almost embarressing ..Raffles would roll in his grave
What is Semi -Automouse? hahahahhahaha. Idiot can't even say autonomous.Its an interesting video, and informative from the point of view as to how low ST Kinetics and ST Engineering has sunk. My 2 cents on it.
1) NGAFV - SOmeone should teach the presenter to say Fully Digitized and not Foolly Dishitized. Same goes for Armour, not ArrMerk. The interesting segment of this presentation is the statement that a remote or manned 105mm turret can be installed on this. Alleluia, the Singapore Armour Corp finally has the light tank they have been waiting 2 decades for, except now...... its not a tank. hahahahah. Before I go further, I just want to say that these presenters are just there to provide info to the public. If u try to quiz them further on the weapon they are presenting, they will gabra. They have been given a script to follow and their mission is just to answer press and public questions and follow the script when showing the weapons. ST does not rely on these morons to close deals. Any serious buyers will be met behind close doors and depending on the potential value, up to VP of Marketing can be doing the actual sales pitch to them. Having gotten that out of the way. This NGAFV appears to be an enlarged Bionix with some new bells and whistles added to it. This is the very reason for them to be able to put a 105mm turret on it as the chassis is now wide enough to take the turret ring. Presented with a 30mm Bushmaster II gun that u see in the video, the probability of sales is almost zero in my opinion. The world is awashed with AFV and APCs armed with anywhere from a 20mm gun all the way to a 40mm gun. And they will be much cheaper and in some cases have been in combat. In my opinion, they should have had the 105mm version alongside this vehicle. It would generate a lot more interest. I believe that ST through its US subsidiary SAIC have teamed up with French turret maker Cockerill to develop the 105mm turret. Too bad it could not be at the show. But when u ask the presenter about any of this, they don't know shit. They look at u like you are a spy. LOL. There are quite a few wheeled AFVs with 105mm turrets but they are all larger and 4 X 4 systems, such as the US Stryker and the Italian Centauro. But a tracked 105mm AFV on this size a chassis, there are a lot fewer of them. I would say of off the back of my head, the SAF should be buying this. But then, they have committed to a very much overweight Leo 2, and they don't have the manpower to support and man 2 such types of tanks.
2) BR-18 - "In the unlikely scenario of chamber explosion". hahahhahaha. Actually quite likely if you are using the ST Kinetics Extended range rounds. They pack more propellant into them then the SS109 rounds, and the firing chamber is directly below the cheek rest. Substituting carbon fiber face plate is even worse, because the old version used a metal plate, which would be more resistant to chamber explosions. The carbon fiber cheek rest is just to save weight and bring it in to the same weight as that of a M4 rifle. This thing is a heavy bastard, made worse by its lack of balance due to its shortness. I am sure they will be forcing the SAF to buy this soon.
3) Everything I have seen on the video shows me how desperate ST is. No one will buy all these shit, fancy weapon stations mounted on remote golf carts is not cutting it anywhere in the world.The only thing that has impressed me is the 40mm anti UAV round. What an innovative product. It may not bring down all the higher flying UAVs, but its definitely a step in the right direction to counter UAVs. Especially when it uses standard 40mm grenade launchers.
ANyway, my 2 cents worth.