House Rules Apply here, as noted. It is that time of year again.
Don,
After a couple of emails back and forth, Ralph Zwilling from TANK MASTERS has agreed to provide me with answers to my questions concerning the current
LEOPARDS in service with the
BUNDESWEHR.
My focus is from the
LEOPARD 2A5 to the
LEOPARD 2A7V.
I also hope to get his thoughts concerning the
BOXER T-40 for use in the BUNDESWEHR and concerning the UK's possible acquisition of them vice the
AJAX and
WARRIOR CSP.
KMW has already approached the
Government and
MOD about procuring the
BOXER T-40 which like the
French JAGUAR is ready
to go vice
AJAX and
WARRIOR CSP.
I started that Post (
Word Doc) concerning the above before work today and will hopefully have it finished before I go back to work Tuesday. I will leave you with this much from my ref,
France and
Germany adhered to the following...
If it ain't broke, don't fix it., the
UK should've followed suit.
The issue isn't in the
CT-40 Cannon but, in the fact that UK/Lockheed Martin/BAE changed the subsystems
vice keeping the one that was designed to support the
CT-40 as designed.
They "
cocked it up" and it appears they might pay a heavy price for it.
So there is no operational AJAX or WARRIOR CSP.
The French might have theirs (JAGUAR)
FIELDED possibly by the end of this year or just into
2021 since their Gun Systems
actually work.
But before I go,
do you have a couple of questions about LEOPARD or other you want me to ask Ralph about?
The man has access, he writes books on their equipment and ours and does a lot of consulting and photographic work to include for
JANE's.
Also for you from
19 OCT 2020...
Tank-Masters.de visited
1st Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment "War Eagles“ (USA-Mine) during their training as part of the exercise
Dragoon Thunder 20 at the Maneuver Rights Area (MRA) near Hirschau.
Enjoy!
http://tank-masters.de/?cat=4
Regards,
Pat
