Monday, December 28, 2020
Taiwan to build a Clouded Leopard II Mobile Gun System...
via Taiwan News.
The Ministry of Defense’s (MND) Armament Bureau has announced the development of a new variant of the Clouded Leopard armored vehicle, with two prototypes scheduled to be completed before 2023.
The new variant will be armed with a 105-mm cannon, a 7.62 mm coaxial machine gun, and an additional 12.7 mm remote control gun turret. According to the 2021 MND budget, the Armament Bureau has set aside NT$768 million (US$ 27 million) to develop prototypes of a number of artillery vehicles between 2019 and 2023, CNA reported.
According to military sources, although the 105-mm gun barrels were purchased from abroad, future mass production of the weapons will be developed in Taiwan through technology transfer. Furthermore, it is expected the recoil force of the armored vehicle can be effectively reduced by more than 70 percent.
The new variant will be suited for rapid strikes and introduced in MND’s newly established joint arms battalion. At the same time, the Armament Bureau is updating the gun system to be remotely controlled. The Bureau is working with the National Chung Shang Institute of Science and Technology to come up with the vehicle design.
This has been on tap ever since they first introduced the Clouded Leopard (original version). I guess its taken time to iron out the design. I only wonder if they'll go with a manned or unmanned. If current trends are to be believed then it'll be manned. The US Army's Stryker MGS is an outlier in the field. Both the Centauro II and the Type 16 are manned.
A heartwarming video to end your day...
Fire phobia training
Bring the heat!🔥
— U.S. Army (@USArmy) December 27, 2020
A @101stAASLTDIV Cav Scout participates in fire phobia training which helps #Soldiers overcome their natural fear of fire by learning proper techniques of reacting to a homemade incendiary device.#PicOfTheDay | #ArmyFit
📸: Spc. Adeline Witherspoon pic.twitter.com/KAjuKff5Ry
Full introduction of VT5 tank
Do I have a Mandarin speaker that can explain the commercial about the disabled Chinese soldier at the beginning of the vid?
Whatever happened to the Ultra Heavy-Lift Amphibious Connector (UHAC)
How crazy has Marine Corps concepts been?
In 2014 we saw the above concept vehicle being tested. The hope was that it could replace the LCAC to move heavy gear (read that to mean tanks) to the beach at long range.
We haven't heard a thing since.
BUT!
While that was pushed to the dustbin, we saw fighting in mega cities, the return to port seizures and now Berger's madness.
In other words we've seen confusion, chaos and intense friction throughout the Marine Corps because leadership can't pick a direction.
The solution?
Take a knee. Get our house in order by setting up the Corps personnel wise to move into the future. Clean out redundancy and inefficiency throughout the organization. And finally we need to streamline EVERY division, wing, command etc...
Sometimes the answer to a mess is to simply clean your house.
Marines were once slated to get F-14's?
VMFA-122 , planned to be one of the first 2 F-14 squadrons for the Marines. There were flight and ground crews training at Miramar, however The Commandant of the Marine Corps cancelled the plan ahead of implementation. pic.twitter.com/hfhTpalfKn
— Chris Bolton (@CcibChris) December 28, 2020
Sunday, December 27, 2020
I wasn't a JJ Watt fan till I saw this...
After the Texans’ latest loss today, J.J. Watt was asked how he and his team would be able to bounce back next week. His answer is required watching for many. pic.twitter.com/3uRRnvBC53
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) December 27, 2020
Damn!
I won't cheer for the Texans but I'll cheer for Watt!
The pushback has begun...the medical profession IS losing the debate...
Are more people waking up? pic.twitter.com/pbwBck8tPc
— 🌴 Josh Lekach 🌴 (@JoshLekach) December 27, 2020
I knew this would happen.
I knew people would reach a point to where a large portion of the population says "fuck it". This lady has and I suspect there are MANY MANY MANY more just like her.
Ukraine to upgrade Indonesian PT-76 light tank with Belgian turret LCTS 90mm cannon
A good idea in theory. Not knocking on the LCTS 90, but do you see the size of that turret?
How in the world is that vehicle gonna be able to support that? I'm looking forward to see the solution that the Ukrainians come up with.
Side note. Has anyone noticed how quickly Ukraine disappeared from the headlines once the Russia investigation fizzled?
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