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Scorpion replacment?
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long time ago.
any more off topic about israelis will incure severe wrath as you all know well it doesn't belong here. Back to CVRT discussion please.
What(or more importantly, why) the upgrade ?Last edited by Turkey; 13 August 2013, 13:51."Are they trying to shoot down the other drone? "
"No, they're trying to fly the tank"
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The upgrade should have happened 10-15 years ago, when the rest of the Armoured fleet went diesel. It didn't. The scorpion no longer has a place on the armoured orbat. The only reason the UK forcec upgraded their scimtars etc was because they urgently needed vehicles of this type in Iraq etc. The Irish DF has no such urgent requirement in its overseas deployments, even if the vehicle was ever deployed. To date the cars have barely gone beyond the Glen of Imaal, and anywhere further was on the back of DROPS or Low Loader.
Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.
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and anywhere further was on the back of DROPS or Low Loader
Correct....and as it should be.
Look at what the British Army has spent on dedicated tank transporters in the past years....and why... because tanks don't get driven any where, the get dropped there,fight,get picked up....and go home.
Hence the German invasion of Russia in 1941 failed.......they wore out the tanks driving them to the battlefield.
What(or more importantly, why) the upgrade
(b) Diesel engine.
Commonality of fuel and lack of means of transporting petrol and the need to have petrol in storage.Last edited by hptmurphy; 13 August 2013, 14:49.Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe
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Originally posted by trellheim View PostSo, who then said ... rifles or diesels... and why now !"It is a general popular error to imagine that loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for it's welfare" Edmund Burke
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Tender for engines perhaps, swap-out would be done in cavalry workshops. Haven't one or two received the diesel engine already?Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe
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t regularly ploughed trees out of the way to recover a few mis-laid mowags up to their bo***cks in mud! A scorpion could've done the sameCovid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe
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