Saturday, February 08, 2020
Friday, February 07, 2020
Thursday, February 06, 2020
Brazil mulls upgrades for VBTP-MSR Guarani 6×6 vehicles
via Janes
The Brazilian Army is finalising a series of studies aimed at improving the VBTP-MSR Guarani 6×6 armoured vehicle.
The studies are being done by personnel from the army's technical, administrative, operational, and finance sectors, and are to consider updates and potentially adding new technologies, the army told Jane's .
The army declined to say if the upgrade studies included the vehicle's mobility, command and control, survivability, firepower, or habitability. The army said the project's scope is to be defined after studies are concluded and a decision is made. The effort, known as the Guarani 2.0 project, falls under the aegis of 'Army Strategic Plan 2020-2023'.
The service is receiving 1,580 6×6s as part of the Guarani programme that purchased the vehicles in November 2016 to complement 203 platforms ordered between 2012 and 2015 from Iveco Defence Vehicles. The vehicle is manufactured at the company's plant of Sete Lagoas in the State of Minas Gerais.
A total of 424 6×6s were received, the army said. Between 5 and 6 vehicles are produced monthly and about 60 annually, a spokesperson for Iveco Defence Vehicles' Brazilian operation told Jane's . Deliveries are scheduled to be completed by 2040.
The programme, which involves other armoured vehicles efforts, contributes to transforming Brazil's motorised infantry units into mechanised infantry units, and to modernise the mechanised cavalry.
Twelve versions are currently planned: reconnaissance vehicle, troop carrier, 120 mm mortar carrier, recovery vehicle, command-post vehicle, ambulance, air-defence, repair, anti-tank missile carrier, surveillance radar carrier, fire direction centre, and forward-observation vehicle. Development of a mortar variant VBCMrt-MSR (Viatura Blindada de Combate Morteiro-Média Sobre Rodas) is a top priority, with one prototype and 100 production vehicles planned.
Kaplan MT Tanks begin production...
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Wednesday, February 05, 2020
Russia's 57-mm gun turret which targets low-flying drones showcased in India's #DefExpo2020
Russia's 57-mm gun turret which targets low-flying drones showcased in India's #DefExpo2020— RT (@RT_com) February 6, 2020
MORE: https://t.co/qm4aW7rWhJ pic.twitter.com/4W20IlcGWR
Coronavirus Precautions From The US Marine Corps (probably meant to be internal)...
Wow. They're adopting "force protection" measures with regard to this virus. Practical planning or another tidbit in the idea that this thing could spiral?
AV-8 8x8 Tactical Wheeled Armored Mortar Vehicle
How many of you remember "Dragon Fire"? How many of you are banging your heads against walls because the USMC came up with it first, bought an impractical substitute and is now devoid of heavy mortars while the rest of the world is climbing all over a concept that you could have had 20 years ago?
Tuesday, February 04, 2020
French Army's 3RIMa became the 1st operational regiment to receive a batch of VBMR Griffon
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Monday, February 03, 2020
CH-47F Block II testing in Mesa Arizona...pics by Dan Parsons
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Budgets are tight. The US Army needs more capability now. I'm betting that they end up picking up this helo and telling Boeing to do another upgrade to their existing birds.
Great solution?
Nope.
But good enough if tight budgets during the term of whoever is the next president is the reality I think it will be.
The terrible thing for the DoD is that from my chair they'll be lucky to keep budgets flat, even with tax increases. The war hawks will be put back into their cages. They've had their bite at the apple for 20 years and have failed us all terribly.
Smarter and much leaner is the future. I hope DoD leadership is planning accordingly.
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