Originally posted by na grohmití
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My money is on taking it from the Peacock. You are going to be taking a crew from it anyway, may as well disarm it too. Their days are numbered. While they are still fine for purpose they were designed for, (Coastal patrol) the design was old in comparison to the P20s, and the design did not permit much modernisation.
Long range Offshore patrol is the priority.For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.
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Originally posted by Sparky42 View PostInteresting, so the question remains I suppose is are we buying another unit or taking it from one of the Peacock's
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Originally posted by ancientmariner View PostThere is a risible problem endemic in all our planning and specifications for naval ships, in that we seem to ignore telling the builder that the vessels will be armed requiring foundations and arcs of fire for a variety of weapons and main armament. There is an undercurrent within those providing capital to keep our ships at a suitable only for FP level with a little bit of ATCP fist fighting thrown in. The Naval side need to make developmental demands to provide an all round Naval capability,including filling the gap between the 76mm and 20mm armaments.
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Originally posted by ancientmariner View PostThere is a risible problem endemic in all our planning and specifications for naval ships, in that we seem to ignore telling the builder that the vessels will be armed requiring foundations and arcs of fire for a variety of weapons and main armament. There is an undercurrent within those providing capital to keep our ships at a suitable only for FP level with a little bit of ATCP fist fighting thrown in. The Naval side need to make developmental demands to provide an all round Naval capability,including filling the gap between the 76mm and 20mm armaments.For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.
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Originally posted by na grohmití View PostThere is an undercurrent within the NS senior ranks that would prefer a "simpler" system to arm the vessels instead of the relatively complex OTO Melara. When this is what commanders are thinking, is it any wonder the DoD are reluctant to provide for anything better? We should be glad that others saw sense and forced fitting the P60 with an OTO Melara instead of a low calibre autocannon, such as the Bofors 40mm, which is not as maintenance intensive to certain branches.
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Originally posted by na grohmití View PostThe people resisting modern armament on naval vessels were not even cadets when Eithne was being built.
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We are very lucky for a change to have a FOCNS with an engineering background. He would be one of the few capable of silencing the naysayers, doing so when he held the appointment of OCNSC.
Worth pointing out that the FOCNS was also a cadet while L.E. Eithne was being designed and built, earning his commission in 1983.For now, everything hangs on implementation of the CoDF report.
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