sirhc Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/EquipmentAndLogistics/BulldogArrivesAtTheFrontLine.htm Quite ugly, eh? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian2b Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 it dont look that bad i certainly wouldn't say no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhc Posted December 15, 2006 Author Share Posted December 15, 2006 Maybe I should have kept mine and knocked up an add on armour kit from MDF? Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtistsRifles Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 it dont look that bad i certainly wouldn't say no. Give it another couple of years under this present lot and these will be in Withams yard - probably for around £7,500 each!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick garner Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 That looks bloody horrible!! :-o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 Looks like a wedge of cheese......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 As long as it saves lives and does the job, who cares what it looks like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMacD Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 apparently the lads in the Rifles are raving about them. There is more space inside than a Warrior or Saxon, the new engine and transmission means it is very nippy, and the add on armour has saved countless lives. Actually, if you Look at the original concept that was marketed and the one on the streets of Basra you might be able to see how the MoD saved a few bob when procuring them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny666 Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 its the pug uglyness that only the british army could develop lol but i wouldnt refuse one if they were giving it away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted September 15, 2007 Share Posted September 15, 2007 It does make perfect sense to add or put on racks to stop RPG rockets from striking the tracks and the spaced armour to protect the hull , a remote control gun to hit the bad guy's without exposing a gunner to harm. Similar racks or barriers are on the Strikers AFV's . Beauty doesn't protect when you up against EFP's and IED's . Always the fight between having enough Protection and still have a mobile Vehicle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMacD Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 notice that by the time it hit the streets of Basra the Gucci remote cannon and AT missiles have been replaced by a GPMG behind a glass/steel shield - the MoD really know how to look after our lads! :oops2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
da bomb Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 You noticed that as well! i like the aerial farm on a pole put there to obstruct the traverse! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 Remember the operational adage KISS, GPMG can be lot more useful in that enviroment than a 20mm, and you can count the score afterwards. :-D Have a read of the book Sniper One. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMacD Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 thats the kit that stops radio controlled IEDs going off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 its the pug uglyness that only the british army could develop lol but i wouldnt refuse one if they were giving it away I'm fairly sure this modification is heavily influenced by the Israeli Zelda 2, which is a similar looking M113, It has the same corrugated add on armour. I'll attempt to find a snap to post - but actually I recommend the website http://www.idfmodelling.free.fr which has a superb vehicle reference section. Lots to look at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMacD Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Tony B, agree to a certain extent, but a big problem in the Sandpit is the cover available to insurgents - we should have a similar arrangement that tank squadrons had during WW2 when each troop had a Firefly to counter Panthers and Tigers - maybe we should have a 20mm armed Bulldog per company? Then the up-gunned Bulldog could make a hole for the Jimpy to be able to engage more clearly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Ugly is universal. Take a look at the Strykers in Iraq covered in spaced armour and all kinds of junk. I mean, they look fantastic to me. But it can't be how the generals envisaged the Stryker brigades to look in their shiny world at home at the Pentagon. The Bulldog is a beast, but if it is doing the job, then hurrah! I doubt if they'll go onto the collector market with all the bolt on stuff. They'll strip the things back to bare bones, surely?????? Unless they flog the lot to a banana republic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMacD Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 if its Choban armour then it will come off as the make-up is still top secret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonny666 Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 i wouldnt expect to see it on the market i think they will strip it off and use it on something else thats how i personally think they will do it but i mean some sheet steel and time you could make your own Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted September 20, 2007 Share Posted September 20, 2007 Tony B, agree to a certain extent, but a big problem in the Sandpit is the cover available to insurgents - we should have a similar arrangement that tank squadrons had during WW2 when each troop had a Firefly to counter Panthers and Tigers - maybe we should have a 20mm armed Bulldog per company? Then the up-gunned Bulldog could make a hole for the Jimpy to be able to engage more clearly. have you read Sniper one yet? There's the boys that have been there and did it. The biggest grief seems to be some loony who will run up and let fly with an RPG at nought feet or a ten year old kid with a petrol bomb. even a Challenger is hard put when about 15 RPGs at fired at zero feet. Thank God we still haven't got to certains countrys attitudes of shoot everything and let God sort 'em out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 I don't think it looks ugly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haybaggerman Posted November 23, 2007 Share Posted November 23, 2007 I wouldn't mind one either. Looks rather good I think in a non subtle way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 if its Choban armour then it will come off as the make-up is still top secret I doubt it, everything is sold off to investors sooner or later. I think there are plans for QinetiQ (what a silly name) to go on the stock market :shake: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/alan-turnbull/eye-spy-uk-secrets3.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 Yep and the government finally have worked out it was sold on the cheap! Tell me what I didn't know 10 years ago. :dunno: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeEnfield Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 Yep and the government finally have worked out it was sold on the cheap! Tell me what I didn't know 10 years ago. :dunno: What did you expect, :angry: Its getting VERY difficult to keep politics out of some of these threads................. :whistle: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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