Thread: Other contries equipment cock-ups.

I have just seen on wikipedia (sa80 page), Nepal , Jamaica & Zimbabwe have purchased / are using them.

Do we really support Mugabe in this way?

Originally Posted by two_of_seven

I have just seen on wikipedia (sa80 page), Nepal , Jamaica & Zimbabwe have purchased / are using them.

Do we really support Mugabe in this way?

Was probably a load of wobbly A1s. This is why he hates the Breeteesh so much.

probably a cunning plan to stop him killing his own be vor by the end of the week not even much cops as a club :(

How about the most useless and over hyped foreign weapon of all time?

Iraq WMD

Going further back in time we have the RussianT-35

How about the canadian Hughes Shovel also known as the MacAdam shield-shovel?

The MacAdam shield-shovel resembled the standard portable infantry spade of its day in both size and shape. Its design however required it to prevent the penetration of, or at the very least deflect, enemy gunfire. As a result of this condition, heavier than usual steel was used in the construction of the blade; it measured at three-sixteenths of an inch thick.[3]Heavy steel was also used to make the shovel's detachable handle which measured four feet in length. Unique to the shield-shovel was the inclusion of a 3.5 by 2 inch sight-hole in the blade.[4] In total, the MacAdam shield- shovel weighed 5 pounds 4 ounces

Preliminary tests however revealed the unfortunate conclusion that the shovel’s blade was incapable of stopping the penetration of gunfire even from the smallest of enemy calibre arms. Its value as a digging tool was also questioned as soldiers commented against the shovel’s weight, its inability to be easily carried, and the fact that the blade was poor for shovelling loose soil as it contained a large sight-hole.

Check out these Indian purchases!!!!

times linky

G'day cobbers...Collins class submarines?

Read this, it is a cracker! The Collins Class Submarine Story: Steel, Spies and Spin (http://www.amazon.com/Collins-Class-.../dp/0521868947 )

Originally Posted by emptyeye

Originally Posted by CC_TA

SA80 also went to the Romanian Navy

Equipment c*** ups - nothing wrong with the design, just the destination - An Iso container full of lawn mowers turning up in shaibah Log Base - Iraq - Giggles.

Romanian Navy with A1's and no foresight (might just be for ceremonial though)



Not just weapons, our kit too!
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ARE YOU COMPLETELY DEAD TO IRONY (IRONESCU??)

They are standing on a Type 22 Batch 2 frigate as well!

Originally Posted by Cuddles

G'day cobbers...Collins class submarines?

Read this, it is a cracker! The Collins Class Submarine Story: Steel, Spies and Spin (http://www.amazon.com/Collins-Class-.../dp/0521868947 )

Spot on. And if you want to see a classic case of spin check this out.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collins_class_submarine

So you see it isn't as bad as you all thought.

Yours Aye

Alastair Campbell

Soviet Union - Anti Tank dogs

In the past I know, but hardly the best idea in practice.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-tank_dog

the German f104 farce aka the widowmaker
lots of dead boxhead pilots before it got sorted out

How about the Yanks spending millions on Sergeant York and ending up with bugger all?
I think the Soviet Union had its fair share of projects that were a bag of sh!t too.
And just look at the USA's V-22 programme - what a horror! All that money and what have they got? A dog.
A lot of countries have shite defence procurement programmes, believe me.

A few recent US examples

Crusader
Comanche and its replacement ARH
FCS
JTRS
A-12
OICW
Tanker
Marine 1
DD-21
Seawolf

Opps missed the point, most of the above never entered service, Seawolf is good just far to expensive

There are more, just for the US Army (the RAH-66 Comanche helicopter is a good example: twenty years in development, binned in pre-production with billions down the drain building a radar-proof helicopter to look for insurgents in Iraq or Afghanistan) but suffice it to say, we're not the only nation to get it expensively wrong in defence procurement...

They screwed up the replacement as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_ARH-70

Originally Posted by Timmypig

The RAN ordered 11 SH-2G Super Seasprites in 1997. The aircraft never entered SQN service, the program cost over A$1 billion, all for nought .... scrapped in 2008.

Helicopters were intended for a ship that never showed up.

Originally Posted by winnfield

There are more, just for the US Army (the RAH-66 Comanche helicopter is a good example: twenty years in development, binned in pre-production with billions down the drain building a radar-proof helicopter to look for insurgents in Iraq or Afghanistan) but suffice it to say, we're not the only nation to get it expensively wrong in defence procurement...

They screwed up the replacement as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_ARH-70

Originally Posted by Timmypig

The RAN ordered 11 SH-2G Super Seasprites in 1997. The aircraft never entered SQN service, the program cost over A$1 billion, all for nought .... scrapped in 2008.

Helicopters were intended for a ship that never showed up.

Another tiny problem was that the contract was signed in 1997 and the helicopters were built in the 1960's.

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Originally Posted by winnfield

Another tiny problem was that the contract was signed in 1997 and the helicopters were built in the 1960's.

A lot of good helicopters were built/designed in the 60's: Chinook, Cobra, to name but 2.