I'm going to introduce a new ref here that focuses on Europe and especially Poland but still manages to maintain a world view. I've waited for a while to see how they did against their contemporaries I've used for years to include JANE'S. We'll benefit from the added content, I hope they'll be useful and you enjoy their work. Same applies as posted in the Jets Thread.
1.
Poland and the
KRAB 155mm SPA along with rechecking the issue concerning the South Korean
THUNDER and Turkeys
T-155 FIRTINA. That the
KRAB will need some rework in the Polish OOB I don't doubt, however, I hope about the other two it'll be more of a verification process (
) though along with the
K2 MBT, South Korea has had issues with the
"THUNDER" as well. Below is an excerpt taken from the ref below it. The emboldening is mine.
"Despite the fact that the license for manufacturing the
Turrets for the Krab howitzers has been purchased back in 1999, ever since then the Polish Army has received only 8 vehicles, most of which faced defects in the chassis. MoD Secretary of State, Czesław Mroczek, claimed that he will not tolerate any further delays in the Krab programme. The issue has been thoroughly analysed by Defence24.pl."
http://www.defence24.com/analysis_kr...nds-the-crisis
2.
LEBANON will keep me busy in the
APC area as well but since we're here,
CAESAR has come back again to the region...
http://www.janes.com/article/49274/i...caesar-systems
3.
CHILE gets 12
M109A5 155mm SPA units...
http://www.armyrecognition.com/febru...howitzers.html
4. When
INDIA gets their "**** in one sock" they can develop very advanced systems case in point the
AKASH SPAA platform...
http://www.armyrecognition.com/febru...e_systems.html
5.
UK orders
FLAADS SPAA using the highly successful CAMM Missile (Land version) that was originally developed for use by the
RN...
http://www.janes.com/article/47936/u...stem-from-mbda
6.
IRAQ has received the
BULGARIAN D-20 152mm as well as Russian artillery. I believe Don will enter the TOS-1A when they (Andy) decide they are ready to do so. So as I pointed out on one of the items from the JET Thread last night there's again "
news within the news" with this ref...
http://www.janes.com/article/47872/i...rian-d-20-guns
7.
INDIA again this time has started to field an upgraded version of the
ZSU-23-4 Schilka, hopefully the Russian OOB might provide something I can refer to if not well it won't be the first time we reinvented the wheel...
http://www.army-technology.com/news/...om-bel-4451712
That should do it for now here, so good night!
Regards,
Pat
