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2021-06-03 Britain

Army's new £5.5bn Ajax tank fleet makes crew sick, can't be driven over 20mph and vibrate so much they can't fire shells on the move, leaked report reveals

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Posted by Skidmark 2021-06-03 08:34|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 I didn't know Boeing was in the armored vehicle business.....

Posted by Mercutio 2021-06-03 08:53|| 2021-06-03 08:53|| Front Page Top

#2 The US-designed tanks are being built in Merthyr Tydfil in south Wales, UK.

Posted by Gerthudion Whomoper3485 2021-06-03 09:46|| 2021-06-03 09:46|| Front Page Top

#3 If the MOD cancels production, the USN or FEMA may be interested in purchasing the remaining inventory.

Posted by Besoeker 2021-06-03 10:29|| 2021-06-03 10:29|| Front Page Top

#4 Just open the port holes.

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-06-03 10:41|| 2021-06-03 10:41|| Front Page Top

#5 The Ajax is not a tank...it's an infantry fighting vehicle...tanks have a much bigger gun and much heavier armor.

Posted by Heavy G 2021-06-03 10:55|| 2021-06-03 10:55|| Front Page Top

#6 BTW...here's a fun fact about Merthyr Tydfil: the Aberfan disaster of 1966 You forgot to attach your link to a bit of text, dear Heavy G, so I added that afterward.
— trailing wife at 1:10 p.m. ET

Posted by Heavy G 2021-06-03 10:57|| 2021-06-03 10:57|| Front Page Top

#7 Let's try this again: BTW...here's a fun fact about Merthyr Tydfil: the Aberfan disaster of 1966
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberfan_disaster

Posted by Heavy G 2021-06-03 11:25|| 2021-06-03 11:25|| Front Page Top

#8 Why are we having a foreign company build these? Had the same problem with the Belgium made M-249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW). They were a complete piece of shit and I had to carry a baggie of feed tray springs with me as they would constantly pop out when shooting and jammed the thing.

Once Colt took over the production those problems became fewer, but the design is still iffy.

Posted by DarthVader 2021-06-03 11:52|| 2021-06-03 11:52|| Front Page Top

#9 The crane variant to lift itself over obstacles is brilliant.

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-06-03 12:22|| 2021-06-03 12:22|| Front Page Top

#10 'Can't be driven over 20 MPH and vibrates so much...'

Automobile review of the 1985 Hyundai Excel?

Posted by Raj 2021-06-03 14:22|| 2021-06-03 14:22|| Front Page Top

#11 WOKE VIBRATING SEX TOYS!

Posted by Sluse Grealet9429 2021-06-03 16:41|| 2021-06-03 16:41|| Front Page Top

#12 Some cheeky snot should suggest this is the time to name a tank after a woman...

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-06-03 17:19|| 2021-06-03 17:19|| Front Page Top

#13 ^--- The Elvira Battle Tank?

(yes I know its not a real battle tank but...)

Posted by CrazyFool 2021-06-03 17:46|| 2021-06-03 17:46|| Front Page Top

#14 Its frumpy, loud, obnoxious, makes people sick, slow, and overpriced.

Lena Dunham.

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-06-03 19:18|| 2021-06-03 19:18|| Front Page Top

#15 [ponders starting campaign to rename the Abbot to Abbott]

Posted by Jumbo Grumble4050 2021-06-03 21:24|| 2021-06-03 21:24|| Front Page Top

#16 Basically an Austrian-Spanish (w/ German running gear) ASCOD IFV w/ a 40mm Brit-French gun. ASCOD has been operational for 20 years and should not be experiencing these problems. Not a lot of American mechanical anything except ownership.

The Ajax, formerly known as the Scout SV (Specialist Vehicle), is a family of armoured fighting vehicles being developed by General Dynamics UK for the British Army.

The Ajax is a development of the ASCOD armoured fighting vehicle used by the Spanish and Austrian armed forces. The family was originally developed by Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeug and Santa Bárbara Sistemas in the early 1990s. Both companies were purchased by General Dynamics in the early 2000s.

Posted by Chereter Smith2995 2021-06-03 23:28|| 2021-06-03 23:28|| Front Page Top

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