ArmyRick
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Ummmm, what? That BAE remote weapon station on a Bradley chasis looks very different than the old Aussie contraption
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Looks like an M113 with a butt load of add on armour and smoke dischargers...and there is this little quote in the article "The five variants currently in production provide enhanced survivability and performance over the legacy M113 FoV." The thing though is that BAE is British - FV432 would make a bit of sense since they had smoke dischargers where most M113 variants I've ridden around in didn't, save for the TUA's...but the driver's hatch is on the wrong side of the vehicle.
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I was a TOW gunner/Loader. Smoke dischargers were on the back of the turret
I was just thinking, 'drop the turret on a 432, they'll get another 50 years out of it' and you post this
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I was just thinking, 'drop the turret on a 432, they'll get another 50 years out of it' and you post this
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Actually been inside one of those with the Saladin turret. It has the full turret basket resting on support/slip ring device. Other than a ammo rack, pretty stock M113 inside.
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Looks like the Ukrainians have a bunch of them now:
Azov Brigade armed with FV432 armored personnel carriers
The Azov One NGO, with the support of the Prytula Foundation, has transferred a batch of armored vehicles to the 12th "Azov" Special Forces Brigade
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Zounds...
Soldiers are quitting the British Armed Forces at an alarming rate, despite a pay rise over the summer, Report informs via The Telegraph.
For the first time on record, there are now just two servicemen or women per thousand people in Britain.
Some 15,119 left the Armed Forces in the year to October. Of these, 7,778 were counted as “voluntary outflow”, those choosing to leave of their own accord.
The forces recruited just over 12,000 personnel in the same period, resulting in a net shrinkage of the military.
Soldiers are leaving despite the Government’s attempt to stem the recruitment crisis with a 6 per cent pay rise.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced the increase, the largest for the forces in 22 years, in July – as well as retention payments – in a bid to hold on to talent.
Yet the latest figures suggest the increase may not have been enough and, despite it, new recruits to the forces remain among the worst-paid public servants in Britain.
Real terms pay for Army privates has increased by just 1.9 per cent since 2011, compared to 13.39 per cent for new junior doctors and 10.14 per cent for train drivers.
An Armed Forces survey published in May showed satisfaction with the basic rate of pay in the military is at its lowest level on record.
report.az
UK soldiers quit in thousands despite Labour’s pay rise
Soldiers are quitting the British Armed Forces at an alarming rate, despite a pay rise over the summer, Report informs via The Telegraph.
For the first time on record, there are now just two servicemen or women per thousand people in Britain.
Some 15,119 left the Armed Forces in the year to October. Of these, 7,778 were counted as “voluntary outflow”, those choosing to leave of their own accord.
The forces recruited just over 12,000 personnel in the same period, resulting in a net shrinkage of the military.
Soldiers are leaving despite the Government’s attempt to stem the recruitment crisis with a 6 per cent pay rise.
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced the increase, the largest for the forces in 22 years, in July – as well as retention payments – in a bid to hold on to talent.
Yet the latest figures suggest the increase may not have been enough and, despite it, new recruits to the forces remain among the worst-paid public servants in Britain.
Real terms pay for Army privates has increased by just 1.9 per cent since 2011, compared to 13.39 per cent for new junior doctors and 10.14 per cent for train drivers.
An Armed Forces survey published in May showed satisfaction with the basic rate of pay in the military is at its lowest level on record.
UK soldiers quit in thousands despite Labour’s pay rise
Soldiers are quitting the British Armed Forces at an alarming rate, despite a pay rise over the summer, Report informs via The Telegraph.
report.az
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