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Australian Military Vehicle Development
GTX_Admin:
--- Quote from: M.A.D on April 18, 2013, 10:32:03 AM ---
If only Australia had the fortitude and political will to design such specialised vehicles, talored to Australian Army needs :P
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Rickshaw:
We do not lack imagination and we don't lack ingenuity what we lack is the large scale orders required to normally launch and build these sorts of vehicles nowadays.
Claymore:
It seems to me that Australia and Britain really should be working closer regarding the provision of protected mobility. Both the Bushmaster and Hawkei are excellent vehicles and are just the thing we should be operating too - certainly my Regt should (RAF Regt) as our Australian counterparts already use the Bushmaster. Sadly, we are stuck with Jackal and Coyote (outgoing), Husky (incoming) and the Juggernaut that is Mastiff. Oh to be King for a day!
GTX_Admin:
The Force Protection Ocelot/Foxhound (see pic below) was offered to Australia a couple of years ago for the Project Land 121 Phase 4 – Protected Mobility Vehicle (Light) program. Other contenders were the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV), the MOWAG Eagle and the eventual winner, the Thales Hawkei. A large part of the reason why Hawkei was selected was because it was designed/developed and would be manufactured in Australia. However, this doesn't mean it was selected only because of this - it is afterall comparable to those competing international platforms.
There certainly are moves to interest other armies in the likes of the Hawkei and Bushmaster. I have even shared a stand at DSEi with the Thales folks as they tried to sell the Hawkei.
Wrt the Bushmaster, there has been some export success with the likes of the Dutch and low and behold, the British Armies operating some. It has also been offered (unsuccessfully) to the USA and is also being offered to the likes of Spain, France and others. What's really good is that you can already get of kit of it:
GTX_Admin:
I also like the Bushmaster Copperhead armoured combat support vehicle:
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