Jon Hawkes
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With the news of @DefenseSoucy teaming with @SupacatLtd for the UK, a few cool facts showing why CRT technology is awesome. (Note: this thread comes off a bit advertorial but
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Critical Dimensions, latest of my AFV design threads. Critical dimensions are those that define the overall size of the vehicle and constrain many other elements. This is a long one,
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More alternate ways to think about future armoured forces and the role of the tank within them. This time proposing reduced tank fleets due to the increasing capability of IFV-class
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As was widely reported before the weekend, the Industry Day for #OMFV has revealed more detail on the latest attempt to replace Bradley. A few initial observations I did a
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A short intro to front vs rear drive on tracked vehicles, off the back of some debates about front and rear engine layouts on future fighting vehicles. I'm no expert,
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A really interesting presentation at January's #IAVEvent was the Leonardo DRS Mission Command Expeditionary Command Post (MC ECP) concept. A case of new automotive power generation tech enabling a rethink
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As suggested by @tungmetall and after some good points from @EliLea, a few of the negatives/discussion areas building on my thoughts (http://bit.ly/2ONNIdl ) on unmanned turrets yesterday Most of these are
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