Machines | The British Army's New AJAX Armoured Fighting Vehicle
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Footage of the British Army's new AJAX armoured fighting vehicle (AFV). A facility has been opened in Wales to support the assembly, integration and testing of the British Army's new AJAX armoured fighting vehicles. 589 vehicles of 6 variations have been ordered. The video shows the prototype for the armed reconnaissance variant (Ajax). Other variants include a reconnaissance support variant (Ares), a support repair variant (Apollo), an engineer reconnaissance variant (Argus), a command variant (Athena) and a recovery variant (Atlas). Follow us on Twitter for all the latest on UK defence and security: http://bit.ly/1IKVCsO You can also join the new UK Defence Forum for more in-depth UK defence discussion: http://t.co/BitbUtZh68
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Too big to recce, too small to go up against MBT, so, what's the point?
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Does it come with the drums as part of the kit too?
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O.M.G IT LOOKS FANTASTIC!!! ITS WONDERFU!!! A ABSOLTLY MASTER-BUILDET TANK!!! I LOVE IT!!!! THIS IS A MONSTER-FIGHTER ;-) !!!
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I read that these have a top speed of only 40mph...that can't be right?
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Not sure its going to be tough enough, its wearing a dress lol.
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Great for killing people
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"googles GPMG" oh its a >> General-purpose machine gun........... like i say, if its fired by a man standing behind it, then it needs a shield of some sort to protect him................ if its fired from inside via computer & tv's then good...... oh & btw, isnt AJAX a cleaning produced lol
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This replacement looks well to big to fully fulfill the CVRT's primary reconnaissance role. To be honest it looks even bigger than the warrior. Unless the army is shifting more over to wheeled light cavalry for reconnaissance duties.
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Some of this comment section hurts .
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That's a really heavy looking UAV
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my opinion its too big for recon unless troops dismount for close observation but hey I'm just an armchair warrior what do I know!
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I was trying to find what they have for electronic and hard protection on these APC's, but can not find anything. I have to ask, wouldn't it make more sense to put Trophy or something like this that is a active and electronic protection and countermeasure system? I would like to know what the price is, but have seen with Trophy that when they went into Gaza in 2014 with hundreds of Kornet's, APG's, yet there was not one strike against any vehicle. Now this was with the Merkeva, but they have now extended this to the smaller size or mini trophy, seems the extra cost would be worth it if you can save one vehicle from destruction.
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hiding in the bush with the fence behind it. hahahaha
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The British Army's New piñata... Looks like it should be dangling up at a kids birthday party where they all take a wack at it with a bat while blind folded to get the candy out... I'm not sure paper mache armor is the best choice... Had no idea the defense budget had been cut so deep in the UK :)
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I hope these have decent protection on the sides, what with the lack of sloped armour. Scout vehicles are generally supposed to be fast and maneuverable, which I imagine would leave the sides exposed often whilst traversing through environments
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Looks awesome, but one thing: put a little extra money and equip ATGM on this recon vehicle. And a APS system.
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the machine gun on the back should have a bullet proof suround to protect the man using it..... either that or it should be controled from inside :)
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That's a pretty high silhouette for a scouting vehicle. And, it's 2016 ... no sloped armour on the turret? All those flat sides are just begging for RPGs.
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I wonder if this has a silent mode.