Hawkei officially replacing the Land Rover in the ADF?

[Jimbom]

I was refering to the M113's

[dtacs]

Originally Posted by Jimbom

I was refering to the M113's

In what way were they uparmored? All I could see in the AS4's was the turret.

[Jimbom]

I don't know the specifics, all my information came from a bloke at my unit who worked on the project for a while. The only thing I can think of is that they have added stuff to the insides to make them stronger.

[anglomanii]

oh yeah, i get it sorry.....face palm!

well yeah the battle taxi's have been upgraded. i got a look at the new ones a while back.
VERY VERY NICE. most of the digs i got to talk to still think thier mobile coffins, but they did get a lot of attention. M113-AS4 APC variants protection from 14.5mm AP; internal spall liners, hull reinforcement mine protection, external fuel tanks. radar cross-section and infra-red signature reduction. new engine, transmission, drive train and driver?s controls. suspension, track and road wheels replaced (very quite they have heaps of rubber).

the .50 they have is different too, but i dont think we are allowed to talk about it are we?.

oh yeah full optics suite and satnav ect too..

[Truism]

That's because they still are mobile coffins. The 14.5 protection is only in some places, while the system still can't protect itself from enemy vehicles, and still has a flat (ie. iedable) hull.

I heard rumours about Pumas though, that's some exciting stuff.

[anglomanii]

no, it's def 14mm defence all round, thats one of the reasons the fuel is outside now and they needed the bigger engine.

it's all updated in the land 40 edition of ADM.

[Truism]

That's good to hear? I was told when doing some stuff with 5 that it was still going to be cheese for 7.62mm on the sides and back, and that the engine still had nothing but a layer of sheet metal between it and angry rounds.

[anglomanii]

it's the plasan armour package, they only fit them in certain combat environments. not for general use, due to the cost of the armour sets.

[J.Baal]

Been a while since I have posted here, Be kind

My inside sources tell me that the Landrover is being replaced by the:

The MWMIK known as the jackal. also used by britain and dutch military forces

Apparently they displayed it to the Government, They loved it and issued it as our new Patrol Order Vehicle

Apparently we get a variant

Source: Defender Magazine

Edit: Forgot, I might aswel slip this in
Whats the story with the ADF mod?, Last I saw/heard was the beta which was downright amazing
Is Tonnie on deployment?

[[MPN]Slouch2]

Originally Posted by J.Baal

Been a while since I have posted here, Be kind

My inside sources tell me that the Landrover is being replaced by the:

The MWMIK known as the jackal. also used by britain and dutch military forces

The standard Land Rover is being replaced by the BMW G-Wagon (See Page 8) where the SAS patrol vehicle is now the Nary Patrol Vehicle, which is a slightly modified Supacat/Jackal. It's named after WO2 David Nary who died during training in the Middle East.

Here's a Nary I spotted last year while in Perth-

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