eagle V 4x4 ordered 2022, now under production. Went for the heaviest 4x4 spec at 10t to carry large amounts of comms: - SCORPION CIS to interop with France and Belgium - CONTACT comms system - BARRAGE EW / radio suppression system - deFNder RWS
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@TotherChris
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⚙️ Bodes well for Ukraine's revised RCH155 Howitzer recently approved for production as well. This system uses the same L52 gun, barrels, autoloader (evolved to include charges), Fire Control System and platform management system that the PzH 2000 uses. 13/
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Protector RG Mk 1 pre-production prototype operating from RAF Waddington ahead of Protector entering service in 2024. Note wider nose for expanded Lynx II AESA and civ airspace navigation sensors. Also, centreline sensor pod usually seen containing a Seaspray 7500E V2 AESA. 1/3
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@TotherChris
1 year
If loitering weapons are the new must-have battlefield system, Brimstone 3b is the Hypersonic Weapon equivalent of loitering weapons.
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