StealthTallyFox
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bit of a milnerd and artist. still learning stuff. does take commission, just DM me in here. Or honestly just @ me.
Been a while, might do a little, fun thread yapping about Project Grayburn some time soon ish. That said, I'll have to say the known entries have been mostly... 'disappointing'? I think that's too strong of a word to describe it. Maybe 'meh'? Yeah, 'meh' works well enough.
Beretta Defence Technologies UK (BDT UK) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Cambridge Precision to manufacture key components for its Project Grayburn bid to replace the SA80 rifle. #DSEI2025
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BDT UK partners with Cambridge Precision on rifle bid
Beretta Defence Technologies UK (BDT UK) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Cambridge Precision to manufacture key components for its Project Grayburn bid to replace the SA80 rifle. #DSEI2025
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September 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Been a while, might do a little, fun thread yapping about Project Grayburn some time soon ish. That said, I'll have to say the known entries have been mostly... 'disappointing'? I think that's too strong of a word to describe it. Maybe 'meh'? Yeah, 'meh' works well enough.
Hello there, what is it with British military news lately covering these potential systems that I had fun looking into... Granted, it was for my "highly sophisticated wargaming session" & the faction using these systems was modelled/based off British Armed Forces, but hey! Might mean another thread!
The proposed system would operate from the Royal Navy’s Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft carriers and provide “persistent 24-hour surveillance” in support of Carrier Strike Group operations.
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Britain looking for new early warning aircraft for carriers
The UK is seeking industry input on a carrier-based airborne early warning solution—likely drone-based—potentially costing up to £1.2bn to protect its Carrier Strike Groups.
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April 10, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Hello there, what is it with British military news lately covering these potential systems that I had fun looking into... Granted, it was for my "highly sophisticated wargaming session" & the faction using these systems was modelled/based off British Armed Forces, but hey! Might mean another thread!
Very late, but since the topic was recently brought up in a... "Highly complex wargaming scenario" of mine, or perhaps should be more appropriately called "fanfic", I figure having a short thread about this might be nice.
Replacing the iconic Land Rover and to lesser extent the Pinzgauer is- 1/n
Replacing the iconic Land Rover and to lesser extent the Pinzgauer is- 1/n
NEW BLOG POST
Part 5 of the Light Mobility Vehicle (LMV) series, the vehicle that will replace Land Rover and Pinzgauer in the British Army
www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2025/04/ligh...
Part 5 of the Light Mobility Vehicle (LMV) series, the vehicle that will replace Land Rover and Pinzgauer in the British Army
www.thinkdefence.co.uk/2025/04/ligh...
Light Mobility Vehicle (LMV) — Runners and Riders - Think Defence
This latest version has centred on the SF type specification that could potentially meet the Light Mobility Vehicle — Tactical Vehicle requirement, although
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April 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Very late, but since the topic was recently brought up in a... "Highly complex wargaming scenario" of mine, or perhaps should be more appropriately called "fanfic", I figure having a short thread about this might be nice.
Replacing the iconic Land Rover and to lesser extent the Pinzgauer is- 1/n
Replacing the iconic Land Rover and to lesser extent the Pinzgauer is- 1/n
I mean, this is basically why vanilla ice cream is awesome. You can have one with a strong vanilla flavor or more plain cream/milk, both can be customized in every possible way and still taste great.
This is a hill I will die on. Pour some Carlshamns Flaggpunsch (a Swedish-style punsch, traditional Scandinavian liqueur) over a cup and grate dark chocolate on top, and desserts don't get much better than that 😎
All of you have been slandering vanilla ice cream for years because you're buying the kinds without real vanilla in them, aren't you.
April 6, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I mean, this is basically why vanilla ice cream is awesome. You can have one with a strong vanilla flavor or more plain cream/milk, both can be customized in every possible way and still taste great.
You know, I find it hilarious that with the announcement of #NGAD/ #PCA/ #F-47 showing off highly dihedral main wing and potentially canards, considering Boeing/McDD history with X-36 and Bird of Prey, everyone and their mother still assumes it's going to be just a big triangle instead of...
#art
#art
March 30, 2025 at 2:43 AM
It better be a forward swept design just to spite Su-47 Berkut. Might as fucking well.
I wonder what the reaction would've been if NGAD carried F-46A designation and the CSAF was publicly tweeting that Biden, being the 46th POTUS, was part of the reason why it was chosen.
March 22, 2025 at 12:26 AM
It better be a forward swept design just to spite Su-47 Berkut. Might as fucking well.
Bit of a hot take, going bigger is good but future carriers need to look going into different configurations to increase the sortie rate/tempo like having twin/dual landing decks so we can start having like three to four catapults free at all times to launch the aircrafts and have two landing space.
February 12, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Bit of a hot take, going bigger is good but future carriers need to look going into different configurations to increase the sortie rate/tempo like having twin/dual landing decks so we can start having like three to four catapults free at all times to launch the aircrafts and have two landing space.
Hot take, IMHO finding a "next-gen" platform to replace the RQ-4, whether it's the so called RQ-180 or something else entirely is more paramount than the CCA drones the public are much more interested because of how "sexy" and high profile they are.
The RQ-4 Global Hawk is such a wonderful drone plagued by issues beyond its control.
December 5, 2024 at 6:54 PM
Hot take, IMHO finding a "next-gen" platform to replace the RQ-4, whether it's the so called RQ-180 or something else entirely is more paramount than the CCA drones the public are much more interested because of how "sexy" and high profile they are.
modernized #Flanker with western derived avionics, even if it's fictional, always have a certain vibe to them IMHO.
#art of Su-27MA & Su-27MB, for my WIP #AceCombat #fanfic... But also because the Chinese Flankers doesn't scratch my itch.
#art of Su-27MA & Su-27MB, for my WIP #AceCombat #fanfic... But also because the Chinese Flankers doesn't scratch my itch.
December 3, 2024 at 8:06 AM
modernized #Flanker with western derived avionics, even if it's fictional, always have a certain vibe to them IMHO.
#art of Su-27MA & Su-27MB, for my WIP #AceCombat #fanfic... But also because the Chinese Flankers doesn't scratch my itch.
#art of Su-27MA & Su-27MB, for my WIP #AceCombat #fanfic... But also because the Chinese Flankers doesn't scratch my itch.
"Okay, but what's the point of the entire thing?"
A multi axis flat TVN nozzle is hard to do because of it's geometry. IRL, to keep it's yaw vectoring, a proposed Su-57 design with flat nozzle angled it's orientation instead. Flat nozzles dissipates heat better which is better for IR reduction-
A multi axis flat TVN nozzle is hard to do because of it's geometry. IRL, to keep it's yaw vectoring, a proposed Su-57 design with flat nozzle angled it's orientation instead. Flat nozzles dissipates heat better which is better for IR reduction-
November 26, 2024 at 1:40 PM
"Okay, but what's the point of the entire thing?"
A multi axis flat TVN nozzle is hard to do because of it's geometry. IRL, to keep it's yaw vectoring, a proposed Su-57 design with flat nozzle angled it's orientation instead. Flat nozzles dissipates heat better which is better for IR reduction-
A multi axis flat TVN nozzle is hard to do because of it's geometry. IRL, to keep it's yaw vectoring, a proposed Su-57 design with flat nozzle angled it's orientation instead. Flat nozzles dissipates heat better which is better for IR reduction-
once in a while I return to #Sentou_Yousei_Yukikaze to admire their technical details and there's always something I will just figure out every time I do that, like in this occassion, it just have clicked to me that Mave/Rave's nozzle is a MATV take of the YF-23's nozzle, and that's WILD AS FUCK!
November 26, 2024 at 10:50 AM
once in a while I return to #Sentou_Yousei_Yukikaze to admire their technical details and there's always something I will just figure out every time I do that, like in this occassion, it just have clicked to me that Mave/Rave's nozzle is a MATV take of the YF-23's nozzle, and that's WILD AS FUCK!
Bit of a hot take... I know, I know, Oshkosh JLTV is great and all, but I honestly like BAE's Valanx entry more. Seems like it's more light and "refined" and less... imposingly bulky. I get it's necessary for protection but aren't light vehicles like these supposed to be fast instead? like buggies?
November 25, 2024 at 6:03 AM
Bit of a hot take... I know, I know, Oshkosh JLTV is great and all, but I honestly like BAE's Valanx entry more. Seems like it's more light and "refined" and less... imposingly bulky. I get it's necessary for protection but aren't light vehicles like these supposed to be fast instead? like buggies?
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While I have no horse in this race, but now it's time to kinda sit back and watch. Well, I don't need to watch, I know how this will go considering the last Trump presidency.
All I say even without America, I still believe in NATO and Europe.
Pacific War will DEFINITELY suck now.
All I say even without America, I still believe in NATO and Europe.
Pacific War will DEFINITELY suck now.
November 6, 2024 at 7:43 AM
While I have no horse in this race, but now it's time to kinda sit back and watch. Well, I don't need to watch, I know how this will go considering the last Trump presidency.
All I say even without America, I still believe in NATO and Europe.
Pacific War will DEFINITELY suck now.
All I say even without America, I still believe in NATO and Europe.
Pacific War will DEFINITELY suck now.
Okay you know what, since the topic is still relatively fresh, let's talk about #NGAD & the procurement woes #USAF has on the three components it has: the manned fighter, which I shall refer as Penetrating Counter Air(PCA), the unmanned platform, known as Collaborative Combat Aircraft(CCA)-
1/n
1/n
November 3, 2024 at 4:47 AM
Technically this is just a coloring of a bash of official linearts and was from a while ago, but meh, here it gets posted anyway.
November 3, 2024 at 1:00 AM
Technically this is just a coloring of a bash of official linearts and was from a while ago, but meh, here it gets posted anyway.
I have my own opinions about this, not really about the budget cuts, but in the way of solving the problem at hand. Maybe I should do a bit of a thread of non-expert yapping into the wild & end up criticized to the deepest part of hell lel.
The USAF went from "NGAD and CCA is what we need to" "CCA is what we really need" and is now at "even with CCA we can't do our job in the future" because the budget environment is too tight for the world we live in. But there's 0 room for increasing the budget. There's so much room for cutting tho.
November 2, 2024 at 9:52 PM
I have my own opinions about this, not really about the budget cuts, but in the way of solving the problem at hand. Maybe I should do a bit of a thread of non-expert yapping into the wild & end up criticized to the deepest part of hell lel.
How many guns is too much gun on a naval vessel? The argument is in missile age, take as many missile as possible. But a Burke-class DDG still carry a main gun and two 25mm autocannon, plus the crew operated MGs...
Maybe with future guided ammo, guns will return again for closer defense.
Maybe with future guided ammo, guns will return again for closer defense.
October 26, 2024 at 9:26 PM
How many guns is too much gun on a naval vessel? The argument is in missile age, take as many missile as possible. But a Burke-class DDG still carry a main gun and two 25mm autocannon, plus the crew operated MGs...
Maybe with future guided ammo, guns will return again for closer defense.
Maybe with future guided ammo, guns will return again for closer defense.
honestly, I wonder what's with the seemingly apprehension of shipbuilders making larger trimaran designs, they seems fun to me.
October 25, 2024 at 10:10 AM
honestly, I wonder what's with the seemingly apprehension of shipbuilders making larger trimaran designs, they seems fun to me.
Now, for the actual reason why the weird engine placement ft. UltraFan Trent accommodating engine bays.
October 22, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Now, for the actual reason why the weird engine placement ft. UltraFan Trent accommodating engine bays.