fv1609 Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 What's this all about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m109a3uk Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 looks M113 based looking at the skirts. Is it a jet drive outlet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 looks M113 based looking at the skirts. Is it a jet drive outlet? Very good indeed! Well done! It not actually a M113 but it is based on it. Any idea what it is? It is undergoing water trials with a M113 & FV430. Which did the best in the trials? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Detail of the front float of an amphibious Land Rover? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 OK scrap last, trailer for laying road carpet up a beach? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 Tony you've been beaten to it. The game isn't quite over, we need to establish what the vehicle is & how it compared to M113 & FV430 in water trials. This is how the jet was meant to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 is it a Western vehicle though? :cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 is it a Western vehicle though? :cool2: Yes very much so Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Was it a Sno Cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 Was it a Sno Cat Nope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 A CVR(T) of some description, perhaps? Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 A Cambridge carrier ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 A CVR(T) of some description, perhaps? Andy Nope not CVR(T), this trial was in 1965. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 A Cambridge carrier ? Nope not one of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 Bit of a give away now :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 That's not a CET is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 That's not a CET is it? Nope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 Some more clues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m109a3uk Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 (edited) M114 Lynx! Must be good in the water! Edited February 12, 2013 by m109a3uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 M113 c+r? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 M114 Lynx! Must be good in the water! Yes well done. You have won again! At this stage it was described as the FMC Command & Reconnaisance Vehicle, a prototype manufactured by the FMC Corps as a private venture. In the water it was a little better than the M113, but the FV432 was best in class in the water :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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fv1609 Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 M113 c+r? Sorry missed you in between posts. Yes in effect it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m109a3uk Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Suprised that a 432 was better in the water:red: I would have thought that the Lynx would have been more agile/faster. Nice pics. Is it a trail for UK use seeing the trade plates on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 Suprised that a 432 was better in the water:red: I would have thought that the Lynx would have been more agile/faster.Nice pics. Is it a trail for UK use seeing the trade plates on it? Was doing the rounds of trials in Europe, FVRDE had it for one month in 1964 although the front of the report says it was 1965! "The propulsive efficiency of FV430 is substantially better than the FMC vehicle" "Steering ahead of the FMC is satisfactory and similar to M113 and FV430" Although "Steering astern of FMC is also satisfactory again similar to M113 and very much better than FV430" "The excellent vision through the FMC periscopes was nullified by the absence of any wipers" "There was no ventilation system" IR Vision "No attempt has been made in the design ....to give the field of view requested" "The identification range also falls far short of the requirement stated" Although "The amount of space available to the crew and the good entry and escape hatches. This can only be described as luxurious compared to a three man Ferret"........well yes but that wasn't what it was being compared with in the trials! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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