Posted on 10/03/2017 6:31:57 AM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
The Czech army was highly impressed by the Israeli-made Namer APC, and requested the right to purchase it, the Below The Turret defense magazine reported.
According to the report, the Czech army asked Israel to buy the Namer, (Hebrew for "leopard") to replace its aging Soviet-made BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle. The report said further that the Namer was among nine finalists, but Israel didn't respond with a price quote in time for the deadline.
The report noted that "at the time of the tender request, the latest version of the Namer fitted with an unmanned turret had not been presented. At that time the only available infantry fighting vehicle configuration of the Namer was limited to a few prototype vehicles fitted with the Samson Mk 1 remote weapon station."
"Using this remote weapons station instead of a proper unmanned turret has one major drawback: it is essentially unarmored and can in the worst case be disabled by machine gun fire because the ammunition feed system and parts of the electronics are not covered by any sort of armor."
In August, Israel rolled out a new model of the Namer that is outfitted with a 30 mm cannon as part of the IDF's effort to upgrade its urban warfare capabilities.
Unlike the Merkava Tank, the cannon in the Namer will not require a soldier to be vulnerable while operating it by standing in the turret, also freeing up space and enabling the APC to transport more soldiers. The gun is remotely controlled by soldiers riding inside the belly of the Namer, with the aid of video cameras.
The cannon was added to improve the Namer's urban warfare capabilities, something to which the IDF attached top priority after 2014's Operation Protective Edge. Another APC,
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Could be of good use by the Detroit or Chicago Police.
But only if we institute a totalitarian government that was a marxist’s wet dream.
For those of us who still believe even very slightly in the checks and balances framed in the constitution, law enforcement absolutely should have to request a specific aid from the state militia or national guard through the State Governor on a case by case basis each time they access something like that.
Like a search warrant, such a request will always be approved...
No. It will not.
Because unlike judiciary elections Governor’s elections are accompanied by a vast array of opponents who will nit pick every blunder he makes, starting from the very moment each decision is made.
So, from the moment military hardware was authorized all of the would be candidates for Governor will be watching, ready to record any and ever error and present it to the public in the most unflattering way imaginable.
Judges do not have that pressure.
This principle is why Sheriffs tend to be somewhat more competent than Police Chiefs.
The Governor can’t afford to screw up. He can’t afford to withhold help when it is desperately needed nor can he lend resources to some poorly concieved screwball plan. That is why the system is designed as it is.
Being based on the Merkeva tank the Namer is very heavy at 60 tonnes. In comparison the Bradley IFV clocks in at almost 28 tonnes.
tried staying downtown in either place recently??
Turret/module looks akin to that of a Ukr. BTR-4. Somewhat akin that is.
The Israelis like putting their infantry behind THICK armor... and all of their scrimmages are ‘home games’ where the armor rolls into battle directly frome their basing areas. If Czech doctrine is going to be similar to Israel’s... why not?
Namer is an excellent combat vehicle. Heavy, yes, but designed to fight and survive in the Golan Heights. I worked with the IDF and the Namer program many years ago, knew they were looking to put a mid caliber cannon on it to make it a fighting vehicle and not just a carrier.
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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These are the guys who used to sell arms to Egypt for Russia. Catching! Thank you. Come again.
Maybe it’s spelled “Kaching!”? Or is it “Katching!”?
The extra weight probably means greater protection for the crew and troops which would be a good thing in urban areas. I’ve seen some interesting proposals where one takes the turret off a tank and replaces it with a remote weapon station with the main weapon being a 30mm or 40mm cannon.. This gives the crew very good protection but the design can’t carry troops.
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