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to be on purpose possibly. I wouldn’t know but this is exciting as this is now the third (?) European tactical truck to be actively testing its third generation model or just about to test it.

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Well starting from 2027 onwards, militaries around the world will have the option to order either HX2s or HX3s. This timeline matches up with what has been stated lately and also matches with when American Rheinmetall/GM Defense will begin HX3 CTT production if they win CTT which seems

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3. RMMV is producing six total HX3 test units, two 6x6 and four 8x8 in different configurations 4. German Army is accepting a few of these units for validation trials and presumably also will receive serial production units, implying they have placed an order What does this mean?

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RMMV HX3, under test in the US, tests starting in Europe, available in 2027 - EDR Magazine

Well some key facts from the article: 1. The first three HX3s we saw a few years ago are show pieces only 2. The three HX3 CTTs presently in the US of A are the first actual test units www.edrmagazine.eu/rmmv-hx3-und...

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Exiting the RMMV Vienna facility hosting the trucks assembly line three vehicles produced at the factory were visible. Two of

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jeff2146 @jeff2146.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

🇩🇪 According to @hartpunkt.bsky.social, experts consider the numbers Bloomberg presented to be realistic but potentially too low for the needs of the Bundeswehr over the next 10 years. 1/6 www.hartpunkt.de/bundeswehr-h...

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Sebastian Bae @sebastianbae.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

When my "Littoral Commander" #wargame is inspiring memes -- that's how you know you have real fans. 😂

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Zach @thrustwr.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Seems like F/A-XX nightmare continues under recent HASC FY26 NDAA markup. F/A-XX gets about $74M. The program is also getting $750M in the recently passed reconciliation bill. However, both of these combined are well below the spending plans under the Biden Admin, which called for $2.2B in FY26.

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Zach @thrustwr.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Seems like the US Navy will not be buying any of its new Constellation-class frigates in FY26. Big hit for the program.

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Kaiser @kaiserstormtrack.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Yep. The state of the world and the recent budget draft released yesterday doesn't even mention FFG-62

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Kaiser @kaiserstormtrack.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

What in the world did I just genuinely read

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jeff2146 @jeff2146.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

🇩🇪 Bloomberg reports that Germany is expected to order close to 4.500 new armoured vehicles, including 1.000 Leopard 2 MBT, 2.500 Boxer APC/IFV and 1.000 Patria CAVS APC (not the AMV as Bloomberg claims, as their writers are dumb). 1/3 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Kaiser @kaiserstormtrack.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Trying to say otherwise is a load of bullshit. This should not be happening yet it is

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jeff2146 @jeff2146.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

>How many 8x8 APC/IFV do we have in Europe that Poland could choose from? Four >All actively being offered to potential customers? Yes >Will you buy any of them? Buys another Asian vehicle that no one else in Europe will operate

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Kaiser @kaiserstormtrack.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

We’ve been in a crisis for the last six months. Idk what New York Times is on to be this ignorant, maybe a fuckton of cope

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Zach @thrustwr.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Today we are going learn about Light Exo-Atmospheric Projectile's first flight test. So what is LEAP? LEAP was a program aimed at developing extremely lightweight and small KKVs. The program first spawned from an SDI effort develop a light kill vehicle for ground or space based hyper-velocity guns.

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Kaiser @kaiserstormtrack.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

POV you let the helmsman listen to free bird during a missile attack

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Zach @thrustwr.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Hegseth and co could never do what they are doing to the Army to the Air Force, Navy or Marines. These cuts are so nonsensical but the Army has brain dead leaders so they will not oppose these cuts. Turns out failed PLs should never be in any positions of power.

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Kaiser @kaiserstormtrack.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

This doesn’t really say if they are integrating missiles on another system that doesn’t use their pods. It’s just an extension of the cooperation Rheinmetall and Lockheed have been forging since 2023 that yielded GMARS and Rheinmetall building components of the F-35 soon

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Naval News @handle.invalid · 10/04/2025

BREAKING 🚨 The Hypersonic Air Launched Offensive (HALO) missile in development for the U.S. Navy’s high priority Offensive Anti-Surface Warfare Increment 2 (OASuW Inc 2) program has been cancelled 🇺🇸🚀 A scoop by @cjohnston.bsky.social www.navalnews.com/event-news/s...

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U.S. Navy Cancels Critical HALO Hypersonic Missile Citing Cost Concerns - Naval News

The Hypersonic Air Launched Offensive (HALO) missile in development for the U.S. Navy's high priority OASuW Increment 2 program has been cancelled

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Naval News @handle.invalid · 10/04/2025

General Atomics is pushing forward with several new technologies shown at Sea Air Space 2025, including, for the first time, a display of a new podded air-to-air laser system on their MQ-9B platform 🇺🇸 By @cjohnston.bsky.social www.navalnews.com/event-news/s...

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MQ-9B Shown with Airborne Laser at Sea Air Space 2025 - Naval News

General Atomics at Sea Air Space 2025 unveiled a new podded air-to-air laser system on their MQ-9B platform.

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USGC’s Polar Security Cutters to Receive Mark 38 Mod 4 Guns - Naval News

Thx for hearing my little rant. Maybe I'll discuss something that isn't me ranting another time. The Connie image is from and the Mk38 image is from this Naval News article bsky.app/profile/virt... www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2... I do not own either image nor claim to own them.

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The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has confirmed that it intends to install the new Mark 38 Mod 4 on some new Cutters

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Yes they can be fitted later but given experience in the Red Sea and the utility of having autocannons for use against USVs and UAVs for point defense, you would expect the ships to have them fitted by default instead a potential refit later.

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For context, some Freedoms were fitted with a Mk46 30mm bushmaster next to the RAM launcher. You could make the argument they were avoiding gold plating but the Americas have Mk38s, the Fords have Mk38s, and the Mark VI patrol boats have Mk38s for crying out loud.

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remote weapon stations. The former with a 25mm bushmaster and the latter with a 30mm bushmaster and a coaxial 50 cal. It just ticks me off the USN gave the ship aegis, SPY-6, CAPTAS-4, Mk41s with Tomahawks, SM-2, SM6/ or ESSM, and sixteen NSMs and they couldn't be bothered to give them Mk38s?

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So I'm gonna be ranting about 1 aspect of the ships here and that's point defense. Each ship is armed with around 10 medium to heavy machine guns. This would be fine if it wasn't for the fact they were all on manned gun mounts. This is despite the fact the ships could easily fit 2-4 Mk38 Mod 3 or 4

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Obviously the Type 26 was never submitted but the FREMM-IT was. Long story short, FREMM beat out the four other bidders and from there, FMM worked with Gibbs & Cox and the USN to design what became the FFG-62.

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This resulted in the navy wanting a guided missile frigate geared for ASW warfare and if this sounds familiar, it should since this fact alongside the requirement for this to be an existing ship design meant there was really only 2 ships who could have pulled this off. The FREMM-IT and the T26

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Let's do a brief history on the USNs newest frigates. So the Constellations began life as the FFG(X) program. Long story short, it was a program to specifically to provide a replacement to the OHP and to largely replace both LCS classes in USN service

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Kaiser @kaiserstormtrack.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Let's go on a humble rant about a controversial frigate: The Constellation-class So first off, no it's not a pile of garbage, and the GAO reports for the record have been extremely negative and not really constructive for some reason (political maybe?)

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No we aren't we are jumping into the lava lake

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Will either procure it? Idk it’s in the air. I personally believe Germany should buy the GMARS over the PULS due to the fact they can merely reuse the MARS II pods instead of investing in new pods for PULS since Lockheed doesn’t wanna integrate MFOM into PULS at all

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The British are running into issues with getting more MLRS in general. HIMARS is an option but it only is able to carry a single pod. GMARS is probably the better choice due to its two podded setup and also common chassis with the British logistics fleet.

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The GMARS since it was first announced 2 years ago has been suggested as an M270 supplement/replacement for 2 primary nations: the UK and Germans Germany is trying to replace its remaining fleet of MARS II MLRS (M270) and is replacing 5 they donated to Ukraine with 5 Euro-PULS

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