Telford Tank Man

Not linked to any companies, all opinions are my own.

[Telford Tank Man @Tankman94]

@thinkdefence Have a look at Helix, another UK company producing very high performance motors with lots of potential defence applications...

[Telford Tank Man @Tankman94]

@thinkdefence Could probably tow that behind a pickup...

[Telford Tank Man @Tankman94]

@thinkdefence I think that's unfair on Army tbh, some of our kit through the years has been world class, 432, warrior, BR90, T2 etc the issue has been our inability to give out bribes like Ze Germans and the yanks to sell our kit abroad. As defence has been cut, export has been killed.

[Telford Tank Man @Tankman94]

@thinkdefence Oh, it's like a Warrior 513 but bigger, worse and much more expensive! Where do I sign?!

[Telford Tank Man @Tankman94]

@Keir_Starmer Just making the country so shit no one wants to live here isn't exactly a win 🤣

[Telford Tank Man @Tankman94]

@Gabriel64869839 I mean 6 months is 182 days, so he wasn't wrong.

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@thinkdefence I get that we are stuck with Ajax, but given that is only happening because GD have a better legal team than MOD, is it actually advisable to buy more equipment from a company with such questionable practices?

[Telford Tank Man @Tankman94]

@thinkdefence Good luck winning a contract with something like that. Champagne tastes lemonade budget.

[Telford Tank Man @Tankman94]

@ThackhamJosh @MtarfaL @tinman197474747 @larisamlbrown Almost a century. Not many engineering companies had such an effect on global engineering standards and British history. Alas here we are.

[Telford Tank Man @Tankman94]

@thinkdefence Like Shielder?

[Telford Tank Man @Tankman94]

@thinkdefence If there are any people left to pay for it?! I know dozens in the industry who want to leave. Fed up losing half our wages and getting nothing back.

[Telford Tank Man @Tankman94]

@UKDefJournal Ah yes, replace the old, obsolete, bespoke LR fleet with an old, obsolete, bespoke Toyota.
only logical choice is the Mercedes like so many of our NATO allies.

[Telford Tank Man @Tankman94]

@TotherChris First I've heard of this? Any details?

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@BearJFK I mean RBSL still own the design rights and tooling and these were originally made in the Telford factory soooo.....

[Telford Tank Man @Tankman94]

@thinkdefence Probably want to run a few nation wide exercises, to see how quickly we can actually deploy a sensible force to the continent.

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@thinkdefence Marshalls must be pissed!

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@thinkdefence Closing Chertsey started the decline of AFVs

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@BearJFK Exactly, Recce in force is a dead concept. It was dying when Ajax was conceived. Yet again the British Army is leading the way in obsolete concepts.

[Telford Tank Man @Tankman94]

@thinkdefence Be really handy if Terrier was coming up for a midlife upgrade 😉 designed and built in the UK and using a COTS engine and proven transmission. Great little truck, if a bit complicated.

[Telford Tank Man @Tankman94]

@Mark1_1984 @thinkdefence @Sam_Cranny Terrier breaching is a terrible idea. We have Trojan for that! Just needs to be remote control, which was proposed initially but Army didn't want it.