Consulted some photos I have of demobbed Scimitars I know to be ex-British Army 235 hulls, and where the LEP inlet was still present they have this enlarged duct mod made to the top of the inlet.
I guess that shows what a Scimitar 235 with no Plasan armour or bar armour looks like
Ed:- Found one clear image of a Latvian Spartan that also has a similar enlarged duct modification. It’s consistent with the Odin-turreted Spartan 235s, and the Spartan Mk.2s that were on Herrick. This style of duct is likewise featured on Scimitar Mk.2 that is based on Spartan 235. So it’s very likely an indicator of a vehicle with the up-rated EM235 drivetrain.
The Plasan kit was on LEPs from 2003 and carried over to 235s
On Scimitar it was mainly perforated steel screens on the hull. Plus a couple of non-perforated panels covering the frontal arc - behind the headlamps, that panel that has the registration painted on it, and in front of the driver’s hatch down to the transmission cover.
Turret also had extra armour panels. You can usually see when a vehicle has them on the turret because some of the panels have a little extra overhang by the fire extinguishers.
IIRC the non-perforated stuff on the turret and frontal hull was a layer of composite though.
The inlet is indicative of a LEP. The big square duct on top of the inlet appears to be indicative of 235s - it was originally just a small dust cover
No Striker 235s but there were Striker LEPs like this one
Striker was retired from the British Army in 2005 after Javelin was introduced. Some years before 235 was carried out.
The deployment of British forces to Helmand from 2006 was the impetus for up-rating the CVR(t) drivetrain - they had pretty terrible availability rates in the high altitude, hot and dusty, off-road conditions on Op. Herrick. Formation Reconnaissance had largely ended up ditching them for Jackal until the upgrades were carried out.
Ah fair enough, I didn’t actually look into the year for 235 so yes the Strikers were removed from service in 2005 and it appears mostly disposed of by 2007.
Still looking into SWIG as sources disagree between SACLOS and ACLOS operation, though ACLOS guidance was demonstrated at RARDE in 1988 and is reputedly the tech on which SWIG was based (18.00 to 19.35). https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060035222
Very happy to report that my suggestion for FV102 Striker SWIG was successful, many thanks to the Suggestion Mods who have been industriously processing a lot of pending suggestions in the last week.
eh, the raw numbers are a little misleading most of the time.
I’ll post some comparison images later when I’m free Got a new book arriving today, gotta re-read the last 16
Yes before the buff it was actually unable to stop the bullets it was designed to defeat.
It will now be immune to most auto cannons at its br even apfsds 30mm at range. From the front at least. I’m so happy they fixed this it was one of the oldest CVRT reports I made.
12.7mm (1/2 inch), 25mm (~1 inch) and 20mm (nice round number in between) just seems to get used as a base thickness for things when they don’t know it’s actual thickness
At 20mm, Warrior turret is thinner than it is IRL by a significant margin, but there’s no public data on how much by. 20mm is enough for it to be bulletproof and shrapnel-proof, and do the job of a personnel carrier. So it’s a fair assumption that it’s at least 20mm thick.
