- Yes, as a tech tree vehicle
- Yes, as a premium vehicle
- Yes, as an event vehicle
- Yes, as a squadron vehicle
- No, I would not like to see the Lockheed turreted Patria AMV in game.
History
The history of this particular Patria AMV, fitted with Lockheed Martin UK’s 40mm Modular Turret, stems from the FRES program begun in the early 2000’s. Through years of development experience, Lockheed Martin UK constructed various turrets for the Warrior CSP, and eventually Ajax. Naturally, with such an advanced turret (and a program as long and convoluted as FRES) comes lots of development costs, and exporting systems is one way that companies will try to recoup their spending.
Patria AMV with Lockheed Martin’s turret shown at DVD 2016.
Lockheed Martin UK was experimenting with applying their turret to vehicles besides the FRES program, and decided to showcase it on the ubiquitous Patria AMV. A Patria with the turret was showcased at DVD 2016 with a missile pod holding a single Javelin, while it would also be shown in promotional material with a desert scheme and a twin Javelin pod. This is because Lockheed was targeting an unspecified customer in the Middle East. While the experience of Lockheed Martin UK in developing turrets is hard to ignore, it seems that the turret did not attract any export customers.
Why it should be in War Thunder
Lockheed Martin UK’s special Patria variant has some of the most anti-armor combat potential ever found on a wheeled IFV, filling a critical role in the highest ranks of the British ground tree. It has excellent mobility and protection for its weight class, superb suspension and the incredible firepower of the CTAS40 coupled with fire-and-forget Javelin missiles with a range of 4 kilometers. Coupled with the excellent thermal optics found on Warrior CSP, this vehicle is a keystone of the continued expansion of Britain’s upper echelons.
While this vehicle’s cousin, the 40mm armed Boxer, has some issues with its specifics, this Patria uses the standard Warrior CSP turret developed by Lockheed. Therefore, statistics are easier to find, and the turret can be applied to the Warrior CSP in the future.
Specifications:
Patria AMV (Lockheed Martin 40mm Modular Turret)
Crew: 3 (driver, gunner, commander) + ? dismounts
Weight: ~25 tons (est.)
Engine: Scania diesel (up to 543 hp)
Power/Weight: ~21.7 hp/ton
Transmission: automatic
Max Speed: 100+ km/h road speed
Armament:
- Primary: CTAS40 40mm case-telescoped automatic cannon (55 + 15 ready rounds, 100-200 total rounds (estimated)
- Secondary: 7.62mm machine gun
- Additional: FGM-148 Javelin (pod of 1 or 2 on left side of turret, potential for more stowed in hull)
Armor:
- Hull:
- Front; level 3 STANAG 4569
- Sides and rear; level 3 STANAG 4569
- Anti-mine protection; level 4 4a/4b STANAG 4569
- Turret:
- Plasan composite providing protection from 14.5mm armor piercing
- Tarian anti-RPG netting
Additional equipment:
- Dual-axis stabilized BGTI thermal imaging sight (same as on Warrior in game, but stabilized)
- 4 x 2 smoke grenade
- Laser rangefinder
Sources
- https://web.archive.org/web/20170718164845/https://www.lockheedmartin.com/content/dam/lockheed/data/mfc/photo/tradeshows/ausa/LM-Datasheet-009-v1-40mm-Turrets-08-2016-SMALL.pdf
- Lockheed Martin UK) Ltd Creates Turret Centre Of Excellence By Julian Nettlefold
- https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/37865/html/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlL6Tgy4i_o
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc0o_7ji0wQ