ruxy Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-58502779 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 Certainly not quick as a Flash! I note that they are now testing at Milbrook rather than Hurn or Longcross. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 Some more in-depth analysis here. It sounds a right shambles, do they really not even use jigs for equipment mounting holes? https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/british-armys-greek-tragedy Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Johns Posted September 13, 2021 Share Posted September 13, 2021 (edited) On 9/12/2021 at 1:31 PM, andym said: Certainly not quick as a Flash! I note that they are now testing at Milbrook rather than Hurn or Longcross. Andy Longcross was closed down sold off years ago, its now a film studio/industrial park, & housing development, Hurn is/was a driver training site Edited September 13, 2021 by Nick Johns Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Grundy Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 15 hours ago, andym said: Some more in-depth analysis here. It sounds a right shambles, do they really not even use jigs for equipment mounting holes? https://rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/british-armys-greek-tragedy Andy That was an interesting read from RUSI. There was more to this problem than what the news headlines mention. I might add 'as always'.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 11 hours ago, Nick Johns said: Longcross was closed down sold off years ago, its now a film studio/industrial park, & housing development, Hurn is/was a driver training site Chertsey is a film studio (although known as Longcross), the test track is on the other side of the M3. Hurn used to lease a portion of the site for commercial driver training a while back, but it was discontinued due to health and safety concerns. It's always been a vehicle test and evaluation site, in fact it was where I first saw Ajax running around! It closed recently and I wondered if the testing might have moved to Longcross but apparently it's gone to Milbrook. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 7 minutes ago, Bob Grundy said: That was an interesting read from RUSI. There was more to this problem than what the news headlines mention. I might add 'as always'.... Indeed - bits shearing off is hardly encouraging! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruxy Posted September 14, 2021 Author Share Posted September 14, 2021 You couldn't make it up ! 80 years the nutter Geoffrey Pyke of the 'Pyke's Uphill Rivers' project and Habbakuk project , a 2.2 million tons displacement aircraft carrier (x50 the displacement of a battleship) - made from frozen Pykrete (sort of a frozen woodchip) - a prototype was built in Canada. Pyke's fast armoured snow vehicle for northern Norway - apparently led to the M-25 Weasel. Pyke for his efforts was paid just over £30 per week, that during WW2 was absolutely ££ top $ for a unknown deep thinker (but he was a crony of Churchill's cronies) , put it all down to inflation and out of 10 + totally barmpot idea - you might just get something that both works and is serviceable under the battle conditions it was intended for, there again AJAX could just be lots of £££££ funny money for the few. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 From Jeremy Quin's recent statement to Parliament: "It remains impossible to share with this House 100% confidence that this programme will succeed or, if it does, the timing of achieving Full Operating Capability." Hardly encouraging! Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1950 Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 I see Ajax is on the go again. They seem to have spent the time trying to mitigate the effects of the problem rather than solve the root cause. Issuing 2 types of ear defenders will help but if that is what is needed! So our modern army ends up having to use and make work on overweight outdated designed vehicle, let us hope the equipment that it is fitted with comes up to scratch. We are not the only ones with problems, the American army replacement for the Bradley is having problems with stability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted February 25, 2023 Share Posted February 25, 2023 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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