French military developments

[Armand2REP]

Army Recieves 355th VBCI

The assembly line of armored infantry fighting vehicle (VBCI) plant Nexter in Roanne (Loire), was visited by the Minister of Defense and Veterans Affairs, February 9, 2012. The VBCI ( see box ) allows the transport and landing on or near the target, a combat group with all its equipment, ensuring its support with its shipboard armament.

Since the release of the first VBCI in 2008, the industrial site produces a hundred copies a year. To date, 355 of 630 copies ordered have been delivered to the Army. Four regiments already own this vehicle: 1 st Rifle Regiment (1 st g fro) of Epinal, the 35 th Infantry Regiment (35 th RI) of Belfort, the 92 th Infantry Regiment (92 th RI) Clermont-Ferrand and the Chad Marching Regiment (RMT) of Meyenheim. The 152 th Infantry Regiment of Colmar will soon be the 5 th Regiment of the eight planned to be equipped with this vehicle.

The VBCI

This all-terrain vehicle with eight wheels has already served as an infantry support particularly in Lebanon and Afghanistan. It comes in 2 versions:

version infantry combat to carry and protect a battle group of 11 soldiers, while providing fire support with its 25mm cannon;
a command post version.

The VBCI has a top speed of 100 km / h and a range of 750 km. Its 28 tonnes will be air transportable by A400M military transport aircraft designed by Airbus, which should go into service between 2013.

http://www.defense.gouv.fr/actualites/articles2/technologie-et-soutien-du-combattant-a-roanne

 

[Armand2REP]

 

[SPIEZ]

Any equipment that France has imported ?

 

[Armand2REP]

Not recently, the last thing was imported was Javelin ATGM.

 

[Armand2REP]

BPC Mistral Featured at Bold Alligator 2012

 

[SPIEZ]

Armand how heavy is the black shark torpedo. I believe it has a range of 50km. Generally torpedo's with 1,500kg have a range of ~25km right ?

 

[Armand2REP]

The new torpedo weighs 1.2 tons, has a range of 50 km. (31 mi.), speed of 50 kt., and 1-hr. endurance. It can attack multiple targets and has extended fiber-optic wire guidance. DCNS says it is resistant to most countermeasures. It is more powerful than current torpedoes thanks to its cutting edge energy pack based on an aluminium/silver oxide electric battery.

 

[SPIEZ]

The new torpedo weighs 1.2 tons, has a range of 50 km. (31 mi.), speed of 50 kt., and 1-hr. endurance. It can attack multiple targets and has extended fiber-optic wire guidance. DCNS says it is resistant to most countermeasures. It is more powerful than current torpedoes thanks to its cutting edge energy pack based on an aluminium/silver oxide electric battery.

Wow, is it possible to guide a 1.2 ton torpedo @ 50kt with a fiber optic cable ?

 

[Armand2REP]

3rd LCAT delivered to Toulon

 

[Armand2REP]

Patrouille de France to transfer to Rafale


In order to aid sales by Dassault, the display team will fly the Rafale for two seasons.

La Patrouille de France passe sur Rafale en soutien à Dassault - AéroBuzz

 

[Armand2REP]

Fighter Squadron 1/12 Cambrai is dissolved. A tribute to the brave fliers who protected our skies.

 

[indian_sukhoi]

Loved the cockpit view!!!

Hope to see a video similar like this of IAF Mirage squadrons

 

[Armand2REP]

First in Europe: Interception of low flying supersonic cruise missile over water

On April 4, 2012, the Navy and the Directorate General of Armaments (DGA) successfully performed, from the frigate Forbin , interception by the PAAMS (Principal Anti-Air Missile System) of a Coyote target drone simulating a maneuvering attack by a supersonic anti-ship missile flying at low altitude.

The firing of a highly technical, a first in Europe, demonstrates the ability of anti-aircraft system PAAMS to protect a carrier battle group against a particularly dangerous type of threat.

The launch of the target has taken place at the DGA site of the island of Levant (Var). After detection and tracking, the system PAAMS automatically engaged the target which was intercepted by a missile Aster 30. The entire sequence lasted a few tens of seconds.

Different flying objects were followed throughout their flight phase by means of the center of DGA missile tests Levant Island and Mount Coudon.

Première en Europe: interception d'une cible supersonique évoluant au raz de l'eau

 

[Drsomnath999]

CONGRATS france :thumb: but can PAAMS (aster 30) take care of Brahmos ANTI SHIP CRUISE MISSILE , i am too skeptical

 

[Armand2REP]

That is what it was designed to do. Coyote is a similar maneuvering flight profile and it intercepted without a hitch.

 

[SPIEZ]

The GQM-163 Coyote is a supersonic seaskimming target built by Orbital Sciences and used by the United States Navy as a successor to the MQM-8 Vandal. Orbital's proposal was chosen over the MA-31, a joint venture between Boeing and Zvezda-Strela. Orbital was awarded their contract for the development of the Coyote SSST in June 2000.

The Coyote is initially boosted by a Hercules MK-70 booster, of similar design to those used by the now obsolete RIM-67 Standard ER missiles. After the booster stage is expended the missile switches to an Aerojet MARC-R-282 solid-fueled ducted rocket/ramjet engine for sustaining its flight.

Interesting the coyote was chosen over KH31.

 

[Armand2REP]

After the junk the US bought from Russia, they weren't about to buy more.

 

[SPIEZ]

After the junk the US bought from Russia, they weren't about to buy more.

FYI ...

That piece of junk ( Kh31) is behind the development of your country's piece of junk ( PAAMS )
And also the other pieces of shit like the AASMP and the meteor too

 

[Armand2REP]

MMP demonstrated at Eurosatory 2012

 

[Damian]

It is interesting ATGM I must say. It have a top attack capability? And it can be guided via wire to a target by using it's CLU, just like Spike?