Yeah, you got ahead of me on that. I already knew for sometime about
BADGER as well but, just didn't have the time to seek out more data on how bad that situation had gotten until I looked further looked into after I saw the same
JANE's article myself.
Seems like
mid 2022 to
mid 2023 seems where the data shows some including these are where we've had to push some other equipment including tanks i.e.
ALTAY, ARMATA etc., The impact of
COVID-19 (Along with
all the other normal issues in development of these programs.) is going to play
havoc on Defense Budgets (
Already has.) which is projected to have an
impact on ours as well for the upcoming
2021 Fiscal Year.
All we can do is watch and see how far the "
pendulum swings" on some of these programs over the next couple of years.
All I have on
BADGER some contain interesting data on the
MG making it unique. Also one of the refs. shows the configuration of the different turrets that will be fitted on the
BADGER. I believe a couple of the prototypes are of the
ATGW type.
By date order
Oldest to Newest...
https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/moder...-africa/Badger
("According to Denel, the first battalion of 88 vehicles will be completed in 2019. The entire production order is set to be complete by 2022".)
http://www.military-today.com/apc/badger.htm
(Expected in 2019.)
https://www.defenceweb.co.za/feature...adger-vehicle/
https://www.defenceweb.co.za/feature...ombat-vehicle/
https://www.janes.com/defence-news/n...f-5abbf162ef0d
This next I came across during my
BADGER search on the
RATEL Program for those interested.
https://www.forecastinternational.co...fm?ARC_ID=1166
Well that at least let me clean out some files that aren't staring me in the face any longer!
Regards,
Pat
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