andym

I thought the same when I read the announcement, fix the symptoms not the disease. I wonder if they've also fixed the issue of every hull being different because no-one thought to use a jig? Andy

See page 16 here: http://www.radiomanual.info/schemi/Surplus_Handbooks/Racal_antennas_catalogue_1986.pdf Andy

Some photos might be helpful - this subject has been explored on here before, if I recall correctly. Andy

There's a distinct difference between a turnover of £8M and a profit of £8M, methinks?

Do we actually know that, or is it just speculation? (I'll ignore the phantom gold bars!)

It's a very strange box as all it really seems to do is convert a five pin connector to a four pin one. I'm not an expert on CVRTs - is it even a standard fitment, I wonder? Andy

Very odd. Note that the threaded end of a BV cable goes to the box, the unthreaded end to the BV. Andy

There was a piece on BBC South Today about it, claiming problems with money laundering regulations. Andy

That just looks like a pair of BV connectors to me?

I'm rather confused. Do you have a photo of the undocumented connectors?

Yorkshire Wartime Experience: https://www.yorkshirewartime.co.uk/ Andy

If you want a worthy replacement for W&P and don't mind traveling I'd suggest going up to Bradford for YWE. I'll be there. 🙂 Andy

Judging by the diagram, the 4-pin connector is something to do with the NBC fan and scavenge blower. It seems to be intended to prevent the NBC fan starting unless the engine is running. Andy

That one isn't ANR, it's the older version.

Surely any ANR headset would work? Look at Racal RA180 or RA195 as examples. Andy

As far as I'm aware the "digital" simply refers to the way the internals work and doesn't affect compatibility with anything else. Yes, you should be able to mix ANR and non-ANR boxes with the expected result. The footswitch will be wired into the pressel circuit somewhere, possibly a connector on the commander's box. Andy

We definitely can't afford the fuel for that!

But does that really matter? Surely the hull and transmission are just there to get the new (and clever) bits to where they're needed?

An IB-3 would be a better bet than the IB-2 for your application as you don't need the IB-2's extra complexity. That said, the Radio Lines Box will provide power to the harness, too. The external tank telephone is usually connected by yet another box, the TAB (Telephone Adaptor Box). There's a complete list of the boxes with explanations here: http://daimlerferret.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Clansman-harness-manual.pdf Andy

We can't afford the fuel for any more, can we? 🙂 Andy

I don't think it's either, looks computery rather than radioy. 🙂 Andy

I don't think there's such a thing as an IB-1, but either an IB-2 or IB-3 will work for what you want. The Clansman Radio Lines Box isn't the same as an IB-2, it's for vehicles like the Abbot that may have land lines fed to them from a command post. The 12-pin cables are indeed designed as a daisy chain but you don't actually need to close the loop to make it a ring, that's just for redundancy. You won't easily find part numbers for the cables because they are vehicle dependent due to length etc. Just try to find ones of the correct length or make them up yourself as has been suggested above. The 12-pin connectors are particularly "interesting" to solder up! Hope that helps! Andy

Mr Google says that it's an external memory device for the artillery Fire Control Application: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/249894/KIT79_combined.pdf Andy

I haven't done it myself, but that's what the manual says; 2350-T-251-522, Chapter 1-5, Pages 10 and 11. Andy

It will also be interesting to see what Ukraine does with 34 M1 Abrams. I suspect they'll drive them around a bit and then park them away somewhere in favour of Leopard IIs? Andy