So I missed the Pindad Harimau: Turkish-Indonesian Skirmisher with the Cockerill 3105 turret suggestion, hereby I added it. There is one line for the roughly 10 variants of this vehicle.
I suppose I should add some to the pile.
C25
M113
Spoiler
ATM 1999-04, p.42
ATM 1999-04, p.43
Unknown Russian source
NTW 1999-01, p.02
NTW 1999-01, p.12Tornado Mk.2
Piranha
Spoiler
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Really nice find.
Janes mentioned C25 turret mounting on the M113, but i couldn’t find a photo.
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Isn’t this the same vehicle from another angle? If so now you know the gun. (mk.3 90 mm)
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Nice it is. Great find.
So it’s a Mk 3 over the Mk 1 as claimed. Lovely news (I think)
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Jais 4x4 CPWS II
Found by @Tim_TeaDrinker , it’s a Saudi-Arabian Jais 4x4, UAE license built modification of the South African RG35, fitted with a Cockerill second-generation CPWS.
I found more accurate data. Saudi Arabian.
State-owned Saudi Arabian Military Industries (SAMI) unveiled a new version of the Jais 4x4 mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicle that it is producing under licence from United Arab Emirates-based NIMR.
The new version of Jais, as seen by Shephard on 7 March at the World Defense Show in Riyadh, is equipped with a SAMI-CMI Roaya remote weapon station (RWS), which a company representative said is a version of the John Cockerill CPWS turret.
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I found a much better photo of the Chilean variant here, so you can replace the current low-quality one whenever you get the chance :D
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Three more External Weapon System (EWS) – C-Series (C25 & C30) vehicles
SABCA/IOP M113A1-B C25
MOWAG Tornado C25
MOWAG Piranha 8x8 C25
Any additional, higher resolution, pictures for these vehicles would be appreciated!
The C25 turret was also fitted to the Vickers Valkyr (apologies if this has already been mentioned but I didn’t see it anywhere in the post)
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Oh yeah, I completely forgot to add it, I remember that video.
That looks like a showmodel of this one (which is in the CT-CV section under the Large calibre ones):
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I know but this one has different optics and comes with sleeping matresses on the side
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Does this turret look familiar to you? It’s a variant of the Chilean Piraña with the Cockerill Mk III gun, but I can’t identify the turret.
No, I’ve not seen a Cardoen two-man turret before with Cockerill 90 mm Mk.III.
I found a video of this variant; the turret reminds me of the French AML-90’s, but it’s different. It’s not the Brazilian turret either, it might be a Chilean one.
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As a side note, the source also allegedly depicts a PT-76 fitted with a Cockerill Mk. III gun.
Source:
CMI (Cockerill) brochure
CMI Defence. (2000). Cockerill Mk3/CSE 90 mm weapon system [Brochure]. Internet Archive. https://web.archive.org/web/20070331063456/http://cmigroupe-web.com.acelis.net/files/files/defence/cse90.pdf
CMI Defence included the PT-76 among the vehicles covered by its Weapon Systems Modernisation Programmes . The programme presented a range of potential upgrades intended to improve the performance of existing weapon systems.
For the PT-76 specifically, the brochure lists general turret reconditioning , replacement sights , direct day and optional thermal sights , I² night vision , a laser rangefinder , and, most notably, the replacement of the existing gun with a Cockerill Mk3 gun .
The table also indicates that CMI offered this gun replacement for the PT-76 alongside a similar upgrade for the Alvis Scorpion. The brochure does not, however, provide further details on the exact PT-76 configuration, ammunition, or whether a Cockerill Mk3-equipped PT-76 was actually produced.
Source: CMI Defence. (n.d.). Cockerill Mk3/CSE 90 mm weapon system / Cockerill Mk8/LCTS 90 mm weapon system [Brochure]. Internet Archive. https://web.archive.org/web/20070331184023/http://cmigroupe-web.com.acelis.net/files/files/defence/lcts90.pdf
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