Hi all
I've just finished reading Karl Martin's book about Army vehicles and several items within surprised me.With regard to the AML90s, he stated that the 90 is normally only fired with the gun in line with the hull, because the recoil can jolt the car back a couple of feet, whilst attempting to squash the gunner with the breech and that the crew have to remove headlamps before firing, because the backblast will smash them!? Is that for real? An AFV that is more of a threat to itself than the target!! Also, he said that 70 Landrover 110s were scrapped after only three years service because a diesel refit programme failed because of bad gearbox ratios?! Does that mean that 70 vehicles and all the funds spent on same were wasted!!?? Now that is a gross waste, if ever I heard it. Any comments?
regards
GttC
I've just finished reading Karl Martin's book about Army vehicles and several items within surprised me.With regard to the AML90s, he stated that the 90 is normally only fired with the gun in line with the hull, because the recoil can jolt the car back a couple of feet, whilst attempting to squash the gunner with the breech and that the crew have to remove headlamps before firing, because the backblast will smash them!? Is that for real? An AFV that is more of a threat to itself than the target!! Also, he said that 70 Landrover 110s were scrapped after only three years service because a diesel refit programme failed because of bad gearbox ratios?! Does that mean that 70 vehicles and all the funds spent on same were wasted!!?? Now that is a gross waste, if ever I heard it. Any comments?
regards
GttC
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