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[FJAG]

Future 105 mm light gun limber part of Team Lionstrike UK LMP offer

I can easily see this as a system for the LG1. Too tight for the C3.

Two vehicles. A five pax with a load bed for gun stores and personnel gear and a two pax ammo vehicle with a larger load bed and a trailer.

On deployment the five man crew bring the gun into action while the ammo vehicle unhitches the trailer near the gun then both vehicles depart for a wagon line. As the trailer is emptied of ready ammo it gets replenished by the ammo vehicle which itself gets replenished in the wagon lines from the heavier battery or regimental ammo train.

Makes it a fairly mobile system and provides an extra vehicle to tow the gun in case of a breakdown or vehicle casualty.

A handy system all told. Lot better than having that humongous hulk of an MSVS MilCOT hanging around.

 

[daftandbarmy]

I can easily see this as a system for the LG1. Too tight for the C3.

Two vehicles. A five pax with a load bed for gun stores and personnel gear and a two pax ammo vehicle with a larger load bed and a trailer.

On deployment the five man crew bring the gun into action while the ammo vehicle unhitches the trailer near the gun then both vehicles depart for a wagon line. As the trailer is emptied of ready ammo it gets replenished by the ammo vehicle which itself gets replenished in the wagon lines from the heavier battery or regimental ammo train.

Makes it a fairly mobile system and provides an extra vehicle to tow the gun in case of a breakdown or vehicle casualty.

A handy system all told. Lot better than having that humongous hulk of an MSVS MilCOT hanging around.

And, I imagine, you can sling it under alot of different helicopters...

 

[daftandbarmy]

Hail Mary pass...

Details of military gap year for UK's under 25s revealed​

The government hopes to get more young people interested in joining the UK's defence amid growing fears over the threat of Russia's military.

The scheme will open in March 2026 for under-25s and begin with around 150 young people being recruited for placements of up to two years, before expanding to more than 1,000 per year.

It would be a paid gap year, though the amount given to participants has not been revealed. Recruits would not be deployed on active operations.

Specifically, the scheme aims to introduce citizens to military life early, with the hope being that they choose to continue serving afterwards - although there would be no obligation, and the scheme will aim to teach participants transferable skills.

Details of military gap year for UK's under 25s revealed

The government hopes to get more young people interested in joining the UK's defence amid growing fears over the threat of Russia's military.

news.sky.com