militant-nick Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-29040182 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbo Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 The long awaited FRES cvrt replacement - described as highly agile - it will need to be with a weight in excess of 30 tons..! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Herbert Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Surely this is a replacement for Warrior, which did not replace CVRT because it was too big, too heavy and too expensive. How is this a step forward? David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbo Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Oh David don't get me started! If you google FRES you will see that this has been a debacle which has been going on for the best part of 15 years, and earlier if you take account of previous proposed cvrt replacements. This is what you get when you design a vehicle by committee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
militant-nick Posted September 3, 2014 Author Share Posted September 3, 2014 Bit of towing going on here; More info here; More recent post presented by Christopher F Foss, note the weight he mentions; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulob1 Posted September 4, 2014 Share Posted September 4, 2014 know nothing about it but it doesnt look too bad and sounds excellent electronically. what are the gripes, just its weight... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbo Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Paul I think for most people it is the weight and whether a 40 ton vehicle can ever be successful in it's stated role of armoured recce. If it can then why didn't they just replace CVRT with some variant of Warrior (they didn't coz it was too big!).. However, what's done is done and they will now just have to make the best of it. On the positive side there might be lots of cvrt spares around soon - assuming they don't all go to Latvia! Cheers Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulob1 Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Paul I think for most people it is the weight and whether a 40 ton vehicle can ever be successful in it's stated role of armoured recce. If it can then why didn't they just replace CVRT with some variant of Warrior (they didn't coz it was too big!).. However, what's done is done and they will now just have to make the best of it. On the positive side there might be lots of cvrt spares around soon - assuming they don't all go to Latvia! Cheers Tim true the cvrt is a good recce vehicle, and will be a good sale to countries that need them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naruto Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 saw this article, 123 cvrt's are sold to Lativa http://www.defensenews.com/article/20140904/DEFREG01/309040030/With-Scout-SV-Deal-Done-UK-Sell-Surplus-CVR-T-s-Latvia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzkpfw-e Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 A vehicle for yesterday's wars? http://www.eureferendum.com/blogview.aspx?blogno=85176 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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