Future Armour

[Gordon Dundas/]

I never thought I would see the day where horse cavalry returned to the battlefield.

If you looked carefully you'd see they never left.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Not suggesting this tank for us, but a interesting look how tank manufactures are trying to address a changing battlefield.

 

[Retired AF Guy]

Not suggesting this tank for us, but a interesting look how tank manufactures are trying to address a changing battlefield.

Interesting that no where in the video does he actually say the MBTs name (KF-51 Panther II I believe).

Also, may be its just me, but when I look at how the front of turret is shaped I immediately think "bullet trap."

 

[FJAG]

Interesting that no where in the video does he actually say the MBTs name (KF-51 Panther II I believe).

Also, may be its just me, but when I look at how the front of turret is shaped I immediately think "bullet trap."

I think it is just titled "New Main Battle Tank" (NMBT) at this point.

https://www.rheinmetall.com/Rheinmetall%20Group/brochure-download/Vehicle-Systems/NMBT-new-main-battle-tank-from-Leonardo-Rheinmetall-Military-Vehicles.pdf

I note that it hovers around the 70 ton range so not one of the new lighter slimmer models.

 

[Kirkhill]

If you looked carefully you'd see they never left.

A bit more on that

Army looks at bringing back the war horse – in ways that should silence any naysayers

Using horses in a modern war may sound anachronistic, but the Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment has been exploring the idea

www.forcesnews.com

Apparently horses are still used operationally in Chile and India on the borders.

 

[KevinB]

Rock, Paper, Scissors continues.

Oh wow look FPV SUAS less than 2.5% PK

https://twitter.com/x/status/2102285007704195416

 

[Kirkhill]

New U.S. Army tank and fighting vehicles spotted during live-fire testing

New footage shows the U.S. Army's next-generation M1E3 Abrams tank and two prototypes competing to replace the Bradley infantry fighting vehicle firing live rounds, one of the first public looks at the vehicles in action. The footage was shared on

defence-blog.com

1x M1E3 Abrams, 2x XM30, Hanwha Mobile Tactical Cannon, CUAS Robots

Army selects Mobile Tactical Cannon prototype system to advance Fires modernization

The Army announced today an agreement with Hanwha Defense USA, for development of prototypes for the Mobile Tactical Cannon program...

www.army.mil

 

[HavokFour]

First look at GDLS entry to replace the Bradley.

This Is Our First Look At The Wolf Armored Fighting Vehicle That Aims To Replace The Bradley

Wolf is competing against a variant of the German-designed Lynx to become the Army's XM30 Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle.

www.twz.com

 

[Kirkhill]

 

[Kirkhill]

Netherlands readies its army for large-scale conflict

The Netherlands will buy more CV90 infantry fighting vehicles, additional bridge-laying tanks, a replacement for its unreliable Kodiak combat engineer vehicle, and new tracked support and heavy recovery vehicles from Germany's FFG, Dutch State Secretary for Defense Derk Boswijk told

defence-blog.com

Meanwhile the Dutch are rediscovering heavy armour.