Still cleaning!
USA: I completely forgot the next as the date of the article will clearly show. That being said it has happened and we got them. I speak of the French
BONUS rounds. Concerning
Ref. 1 & 2 we purchased
additional BONUS rounds on
Mar 03, 2020.
https://www.edrmagazine.eu/u-s-army-...om-bae-systems
https://www.baesystems.com/en/product/155-bonus
(Good review of capabilities an "click" on News to confirm above and additional orders.
So, we have the above date for what I believe to be the second order.
I found a couple of sources to show the
USA and by extension the
USMC (I had posted an article of Marines in an exercise I believe in Africa with the French firing the
BONUS from our 155mm about the time of the above date.) had these rounds in
2000. I've thrown the
BS Flag in the air when I saw that date. That was the year that
France and Sweden put them in service. In
2008 the French used them in combat for the first time.
I can't find an initial
START for them but, based on the above information I feel comfortable in recommending A
START for BOTH the USA and USMC of
UPDATED NOW TO JAN 2019. See next.
Found the following during my
UK BONUS informational search. This dated
09 OCT 2018.
https://www.baesystems.com/en/articl...ided-munitions
And like the tanks the CORPS had, they get their ammo from the Army as well; they "
own" the arsenals (Picatinny, N.J. etc.) and are responsible for the procurement of the same from private industry.
UK: Are operationally now using what is considered probably still the best SPA out there (
"Shoot and Scoot" 30s or slightly less. ). The British Army has been training on these for quite some time so they're ready to use them now.
UK/ADD/ARCHER/COPY/SWEDEN/BW L52 ARCHER/UNIT 416/START JUN 2024/END DEC 2030/AMMO/BONUS ALSO PROCURED. //
https://www.armyrecognition.com/news...oogle_vignette
As a side note
SWEDEN has purchased the latest version of
ARCHER 8x8.
https://www.edrmagazine.eu/additiona...ion-for-sweden
(This will require further research, seem to remember posting a different article from Military-Today on it-miss that site from the Ukraine.)
MBT will have to wait it's late I'm tired and go back to work later this afternoon.
So Good Whatever!!
Regards,
Pat
