its speculation, MOD hasnt confirmed anything on the Sale of the
Bronco. there's no official confirmation.
tell me lionnoisy, which part does it say confirmation ? which
part does it say britan MOD buying bronco ?
another OUTRIGHT LIE
http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?i=3849630&c=ASI&s=LAN
LONDON - Singapore Technologies Kinetics has secured a deal to
supply its Bronco armored all-terrain vehicle to the British
military.
Negotiations on the sale of just over 100 vehicles have been
completed in the last 48 hours, government sources said. The
contract is expected to be announced officially by the MoD within
the week.
The Ministry of Defence denied the deal had been
completed.
In a statement it said, "Discussions are still ongoing
as to the vehicle type to fulfill the Warthog requirement for
operations in Afghanistan. We will procure over 100 new vehicles
with deliveries starting at the end of next year."
A spokeswomen for STK declined to comment.
The selection is a major setback for armored vehicle supplier
BAE Systems. The company's Viking all-terrain vehicle has been in
service with the Royal Marines for several years. It's also been in
use in Afghanistan by the British Army.
BAE's Swedish subsidiary, Hägglunds, bid a Mark 2 version of the
Viking but failed to overcome its Singaporean rival who offered a
higher payload and more capacity to transport troops. Bronco
deliveries are expected to start next year.
The vehicles, to be known as Warthogs in British service, will
replace Vikings currently being operated in southern Afghanistan by
the British military.
Bronco is already in service with the Singaporean armed forces,
but the British deal will be the first export win for STK. Thales
UK is expected to be the vehicle integrator for the British
Broncos.
As the Singaporeans prepare to conclude the deal, it emerged
earlier this week that BAE had secured an urgent
operational requirement to upgrade the Viking fleet in Afghanistan
with increased protection against mines and roadside bombs. About
120 vehicles are having armored belly plates and other measures
fitted.
unlike a certain RAH RAH SINGAH PURRR RAH lion, who's bigotry
knows no limits and simply is too blind to notice his logical
flaws, i prefer to take a more balanced position
+ points
- reference sale
- opportunity to combat prove the Bronco (in afghanistan, a
particularly harsh environment that is known to wear down equipment
and have extremely high attrition rates )
- branding : ST Eng's profile in arms sales may be taken up
another notch
- potential sales : if this sale is successful, the bronco
family of vehicles may be able to break into the UK market and
replace the Bv206 in the future
-points
- as raised by some members in another local forum, Afghanistan
isnt exactly very friendly to vehicles, either way, its going to
have an impact on the performance. this might give the bronco a bad
name in time to come
- 7.62 ball protection and tested protection up to 12kg of TNT
mines isnt exactly going to protect the Bronco from possible larger
land mines and RPG
- if ST ENG screw up this one, they probably can forget about
future sales for this platform
- this may be an interim operation requirement vs a long-term
procurement program. two circumstancial evidence to prove this. not
really strong though,
(i) according to a poster on another forum, Britain has upgraded
its bv206/bv10s to a mk2 standard for an urgent operational
requirement in afghanistan
(ii) NATO uses Bv206/bv10. commonality and similarity across
other armies and operators like sweden, germany, finland and
norway. USMC also operates a variant. Long term wise, the
Procurement of Bronco may be even on a lease agreement since UK MOD
Is cash strapped following the construction of the two carriers and
operations in afghanistan.
my personal take is that, Bronco fits the bill, for now, but is
unlikely to be part of projected future requirements.
Good time for ST eng, first the thai endurance and now the
Bronco. good time to buy ST Stock. order book / production lines
should be good for the next 2-3 years.
good time to congratulate the lion for self-pwning again.
