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Modelling => Ideas & Inspiration => Land => Topic started by: dy031101 on January 13, 2019, 01:37:06 PM

Title: Warrior Tracked Armoured Vehicle
Post by: dy031101 on January 13, 2019, 01:37:06 PM
A thread for the Warrior, Desert Warrior, Warrior 2000, and all their variants.

Attachments 1 & 2: Warrior IFV with MILAN firing post.

Attachment 3: Desert Warrior, export variant for Kuwait with LAV-25TOW turret.

Attachment 4: Warrior 2000, armed with LAV-30 turret
Title: Re: Warrior Tracked Armoured Vehicle
Post by: dy031101 on January 13, 2019, 01:58:39 PM
What if idea- MILAN Compact Turret in place of gunner's hatch à la an un-adopted variant of the Fox CVR(W) instead of the simple launch post in real-life?

(https://i.imgur.com/V25k11R.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/3fMmREQ.jpg)

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Or, for an idea that involves a launch post, use a TOW system like this instead (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=2706.0;attach=16166)?
Title: Re: Warrior Tracked Armoured Vehicle
Post by: Gingie on January 13, 2019, 10:50:07 PM
ISTR a Warrior Recce version with 5 road wheels and a mast. It might have been painted all-over black?

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Title: Re: Warrior Tracked Armoured Vehicle
Post by: Gingie on January 13, 2019, 10:54:06 PM
MLRS and tracked Rapier
Title: Re: Warrior Tracked Armoured Vehicle
Post by: GTX_Admin on January 14, 2019, 03:39:00 AM
Warrior with 105mm gun:

(https://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/GTwiner/warrior_lmt105_zpsnhbtsxpx.jpg)
(http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e68/GTwiner/warrior_zpsh5npsy4s.jpg)
Title: Re: Warrior Tracked Armoured Vehicle
Post by: M.A.D on January 17, 2019, 11:27:02 AM
What if idea- MILAN Compact Turret in place of gunner's hatch à la an un-adopted variant of the Fox CVR(W) instead of the simple launch post in real-life?

([url]https://i.imgur.com/V25k11R.jpg[/url])
([url]https://i.imgur.com/3fMmREQ.jpg[/url])

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Or, for an idea that involves a launch post, use a TOW system like this instead ([url]http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=2706.0;attach=16166[/url])?



That's not just cool dy031101, it looks very practical IMO!!


M.A.D
Title: Re: Warrior Tracked Armoured Vehicle
Post by: Old Wombat on January 17, 2019, 04:11:04 PM
Not one to miss an opportunity for self-promotion (actually, I am, in a BIG way, usually):

My take on a 90mm armed Warrior;

(https://photos.smugmug.com/RAM-FV521AS-90mm-FSV/i-PBttc28/0/87fae3f7/L/DSCN4243-L.jpg)
http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=6711.msg122805#msg122805 (http://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=6711.msg122805#msg122805)

In reality, & having thought about it since building this, the Warrior's hull would allow for a wider turret ring & a larger turret, making it possible to go from the 2-man Cadillac-Gage turret I used to a better, more ergonomic 3-man turret, in which the commander doesn't have to double as the loader.
Title: Re: Warrior Tracked Armoured Vehicle
Post by: Zaskar24 on January 17, 2019, 07:17:33 PM
Old Wombat, I always thought that was a great idea. The lines of the C-G turret go so well with the hull of the Warrior.

Does anyone know what turret the 105mm armed Warrior uses?
Title: Re: Warrior Tracked Armoured Vehicle
Post by: GTX_Admin on January 18, 2019, 02:10:41 AM
Does anyone know what turret the 105mm armed Warrior uses?


The one in the colour photo above was supposedly a turret derived from the Rooikat wheeled tank destroyer given the Warrior LMT105 was created by Alvis Ltd in cooperation with South African LIW.  See here:  http://www.army-guide.com/eng/product925.html (http://www.army-guide.com/eng/product925.html)

I believe this is the turret:  https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/row/rooikat.htm (https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/row/rooikat.htm)

Title: Re: Warrior Tracked Armoured Vehicle
Post by: apophenia on January 18, 2019, 07:23:33 AM
According to Jane's, Warrior 2000 (650 hp Perkins CV8) with LIW LMT 105 turret was proposed as a light tank to the SANDF with either the second-generation 105mm GT7 L/51 or low-recoil 120mm GT12 L/50 gun.

Attached: page from LMT 105 brochure
Title: Re: Warrior Tracked Armoured Vehicle
Post by: GTX_Admin on January 19, 2019, 01:54:21 AM
To build a Warrior LMT105 one could probably kit bash a 1/35 Warrior kit and a 1/35 Rooikat kit (such as shown below). 

(http://www.internetmodeler.com/2004/november/first-looks/academy_warrior_01.jpg)(https://cdn1.bigcommerce.com/server3000/f452e/products/5004/images/25836/TP_09516__94620.1532198609.1280.1280.jpg?c=2)

You will need to replace the barrel given the standard Rooikat has a 76mm main gun but that shouldn't be too hard (or you could go further whiff and do a Warrior 76mm  ;)).  Putting the Warrior's standard turret with 30 mm RARDEN cannon on the Rooikat hull would also make an interesting whiff out of the effort - a different sort of recon vehicle perhaps?
Title: Re: Warrior Tracked Armoured Vehicle
Post by: Zaskar24 on January 19, 2019, 09:16:58 AM
Does anyone know what turret the 105mm armed Warrior uses?


The one in the colour photo above was supposedly a turret derived from the Rooikat wheeled tank destroyer given the Warrior LMT105 was created by Alvis Ltd in cooperation with South African LIW.  See here:  [url]http://www.army-guide.com/eng/product925.html[/url] ([url]http://www.army-guide.com/eng/product925.html[/url])

I believe this is the turret:  [url]https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/row/rooikat.htm[/url] ([url]https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/row/rooikat.htm[/url])

Thank you for the reply Greg as well as the idea for making a 105mm Warrior!