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LAND FORCES NEWS FOR WEEK ENDING 14 MARCH 2003
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Targeted antioxidants show promise as ‘magic bullets’ for
the treatment of chemical, biological and radiological agents
Read
more here . . .
[Jane's Chem-Bio Web - 11 March 2003]
Hoon outlines UK's view on threats of tomorrow
Read
more here . . .
[Jane's Defence Weekly - 11 March 2003]
US Army shares radios to avoid Gulf fratricide
Read
more here . . .
[Jane's Defence Weekly - 11 March 2003]
Family of US-built mine-protected vehicles
Technical Solutions Group (TSG) is expanding its range of
mine-protected
vehicles and promoting them to international customers, following
its
recent delivery of eight Cougars to the British Army to meet an
urgent
requirement for use by engineer companies (see IDR 3/2002, p13).
TSG's
vehicles combine mine-protection technology originally developed
in South
Africa, such as the use of monocoque crew-protection capsules,
with US
automotive systems and other components. The Peterbilt subsidiary
of PACCAR
(which also owns Kenworth, together with DAF and Foden in Europe)
supplies
the drive trains for export variants. These provide a higher
power-to-weight
ratio than earlier installations.
[Jane's International Defense Review - first posted to
http://idr.janes.com
- 18 February 2003]
French Army inaugurates improved force-on-force combat training
system
The completed Centaure G2 V1 force-on-force training system,
installed
by prime contractor Thales Training and Simulation (TT&S) at the
French
Army's CENTAC (Centre d'Entrainement Au Combat) combat training
center
(CTC) located at Mailly-le-Camp (see IDR 11/2000, pp38-39), was
formally
commissioned on 21 January. Delivered in April last year and in
use since
October, it is the culmination of the initial phase of Centaure
G2, a
pilot version of which (G2 V0) first entered service in 1999. It
includes
new communications, a new system control center, and firing
effects generators,
and has given the CENTAC the nominal capacity to train two combat
teams
or sousgroupements (reinforced companies) simultaneously, opposed
by a
40-vehicle opposition force (OPFOR) split into two combined-arms
combat
teams.
[Jane's International Defense Review - first posted to
http://idr.janes.com
- 18 February 2003]
France upgrades AMX-10RC armoured car
The French Army is shortly due to receive the first of 300
upgraded Giat
Industries AMX-10RC (6x6) armoured cars. The vehicles are being
upgraded
by the French Army and Giat (the overall design authority for the
vehicle)
to extend their lives for a further 15 years, until the projected
EBRC
(Engin Blinde a Roues de Contact) enters service.
[Jane's Defence Upgrades - first posted to http://jdu.janes.com
- 12 March 2003]
Future Combat Systems need high-tech protection
The US Army's Future Combat Systems (FCS) will include lightweight
ground
platforms with a high level of survivability on the increasingly
deadly
battlefield of the future.
[Jane's Defence Weekly - first posted to http://jdw.janes.com
- 7 March 2003]
US Army eyes fast intra-theatre logistics vessel
Encouraged by the success of proof-of-concept trials with leased
commercial
fast ferries, the US Army's Tank Automotive and Armaments Command
(TACOM)
is planning to acquire a new class of objective Theater Support
Vessel
(TSV) for the rapid intra-theatre movement of troops, vehicles and
other
military equipment.
[Jane's Defence Weekly - first posted to http://jdw.janes.com
- 7 March 2003]
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