Strv 103 in RAAF Service - FINISHED - pic's pg. 2

[Rheged]

That is a very nice piece of work.................model and backstory!

[su27rules]

 

[Glenn Gilbertson]

Good story & a magnificent model!

[buzzbomb]

Guy, when I started reading this thread, my first thought was that you have just had the busiest 21/22 Apr 2022 ever, with all those posts, plus banging out a spiffing model and back story, plus a Collins Class revision lesson 

All in all great work (includes Brian's version as well)

[Old Wombat]

Thank you all very much, gentlemen!



Yeah, a little busy*, BT.



[*: Although the build was done at my usual glacial pace over the last couple of months. ]

[Martin H]

Love it! whats not to like?

In the UK we have the RAF Regiment to do the airfield defending stuff, but I didn't think they had any armour until I checked, and it seems they operate Scorpions and Scimitars. 

Perhaps not in the same class as an Strv 103, but they have tracks at least. 

The Rocks used to have them Kit. They had at least one armored squadron for a short while. No idea why the squadron ceased to exsist, most like a victim of the many cost saving attempts. I think most of them were handed back to the army.
A few Scimitars found their way in to some of the RAF's EOD teams once the armored squadron stood down. The idea being it was thought to be slightly safer(and cheaper) to put a 30mm shell into a UXB in the middle of an airfeild from a "safe" distance, rather than send some poor sod on the long lonely walk or waste a perfectly good wheelbarrow.
The EOD boys at RAF Whittering had a pair of CVRT's for a while. They spent most of their time using them as tracked go-carts at weekends, quite often giving joy rides to visting cadets up and down the main runway. I even raced one down the main in my my old Renault Scenic once..................That was fun! We were ment to be on the range at the time

[rickshaw]

Thank you very much, gentlemen!

As good as a store bought one guy.  As good as one from the regiment

Good grief! How did I miss that one?

Nice job, Brian!

Too busy pretending to be a Brylcreem boy?

[Old Wombat]

Thanks, Martin!


Not me, Brian!

Too much Pusser, with a touch of Pongo (hence the Marines fetish).

[rickshaw]

Yet I represent the real power in ADF the "Boys" from the Regiment... 

[perttime]

Looking at the map, I'd think that some coastal defence might be useful. Surely a Strv 103 can put a hole in a ship, too.

[Old Wombat]

Looking at the map, I'd think that some coastal defence might be useful. Surely a Strv 103 can put a hole in a ship, too.

That's part of the idea. A tank, especially a low-silhouette one like the Strv 103, can double as a decent shore battery.

Not as lethal or long-ranged as a 6" (155mm) or 8" (200mm) fixed battery of naval guns but mobile & harder to hit. Numerous pre-prepared firing pits & resupply points, combined with the tank's auto-loader & multiple shell types could make it exceptionally dangerous for landing craft & lighter ships, like destroyers, frigates & corvettes (not to mention troop transports).

Against paratroops or air-mobile troops they could be exceptionally lethal, especially when combined with infantry & MANPADS.

Add some anti-ship missile emplacements/vehicles & the islands' defences become quite a hard nut to crack.

[Old Wombat]

In case you haven't realised:

During the 5 weeks I was on the islands I did quite a lot of exploring (there was bugger-all work to do) &, my brain being what it is, quite a lot of thinking about how one could defend the islands from an assault. Not an easy task but, with good planning & a touch of luck, do-able.

A few Strv 103s with a MLRS mounted atop the vehicle with shore-to-horizon anti-ship missiles could be an interesting addition to the time line.

No, I have no intention of building such!

[scooter]

A few Strv 103s with a MLRS mounted atop the vehicle with shore-to-horizon anti-ship missiles could be an interesting addition to the time line.

Might just be easier to convert an M270 MLRS/M142 HIMARS to Harpoon/Exocet/Penguin launch platform.  Maybe even a couple designated as SLAMRAAM for air defense.

[Old Wombat]

A few Strv 103s with a MLRS mounted atop the vehicle with shore-to-horizon anti-ship missiles could be an interesting addition to the time line.

Might just be easier to convert an M270 MLRS/M142 HIMARS to Harpoon/Exocet/Penguin launch platform.  Maybe even a couple designated as SLAMRAAM for air defense.

Maybe the M270, the M142 would be too lightly armoured to last very long.

Penguin would be an interesting starting point with the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) as a successor (although Neptune has become a popular alternative, lately ).

SLAMRAAM (EX) is a good first-line of air defence (probably M270-mounted).

[PR19_Kit]

(although Neptune has become a popular alternative, lately ).

And combat proven as well.