Day Job

David Potter · #1 27-06-07, 23:32

Evening 'all

Something a little different to illustrate the day job. Not quite right era for this forum but I thought following image might be of interest!

Recently declassified, I am allowed to show this image but not allowed to say who the end users are!

Great bit of kit; I thoroughly enjoyed testing the vehicle last year. As is often the case, the official performance figures are too conservative; suffice to say that it can embarrass many race or rally cars and blowaway just about any road car!

David

Hendrik van Oorspronk · #2 28-06-07, 00:20

Hello, looks great, without all the guns could be a very nice shoppingvehicle, no parkingproblems anymore.

Green (yellow) Greetings

Hendrik van Oorspronk

phoenix · #3 28-06-07, 03:13

supacat HMT I presume as there is a pic of a pile of these lined up on their website.

Something based on the HMT is supposed to replace australias LRPV's starting at the end of this year . interesting.

4bee · #4 28-06-07, 03:34

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..........& with the guns, would deffo find one a GOOD parking space.

Using the 40mm Grenade Launcher would also get you to the front doors quite quickly as well.

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without all the guns could be a very nice shoppingvehicle, no parkingproblems

phoenix · #5 28-06-07, 08:34

another pic

MWMIK 4x4 vehicle to replace 110 in British service. thought they looked like british cams in the first pic

info here
http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/De...Capability.htm

Alex Blair (RIP) · #6 28-06-07, 12:57

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Originally posted by 4bee
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..........& with the guns, would deffo find one a GOOD parking space.

Using the 40mm Grenade Launcher would also get you to the front doors quite quickly as well.

This is all that it would be good for ...or paintball...
It would be useless in any combat or military application involving shooting...any Canadian prairie kid with a .22 caliber single shot Cooey could take out the personel on board at 100 yards...
It's French..you say??
And fast...you say..???
And how many reverse gears does it have..???

4bee · #7 28-06-07, 13:01

The antenna mount looks extremely vulnerable. One low flying branch & it would be history.

Hanno Spoelstra · #8 28-06-07, 15:54

Those new vehicles look more and more like coming straight from the film set of Mad Max

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servicepub (RIP) · #9 28-06-07, 15:56

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Originally posted by David Potter
....and blowaway just about any road car!

Yes, and with that armament it could also blowaway any truck also.

mike mckinley · #10 28-06-07, 17:57

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Originally posted by Hanno Spoelstra
Those new vehicles look more and more like coming straight from the film set of Mad Max

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ahhh, mad max, one of my favorite movies, would this vehicle be classified as an interceptor, or a persuit special?

David Potter · #11 02-07-07, 18:28

Keeping to "softskin" definition of forum; here is another declassified project which I was involved in a few years ago (MoD even permitted me to use image on my company website). We were not trying to roll the truck but, with full load of ammo boxes, did manage to get all the inside wheels off the ground; a pity the photographer did not capture that image!

I will try and dig out some images of new British Army MAN (due to member request); I test drove the 8x8 last week at Millbrook.

David

chris vickery · #12 03-07-07, 02:13

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Originally posted by Alex Blair
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It's French..you say??
And fast...you say..???
And how many reverse gears does it have..???

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I suppose Alex that you'd like to know if it comes with a white flag as standard vehicle kit as well????

Bill Murray · #13 05-07-07, 23:11

I have already stated my thoughts about the Dutch tanks and I feel the same way about unarmoured Recce vehicles.

Go to http://www.militaryphotos.net
Go to Forums
Go to Strictly Photos
Search for "Oddball Vehicles in Iraq".

There, you will find a lot of examples of upgraded soft skin vehicles that were cobbled up because of the radically changed nature of anti insurgent activities we see nowadays.

The site does not like hotlinking photo content threads so that is why I ask that you do it this way so you can browse without upsetting the "management".

Edit: They do not seem to offer a search option unless you register. You have to go to posts of the last year and go to page 103 to find the thread. My apologies. Great site by the way.
Bill