AussieNick
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It was an ironic comment. Clearly they are not fragile. Australia just doesn't send tanks overseas much. Thats all.
NZ vs AUS vs UK Crewman
It was an ironic comment. Clearly they are not fragile. Australia just doesn't send tanks overseas much. Thats all.
JMC, the Kiwis are upgrading and buying a shit tin laod of APCs over the next couple of years.
Stick with home and enlist in the Kiwi defence force.
They do a great deal of peace keeping o'sea and are well regarded.
The ADF is still taking in kiwis but from what I have seen all have had previous military experience or are crossing over from the Kiwi defence force.
Cheers.
Stick with home and enlist in the Kiwi defence force.
They do a great deal of peace keeping o'sea and are well regarded.
The ADF is still taking in kiwis but from what I have seen all have had previous military experience or are crossing over from the Kiwi defence force.
Cheers.
does any one know what the aim of the army is these days
in my opinion from little history assignments for skewl and for the fun of it ive discovered that the us has played major parts in them and i for one wouldnt want to be in between a fight with the us and any one who oposes them for one the us has like the bigest military arsenal in the world correct me if im wrong pls im open to new information i am wanting to join the army for the fact that i will be there to help others in times of crises such as the terrorist issues in us uk afganistan or how ever its spelt im not good with spelling so please excuse the mis spelt language. what part of the military would best suit what i am aiming for?
in my opinion from little history assignments for skewl and for the fun of it ive discovered that the us has played major parts in them and i for one wouldnt want to be in between a fight with the us and any one who oposes them for one the us has like the bigest military arsenal in the world correct me if im wrong pls im open to new information i am wanting to join the army for the fact that i will be there to help others in times of crises such as the terrorist issues in us uk afganistan or how ever its spelt im not good with spelling so please excuse the mis spelt language. what part of the military would best suit what i am aiming for?
LeEnfield
Active member
WARRIOR TRACKED ARMOURED VEHICLES, UNITED KINGDOM
The Warrior family of tracked armoured vehicles, developed by Alvis Vickers Ltd (now BAE Systems Land Systems), has been proved in action with the British Army in operations in the Middle East during Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom and on United Nations duties in Bosnia. The Desert Warrior family of vehicles has been adapted for operations in hostile desert conditions. Between 1987 and 1995, 789 Warriors were produced for the British Army and 254 Desert Warrior infantry fighting vehicles have been produced for the Kuwaiti Land Force.
Warrior Section Vehicles carry driver, commander, gunner and 7 fully equipped soldiers together with supplies and weapons for a 48 hour battlefield day in NBC conditions. The Warrior adapts to a range of roles with weapon fits ranging from machine pistols to 90mm guns, mortars and missile systems. The Warrior is in service in the following variants: Infantry Section Vehicles, Infantry Command, Repair Vehicles, Recovery Vehicles, Observation Post Vehicles, Artillery Command and Anti-Tank Guided Weapon Carriers.
WARRIOR UPGRADE PROGRAMME
The British Army is upgrading its Warriors to extend their service life to 2035. The upgrade includes the General Dynamics UK Bowman Tactical Communications System and the addition of a night fighting capability in the form of the Thales Optronics Battle Group Thermal Imaging (BGTI) programme. BGTI entered service on the Warrior in March 2005. 350 vehicles are to be fitted with BGTI by 2007. 70 have been completed. Bowman will be deployed on Warrior vehicles in Iraq by early 2006.
Under the British Army's Manned Turret Integration Programme (MTIP), a new two-person turret with a 40mm stabilised Case Telescoped Weapon System (CTWS) cannon, to allow firing on the move is to be trialled. The turret has been developed by CTA International, a joint venture formed by BAE Systems and Giat Industries. A contract was awarded in June 2004 for the delivery of one Warrior vehicle fitted with the turret by December 2006. The Warrior Lethality Improvement Programme (WLIP) will select a new turret and cannon to be fitted to up to 450 British Army Warrior vehicles. Invitations to tender for the WLIP are planned for issue in July 2006 with contract award in March 2007.
SELF-PROTECTION
Smoke grenade launchers are mounted on either side of the turret. In United Nations operations in Bosnia the high level of protection of the crew against small arms, missiles and anti-tank mines was proven. The aluminium armour construction provides protection against 14.5mm armour piercing rounds, 155mm air burst shell fragments and 9kg anti-tank mines. Enhanced protection against other threats can be provided with applique armour.
PROPULSION
The Warrior has four speed fully automatic transmission and hydrostatic drive steering. The Perkins Rolls-Royce V8 Condor engine produces 550bhp giving road speeds of 75km/h. The suspension provides high speed crossing across rough terrain at speeds faster than most main battle tanks. The vehicle is fitted with TR30 single pin tracks from William Cook Defence. All major systems including the power pack can be removed and replaced in less than one hour by two men.
WARRIOR RECONNAISSANCE VEHICLE
The Reconnaissance Vehicle is fitted with additional armoured protection against conventional and chemical attack. Armour shielding covers the front, sides and the suspension of the vehicle. The Warrior Reconnaissance vehicle is normally operated by a crew of three, the driver, commander and the gunner. The vehicle has capacity to accommodate a reconnaissance officer and additional surveillance equipment.
ARMAMENT
The vehicle is equipped with an electrically operated turret designed by Delco which can traverse through a full 360°. The turret is fitted with a ATK Ammuniton Systems (formerly Boeing Ordnance) M242 chain gun on a stabilised mount which allows the gun to be used while the vehicle is in motion. The turret also has an M240 7.62mm machine gun. TOW missile launchers are mounted on each side of the turret. The TOW wire guided anti-tank missile from Raytheon Missile Systems travels at 200m/s to a range of 3,750m. The vehicle has the capacity to carry four TOW missiles in the vehicle and two in the launchers.
FIRE CONTROL AND OBSERVATION
The gunner's station has an optical sight and can be fitted with an electro-optical day/night thermal sight. The commander has seven optical periscopes which provide 360° observation and a dedicated sight for weapon aiming.
Thales (formerly Pilkington) Optronics is supplying new thermal imaging gunner's sights for 450 British Army Warriors, under the Battle Group Thermal Imaging (BGTI) programme, replacing the current image intensifying sights. The BGTI programme also provides new laser rangefinder, GPS navigation system and associated display screens.
The driver's station is equipped with three optical periscopes, the central periscope is replaceable with an electro-optical periscope which gives passive night vision capability. A mast mounted sensor with a driver's thermal viewing system can be installed.
WARRIOR 2000
Warrior 2000 is a version of the Warrior which was developed for the Swiss Army requirement. The first prototype was completed in 1998. Improvements included all-welded aluminium hull, increased passive applique armour protection, digital fire control system, more powerful engine and a Delco or Land Systems Hagglunds E30 direct electric drive turret with ATK Bushmaster II Mk 44 30mm cannon.
http://www.army-technology.com/project_printable.asp?ProjectID=1914
JMC.....Ifyou want to see same action and be a member of a crew of an Armoured vehicle then the Warrior would be thing for you. They are always in action all over the world. If not in Iraq then on peace keeping missions all over the world
Land Systems Warrior OPV (Observation Post Vehicle).
A British Army Warrior with 30mm RARDEN cannon and image intensification sights.
Warrior delivers road speeds of 75km/h, and crosses rough terrain faster than most main battle tanks.
The British Army using Warrior in operations in the Middle East.
A Kuwaiti Land Forces Warrior.
The TOW missile is a tube launched, optically tracked, wire guided anti-tank missile from Raytheon Missile Systems.
The Warrior family of tracked armoured vehicles, developed by Alvis Vickers Ltd (now BAE Systems Land Systems), has been proved in action with the British Army in operations in the Middle East during Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom and on United Nations duties in Bosnia. The Desert Warrior family of vehicles has been adapted for operations in hostile desert conditions. Between 1987 and 1995, 789 Warriors were produced for the British Army and 254 Desert Warrior infantry fighting vehicles have been produced for the Kuwaiti Land Force.
Warrior Section Vehicles carry driver, commander, gunner and 7 fully equipped soldiers together with supplies and weapons for a 48 hour battlefield day in NBC conditions. The Warrior adapts to a range of roles with weapon fits ranging from machine pistols to 90mm guns, mortars and missile systems. The Warrior is in service in the following variants: Infantry Section Vehicles, Infantry Command, Repair Vehicles, Recovery Vehicles, Observation Post Vehicles, Artillery Command and Anti-Tank Guided Weapon Carriers.
WARRIOR UPGRADE PROGRAMME
The British Army is upgrading its Warriors to extend their service life to 2035. The upgrade includes the General Dynamics UK Bowman Tactical Communications System and the addition of a night fighting capability in the form of the Thales Optronics Battle Group Thermal Imaging (BGTI) programme. BGTI entered service on the Warrior in March 2005. 350 vehicles are to be fitted with BGTI by 2007. 70 have been completed. Bowman will be deployed on Warrior vehicles in Iraq by early 2006.
Under the British Army's Manned Turret Integration Programme (MTIP), a new two-person turret with a 40mm stabilised Case Telescoped Weapon System (CTWS) cannon, to allow firing on the move is to be trialled. The turret has been developed by CTA International, a joint venture formed by BAE Systems and Giat Industries. A contract was awarded in June 2004 for the delivery of one Warrior vehicle fitted with the turret by December 2006. The Warrior Lethality Improvement Programme (WLIP) will select a new turret and cannon to be fitted to up to 450 British Army Warrior vehicles. Invitations to tender for the WLIP are planned for issue in July 2006 with contract award in March 2007.
SELF-PROTECTION
Smoke grenade launchers are mounted on either side of the turret. In United Nations operations in Bosnia the high level of protection of the crew against small arms, missiles and anti-tank mines was proven. The aluminium armour construction provides protection against 14.5mm armour piercing rounds, 155mm air burst shell fragments and 9kg anti-tank mines. Enhanced protection against other threats can be provided with applique armour.
PROPULSION
The Warrior has four speed fully automatic transmission and hydrostatic drive steering. The Perkins Rolls-Royce V8 Condor engine produces 550bhp giving road speeds of 75km/h. The suspension provides high speed crossing across rough terrain at speeds faster than most main battle tanks. The vehicle is fitted with TR30 single pin tracks from William Cook Defence. All major systems including the power pack can be removed and replaced in less than one hour by two men.
WARRIOR RECONNAISSANCE VEHICLE
The Reconnaissance Vehicle is fitted with additional armoured protection against conventional and chemical attack. Armour shielding covers the front, sides and the suspension of the vehicle. The Warrior Reconnaissance vehicle is normally operated by a crew of three, the driver, commander and the gunner. The vehicle has capacity to accommodate a reconnaissance officer and additional surveillance equipment.
ARMAMENT
The vehicle is equipped with an electrically operated turret designed by Delco which can traverse through a full 360°. The turret is fitted with a ATK Ammuniton Systems (formerly Boeing Ordnance) M242 chain gun on a stabilised mount which allows the gun to be used while the vehicle is in motion. The turret also has an M240 7.62mm machine gun. TOW missile launchers are mounted on each side of the turret. The TOW wire guided anti-tank missile from Raytheon Missile Systems travels at 200m/s to a range of 3,750m. The vehicle has the capacity to carry four TOW missiles in the vehicle and two in the launchers.
FIRE CONTROL AND OBSERVATION
The gunner's station has an optical sight and can be fitted with an electro-optical day/night thermal sight. The commander has seven optical periscopes which provide 360° observation and a dedicated sight for weapon aiming.
Thales (formerly Pilkington) Optronics is supplying new thermal imaging gunner's sights for 450 British Army Warriors, under the Battle Group Thermal Imaging (BGTI) programme, replacing the current image intensifying sights. The BGTI programme also provides new laser rangefinder, GPS navigation system and associated display screens.
The driver's station is equipped with three optical periscopes, the central periscope is replaceable with an electro-optical periscope which gives passive night vision capability. A mast mounted sensor with a driver's thermal viewing system can be installed.
WARRIOR 2000
Warrior 2000 is a version of the Warrior which was developed for the Swiss Army requirement. The first prototype was completed in 1998. Improvements included all-welded aluminium hull, increased passive applique armour protection, digital fire control system, more powerful engine and a Delco or Land Systems Hagglunds E30 direct electric drive turret with ATK Bushmaster II Mk 44 30mm cannon.
http://www.army-technology.com/project_printable.asp?ProjectID=1914
JMC.....Ifyou want to see same action and be a member of a crew of an Armoured vehicle then the Warrior would be thing for you. They are always in action all over the world. If not in Iraq then on peace keeping missions all over the world
Land Systems Warrior OPV (Observation Post Vehicle).
A British Army Warrior with 30mm RARDEN cannon and image intensification sights.
Warrior delivers road speeds of 75km/h, and crosses rough terrain faster than most main battle tanks.
The British Army using Warrior in operations in the Middle East.
A Kuwaiti Land Forces Warrior.
The TOW missile is a tube launched, optically tracked, wire guided anti-tank missile from Raytheon Missile Systems.
ezblackgun
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If you really really really want to serve, then pick the branch least likely to be involved in combat - just don't expect that you will NEVER be caught up in combat.
Countries since the dawn of time have asked the young to stand as the wall between the enemy and themselves. Ever it will be so.This is an odd comment. The most rewarding thing is work, imo, and wishing to go to the front is honorable, and not crazy, imo.