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Dec 10 • 16 tweets • 6 min read
For months now we have been watching small drones drop grenades on soldiers in trenches. What I have not seen is effective counter measures?
Has anyone seen any innovation in trench warfare and protection from the drones?
#DASA invested in a #TakeCover project to invest the Universal Battle Trench (UBT), but it has not progressed past a concept?
Innovation in defence must be something every force is considering. @thinkdefence has been writing about it for years, an we know the risk of not listening to him!
Having infantry stare down armour and artillery but also to survive drones is urgent! If sandbags are still the solution I think we are asking the wrong question! @GaardTech
Why has there not been more innovation in the force protection of soldiers?
Dying in place cannot be acceptable to the west so what are we going to do differently?
2022 years ago this was ok. Surely we must have a new approach to survive in the future!
I have been sent some amazing video and posts from others for will try to share!
This one shows a bomb catcher!
Maybe we need to consider prefab concrete and extensive defence of strongpoints?
In Australia we probably need to consider how we can use mines and tunnels. Shot Crete might be a critical capability!
Doesn’t take much to get detected!
Ok this one from @2805662 is too good not to share. Down the pipe with a grenade!
Even to Taliband have gotten into UAS.
Ok I should have know that @thinkdefence has already written on this topic! See @thinkdefence thoughts on the topic.

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Oct 10
Do you know what this image is? It is a mock-up image of Project Waler, the IFV to be procured by the Australian Army in the 1980's. Somehow this project went from being a IFV to a dune buggy before it was cancelled.
Project Waler was cancelled by the Hawke ALP Government in July 1985 due to concerns over the cost and capabilities of the proposed vehicles. There is an excellent summary here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_W…
Lets hope that LAND 400-3 will continue to progress, yes it is expensive but it is the final piece in a program of the hardened and networked army started over 15 years ago.
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Sep 29, 2020
Tank gets destroyed and people cry it’s the end of the tank. Hundreds of infantry get killed and we celebrate their lives. No one asks if the days of sending in poorly protected infantry are over? Lots of UAV get destroyed and no one claims the end of UAV. What is it about tank?
Why is the tank constantly the weapon system in the cross hairs when it comes to budgets or the end is coming. These tanks do not reflect basic TTP. Any miss employed system with poorly trained crews will fail!
Poorly protected, maintained for too long, no upgrades are a death trap! Why do people keeping weapons systems that are clearly obsolete and beyond their life of type.
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Sep 18, 2020
What is the platform for close reconnaissance in conventional operations high intensity battlegroups? Image
Great Medium Reconnaissance capability but not Formation or Close Reconnaissance. Image
Is this the real future of Formation and Close Reconnaissance? @sheldonsmiths @strategic_tank @EliLea1 @nicholadrummond @ODowcett @gunner_schmulke @thepagey Image
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Sep 18, 2020
Lots of discussion about MBT, IFV, JLTV, and vehicles getting bigger for protection. AJAX is big as well so what is the future of Formation Reconnaissance and Close Reconnaissance? Image
Is the future going to be robotic and autonomous, or is there now a need for a new class of reconnaissance vehicles? Image
Should we be considering Formation Reconnaissance as the place of the Boxer CRV or is Boxer CRV the wheeled IFV of the future to compliment the future Heavy IFV? Image
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Sep 14, 2020
Too much talk about #tanks this week @nicholadrummond . Time for a new topic, what is the best infantry fighting vehicle pack? Can anything beat the turtle @thinkdefence . What work are you doing on this @thepagey . Overloaded infantry with big packs will not fit in modern IFV. Image
@2805662 have you seen anything that is setting a new benchmark? @Foliohat how big have the Finish packs got? What is the Russian gear like for packs and AFV @gunner_schmulke ?
Is there a pick that works well with vehicle and has utility in a dismounted role?@MAGTravF has the USMC stopped trying to do the one size fits all pack (ALICE my back still hurts). @lachlan_poppins anything interesting from Rheinmetall? Image
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Sep 1, 2020
I just found a photo on the net of the 1983 FMC offer for Project Waler which was the last time the @AustralianArmy tried to purchase 800-1000 IFV. @EliLea1 @aussie_tanker @strategic_tank @thepagey image where we would be now if RAAC ego had not got in the way of Mechanization! Image
Are there lessons to be learned as we buy the most effective, highly protected and capable wheeled IFV in the world the @boxercrv ! Image
With the @lynxifv on the world stage, and the #hanwha IFV about to be unveiled is it time for the SoArmd to no longer be the Chief Instructor for Mech/Armd Inf, Eng, Arty and RAEME? Image
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