Advertising Last completed movie pages GKN Defence FV 510 WarriorClass: Others, Military armored vehicle — Model origin: 
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◊ 2015-11-08 14:37 |
M2 Bradley http://data.primeportal.net/apc/russ/M2/16230010.jpg chassis looks to match -- Last edit: 2015-11-08 14:59:42 |
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◊ 2015-11-08 14:54 |
I think it is a British GKN Defence FV 510 Warrior, strangely I can't seem to find it on the database https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrior_tracked_armoured_vehicle |
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◊ 2015-11-08 15:00 |
WOW , you are right didn't notice before it's the same track chassis as the Bradley -- Last edit: 2015-11-08 15:00:54 |
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◊ 2015-11-08 15:05 |
No it isn't, the Warrior uses its own track chassis, much superior to that of the Bradley, designed in UK, supplied in UK, assembled in UK. Six wheel stations do not a Bradley make. -- Last edit: 2015-11-08 15:45:44 |
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◊ 2015-11-08 15:12 |
I wasn going to look up Warriors but we haven't got it. |
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◊ 2015-11-08 15:15 |
six wheel station with a bigger gap in the middle is near same configuration |
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◊ 2015-11-08 15:22 |
Horstman dampers on Warrior, plus Squeezeformed aluminium wheels. The system was designed and developed in its entirety by GKN at its Cable Street, Wolverhampton, facility. The wheels were, and still may be, produced by the patented GKN Squeezeforming process. As far as I am aware, and I worked for GKN Defence/Alvis/BAE for 23 years, there are no common parts between Warrior and M2 suspension systems. http://www.horstman.co.uk/products/integral_rotary_dampers/index.html -- Last edit: 2015-11-08 15:47:18 |
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◊ 2015-11-08 17:19 |
They don't share any components, but they do have quite a similar look. -- Last edit: 2015-11-08 17:20:12 |
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◊ 2015-11-08 19:14 |
The suspension looks much tidier on the Warrior as the torsion bar passes through the rotary damper before attaching to the axle arm. There are, therefore, no piston type dampers with fixing pins and bushes to wear out and get full of mud or sand. The damping on the Warrior is so efficient that it does not need all wheel stations to be damped, but as it is now over eight years since I retired I do not recall if it is two or four that are not damped. Horstman, who make the dampers, used to build a sports car in the 1920s, amongst others a fearsome beast with a large outside exhaust pipe. I think the name might have had two "n"s at one time, but was anglicised many years ago. http://uniquecarsandparts.com/lost_marques_horstmann.htm As an in-service vehicle, it is not surprising that this is the first Warrior to appear on the database, they are all still in use by their first owner! They are relatively comfortable but noisy to ride in, and are easier to drive than previous generations of tracked vehicles as they have a steering quadrant rather than levers and pedals. I have driven one, but only around the test track. -- Last edit: 2015-11-08 19:43:20 |
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