LAV'n It up Aussie Style - Pics

[1feral1]

These pics were taken in July.

Here is some variants of the ASLAV for y'all to ponder.

Cheers,

Wes

 

[1feral1]

Ya got to love CALIGULA, she's a bewt!. Anyways a few more pics.... of course we can't forget the colourful name CARE FACTOR = 0, too  ;D CRIKEY is just too plain, but it gives some personality to the beasts.

No, thats NOT me standing in pic no 1.

Cheers,

Wes

 

[FredDaHead]

Pimp my LAV?

 

[big bad john]

Thanks Wes!  I get to see lots of photos of ASLAVs at work, but their all PR stills.  You know the type, shinny and new, not field vehicles.  These are great shots!

 

[1feral1]

No worries BBJ.

Cheers yet again,

Wes

PS _ Hope I don't crack your moniters  - Thats me in the god seat, unhelmeted, the bloke in the tropical AUSCAM was the Safety Geek, as we were doing live firing on the move at moving targets, lots of 4B1T, and calling in GRITs, etc. This was one of the most valuable training tools in our work up training.

 

[Infanteer]

Wes, how are the Bushmasters working for you guys in the Sandbox?  I was pretty impressed by the Aussie Captain who gave me a tour of the thing last year, but I'm keen to hear how the thing handles off the showroom floor....

 

[Franko]

Wes, how are the Bushmasters working for you guys in the Sandbox? 

Probably the same way as in Afghanistan methinks     

Regards

 

[1feral1]

Wes, how are the Bushmasters working for you guys in the Sandbox?  I was pretty impressed by the Aussie Captain who gave me a tour of the thing last year, but I'm keen to hear how the thing handles off the showroom floor....

Hi Infanteer, the lads have them down south, not in our AO, but I have been in them. 6RAR back in Brisbane has the. If used for the right purpose, they great. I had heard Denmark or Norway bought some of them. Very user friendly.

Cheers,

Wes

 

[ringo]

I believe it was the Dutch that purchased Bushmaster's, some 50 for use in Afghanistan.

 

[Infanteer]

Very user friendly.

That's what I got from looking them over.  Nice purpose built storage for the troopies and the onboard water cooler must be a godsend over there.

 

[Teddy Ruxpin]

Ya got to love CALIGULA, she's a bewt!. Anyways a few more pics.... of course we can't forget the colourful name CARE FACTOR = 0, too.

My brother (Wes' OC) vetoed some of the more colourful names for vehicles, including a number of unprintable ones.  My favourite suggestion was "Chlostomy Bag"...heh...

His ASLAV has a moose on the side as a replacement for the standard kangaroo... ;D

 

[Colin Parkinson]

I like the remote weapon station for the bison style vehicle.

 

[TN2IC]

Wesley, nice pictures. Thank you for showing. Now may I ask if one,  the LAV with Crikey painted on it, does it have our C6 on it? I am sure it has a different name. But it just caught my eye and I had to ask,

 

[Franko]

I believe it was the Dutch that purchased Bushmaster's, some 50 for use in Afghanistan.

Worked with the Dutch in both Kabul and Kandahar....never saw or heard of anything bigger than a Patria APC.

Sources?

Regards

 

[solidarnosc]

Worked with the Dutch in both Kabul and Kandahar....never saw or heard of anything bigger than a Patria APC.

Sources?

Regards

They were bought very recently and the first were deliverd by the end of August in Afhanistan.

http://www.defenseindustrydaily.com/2006/08/dutch-spend-eur-25m-on-bushmaster-imvs-for-afghan-mission-updated/index.php
http://www.defense-aerospace.com/cgi-bin/client/modele.pl?prod=71870&session=dae.22102820.1154362963.RM4uU8Oa9dUAAHiNIDc&modele=release
http://www.thales-nederland.nl/nl/news/archive/2006/Aug-04-2006.shtml