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how much is a troop commander in armoued vehicles in the uk army on a year?

admin — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 22:59:00 +0000

It’s the British Army.
A Troop Commander would usually be a Second Lieutenant, possibly a Lieutenant.
It therefore follows their salary will be in the range of £24,615 – £32,702 (most likely towards the bottom of that range).

Why would it be impractical to use an army that is made entirely of unmanned vehicles?

admin — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 02:56:50 +0000

What would make a romote controlled army impractical other than the current vehicles we have?

If your a grunt on the ground in Iraq or Afghanistan trying to contact and get authorization from uav operators in the states to provide immediate close air support can be a bitch. The optics and what you see while you fly has a very long way to go before it can operate like it would with a human pilot that can simply turn his head to look around, one example I know of a pilot was flying and saw some smoke on the ground right after he saw it he got a call for air support at that spot and he was able to provide immediate support, if that was a uav it would have taken time to get information to the operators and then they would have had to scan for the area and then provide support, the point is if there wasnt a human looking around things would have been very different for the guys on the ground. When I was in Iraq we lost a very high target because a uav shorted out or some shit and while it was tracking the vehicle with the individual in it, it suddenly zoomed out to a city wide view and because of that everything went to shit and the bg got away. Its mistakes like that that are easy to make and when there is so much depending on it its just to risky for uav’s to take over.

Why is there so many army vehicles going through my town?

admin — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 05:14:58 +0000

I live in a little Oklahoma town and lately sooo many tanks and army jeeps have been passing through. Every time I leave the house I see like 6 of them. Everyone says that they aren’t telling us something and war is about to break out here! I don’t want to jump to that big of a conclusion, but can someone please tell me whats going on?

They may be doing training currently; they’re are possibly preparing for a deployment or just doing some sort of annual training. There probably traveling from one base to another like many will do in Afghanistan.

Does the US Army currently have any air-droppable armored vehicles?

admin — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:00:38 +0000

I know we used to have the M-551 Sheridan ARAAVs, but I understand that these are out of service now. I know that hauling just one battalion’s worth of Abrams tanks would take every C-5 Galaxy cargo plane the Air Force has.

All right, I’ll admit that this question was inspired by a scene from the "A-Team" movie trrailer.

es,The bradley fighting vehicle,the M9 combat engineer vehicle,the M113,M571 class of vehicles

Army: Stationed in South Korea; How long does it take for a personal vehicle to ship to South Korea?

admin — Wed, 26 May 2010 05:47:52 +0000

My parents have our vehicle in their garage back in the States. We are planning on giving them a POA to ship it over here. How long does it usually take and will the Army pick our vehicle up at their house or will my parents have to drive it somewhere?

Call and ask….

Seoul VPC
Building C5721-A
34th Support Group, Yongson TMP
Seoul, Korea

82 2 7916 7086 or 7088

Normally the vehicle has to driven to the port where it’s going to be shipped….

http://www.sddc.army.mil/sddc/Content/Pub/8808/DBCN8808.pdf

When constructing an army-vehicle, how much does the base (metal) weigh?

admin — Sat, 22 May 2010 15:38:51 +0000

Some people say it is super heavy, but others say it’s light. How much does it weigh for the desert and rough terrain vehicles?

If it’s about the armor and some of the structure, I’d just make a broad assumption about the volume of steel and then calculate from there. Some vehicles don’t have armor too, and for comparisons sake they weigh twice as much as the heavier trucks that people buy

Depth (side of vehicle) = 15 ft
Width (front of vehicle) = 8 ft
Height = 5 ft
Average thickness = thick steel = .5"
Other stuff on the vehicle 4000 lbs

- Rough terrain – 10000 lbs
- Dessert would be lighter I’d say around 8500lbs

Army MOS 88N, do you drive the vehicles or go outside the wire.?

admin — Wed, 19 May 2010 11:23:45 +0000

Hello, im thinking about joining as an 88N, i was wondering if you get to drive the vehicles and go outside the wire or is it just like an office job?

most likely you wil not leave the wire and you will be a fobbit. You might end up as a tower or gate guard and that will be the closest you will get to real combat. If you want to really help in the fight find another job.

Do Army vehicles have ignition keys?

admin — Wed, 12 May 2010 15:58:01 +0000

It was a genuine question. Silly answer not entirely unexpected, but not really appreciated

Landrovers, trucks etc = ignition key

tanks, warrior AFVs etc = master switch

I know the army will pay to ship one of our vehicles. My question is, will they also ship our motorcycle?

admin — Mon, 10 May 2010 20:38:10 +0000

My husband recently joined the military. His recruiter told us that the army will move all of our belongings, and also ship one vehicle. Will they ship the motorcycle as well, or does it count as a second vehicle (that we have to pay for ourselves)?

Your car will ship as a vehicle. Your bike can be shipped as household goods.

Why don’t the British army use Hummers instead of current vehicles like the new LPPV ?

admin — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:07:46 +0000

There must be a few reasons but i cant understand whats stopping this?
i thought money would be the reason , the goverment bend the truth with there rubbish, its a shame for the lads out there the landrovers are a a joke to i.e.d`s. im going into the RLC this year myself , i hope buy the time i get out there things will have changed.

Cash pure and simple, if there is something better on the market and we don’t have it, its because of cash! Murph’s 4th law of combat "Remember your kit was made by the lowest bidder!"

There is also a desire to buy British although this not always the case as many firms have outsources abroad; the new "warthog" is either being built in malaysia or singapore! There is also the case to save money, such as we’ve loads of "Snatch" landrovers left over from Ireland lets use them!