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[orson 0]

Starstreak ?

*cough* wrong

[BlackScorpion 0]

Javelin MANPADS?

*edit* answered Starstreak, too, first... wtf is going on here?

[orson 0]

you can use the Javelin in air defence role ?

[Messiah 2]

that's what it was initially designed for, and as far as I'm aware it's still capable of doing so.

that picture doesn't look like either though - if it is the starstreak, then the configuration of the launchers has changed, and the sighting system has gone since I last saw it.

[Johannes 10]

its a javelin as it is beeing used by the canadian army.

the one who has got it first can go on :P

[orson 0]

that's what it was initially designed for, and as far as I'm aware it's still capable of doing so.

Dint know that

go on then smartypants .... wotsit ?

so it was a javlin .. blackscorp please forgive my banana

[Messiah 2]

hehehe,

I'm used to seeing the javelin in it's more chunky man portable, AT role - that's what made that a hard spot to be honest - I know I jumped for the starstreak answer as well at first.

[da12thMonkey 1943]

It is a Javelin yes, but not the one you're thinking of Orson and Messy.

Javelin was the name of the portable air-defense missile system the UK used before Starstreak (edit: aparently there was somet called Starburst between the two as well, though I've never heard of it, and I'm fairly sure we were still using Javelin as late as 1996). AFAIK it was an improved version of Blowpipe.

The AT Javelin we're using now is a completely different animal, the two aren't related in any way.

They just have the same name.

Wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javelin_surface-to-air_missile

[ran 0]

Yup, call me old-fashionned but I'd just have called those "blowpipes"

[Messiah 2]

It is a Javelin yes, but not the one you're thinking of Orson and Messy.

Javelin was the name of the portable air-defense missile system the UK used before Starstreak (edit: aparently there was somet called Starburst between the two as well, though I've never heard of it, and I'm fairly sure we were still using Javelin as late as 1996). AFAIK it was an improved version of Blowpipe.

The AT Javelin we're using now is a completely different animal, the two aren't related in any way.

They just have the same name.

Wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javelin_surface-to-air_missile

I am still correct that the current AT Javelin was first created under the pretence of being a AA weapon?

[ran 0]

I am still correct that the current AT Javelin was first created under the pretence of being a AA weapon?

I don't think so, it's a relatively long way from a MANPADS to a top-attack large caliber antitank weapon.

IIRC, the Javelin AT is a LM/Raytheon product and was ment to be a replacement for the Dragon.

[Ironsight 1]

To keep the game going:

ID this!

[orson 0]

Fiat Punto ?

[Ironsight 1]

Fiat Punto ?

Nice try but not even close

[Sc@tterbrain 0]

With the beefed-up armour its hard to tell.

Best Guess:

Panther Command and Liaison Vehicle (CLV), Light Armoured 4x4. (deignation may vary slightly from Panther 486, FCLV, or MLV?)

Looks like it was fast tracked and altered some so the British would have a light armoured vehicle along the lines of an armoured Hummer.

Theres sure alot of armoured 4x4's being developed suddenly.  With all that extra protection slapped on its hard to tell if its a CLV, a NIMR, or a RG32-M on roids.  With a few inches of plate and ballistic glass it could have been a freakin Fiat Punto when they started.  

[Ironsight 1]

With the beefed-up armour its hard to tell.

Panther Command and Liaison Vehicle (CLV), Light Armoured 4x4. (deignation vary slightly from Panther 486 or MLV?)

Looks like it was fast tracked and altered some so the British would have a light armoured vehicle along the lines of an armoured Hummer.

That's my best guess although it dose look a little like the NIMR 4x4 on roids too...

It's American.

[Sc@tterbrain 0]

It's American?

Thats not an Iveco LMV?

Hmm American...Ok then how about MOWAG Eagle IV?

[USSRsniper 0]

It's American?

Thats not an Iveco LMV?

Hmm American...Ok then how about MOWAG Eagle IV?

None fo those you listed are American.....

[wex-q 0]

Looks sure like a MOWAG, which isn't american, though, built of the american HMMWV.

[DaSquade 0]

So close to the trued. I was able to track the pic down and as i thought it was shown at IDEX 2007 show in the biggest Middle East Arms fair in the United Arab Emirates.

Sadly i just couldn't find the name of the vehicle in question:

The armoured car

.

So wild guess: AM General USA M113? (as that name shows in the demonstration list of US sellers)

[-ZG-BUZZARD 0]

Fiat Punto ?  

Judging by the shape of the turret, it's the super-armored all-terrain mobile air traffic control tower version of the Fiat Punto!

[Ironsight 1]

So close to the trued. I was able to track the pic down and as i thought it was shown at IDEX 2007 show in the biggest Middle East Arms fair in the United Arab Emirates.

Sadly i just couldn't find the name of the vehicle in question:

The armoured car

.

So wild guess: AM General USA M113? (as that name shows in the demonstration list of US sellers)

Yes, it was shown at IDEX this year. The manufacturer is fairly unknown.

[DaSquade 0]

Hm according to a site someone said it was the Spartan APC Wheeled made by Streit Manufacturing, Inc / Streit Security Vehicles, FZE , UAE. But i thought the Spartan was one of those APC we use aswel here in Belgium (or used to use).

[Ironsight 1]

Hm according to a site someone said it was the Spartan APC Wheeled made by Streit Manufacturing, Inc / Streit Security Vehicles, FZE , UAE. But i thought the Spartan was one of those APC we use aswel here in Belgium (or used to use).

Spartan Patrol Cruiser by Tallcoat Corp.

Good job, your turn

[DaSquade 0]

Maybe even in this angle to easy (for some):