Army Troop Carriers and Our Lotus Trooper Caravan.
Submitted: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 17:48
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Member - DAZA (QLD)
Heading north today on our trip up to the NT ect, and we couldn't let a Photo Opportunity pass by.
All up there were 18 of these, and the men and women soldiers were taking them to Townsville.
When they were on the open road their speed was 100kph, they can go a lot faster.
They travelled in groups of three, at about 200metres apart.
When we left them they turned off the hwy at a pull over area where there was a army fuel tanker waiting to top them up.
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Reply By: Member - Trouper (NSW) - Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 17:58
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 17:58
These are 'Bushmasters' great vehicle,has aircon,chilled water dispenser individual seats, virtually IED (land mine) proofed. Australian Designed, Australian made How good is that!!
regards..........jeff
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Follow Up By: Off-track - Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 18:11
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 18:11
Actually they are LAV's. Bushmasters are a totally separate beast.
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Follow Up By: Road Warrior - Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 19:58
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 19:58
ASLAV's :-P
This is a Bushmaster. Unfortunately they aren't IED proof but personnel inside stand a far better chance than in a light-skinned vehicle:
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Follow Up By: guzzi - Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 08:42
Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 08:42
IED proof tends to refer to the survivability for the crew inside, not to the lack of damage outside.
The Bushmaster is a mine protected vehicle and provides a high degree of protection against land mines, using its v-hull monocoque to deflect the blast away from the vehicle and its occupants. The vehicle's armour provides protection against small arms of up to 7.62 mm calibre.
So they're not proof against all IED's but as you stated, you're better off in one than in a thin skinned vehicle ie hummer or landrover.
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Follow Up By: Member - Trouper (NSW) - Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 16:24
Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 16:24
Whoops your right off track it is an ASLAV..typed before engaging brain :-))
jeff
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Follow Up By: OzTroopy - Friday, May 13, 2011 at 10:19
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 10:19
mehhhh ... dont worry about it Trouper ......
All that camo paint & netting ....
Its easy to get em confused ... LOL
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Follow Up By: Off-track - Friday, May 13, 2011 at 12:53
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 12:53
As OzTroopy said.
Meh, if I was paid for the times I've been wrong as opposed to when I was right, I'd be way in front.
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Reply By: Bundy Buddies - Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 20:58
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 20:58
The speed and spacing of the vehicles, would be maintained at all times due to the convoy orders given to the crews prior to leaving the barracks in
Darwin.
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Reply By: Rockape - Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 23:40
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 23:40
Daza,
They must be planing a coup I think, we had to fly in south of Charters Towers today cause they were running around the back of Brownsville in those annoying little buzz boxes called FA18's.
Have a good one
RA
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Reply By: Notso - Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 10:07
Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 10:07
From an impeccable source. The Bushmaster had a major redesign before release because a South African bloke came over here and put his skills in explosives to good use and blew the bottom out of the first design.
They did a major redesign and the current one is, as we all know, one of the best units of it's type around.
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Follow Up By: OzTroopy - Friday, May 13, 2011 at 10:23
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 10:23
Wonder if that sth african fella also showed them any piccys of the S.A army V-hulled stuff they started using back in the 70's .... as a helpful hint for the design ????
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Follow Up By: Notso - Friday, May 13, 2011 at 11:30
Friday, May 13, 2011 at 11:30
That was one of the vehicles they user trialled out here before designing the Bushmaster. Probably had a fair influence I'd say.
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Reply By: BuggerBoggedAgain - Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 20:41
Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 20:41
That be about right, our Artillery convoys had designated speed limit 80kph, spaced 200 mtrs
On the windscreens was a little white box about 1 inch square, by getting the vehicle in front to fill the square up, showed you were exactly 200 mtrs behind.
Too much vehicle out of square, too close, back off
Too little of vehicle, too far behind, keep up.
It was funny to watch civvies trying to overtake not knowing that there was another and another and another
In order,
Rover, Rover 6WD International, Rover Rover, 200 mtrs, Rover Rover 6WD Inter, Rover Rover and so on for 6 Internationals towing 105mm Howitzers, followed up by RAEME with their 6WD mobile workshop,Semi-trailer Recovery vehicle, and lastly 2 more Rovers with top-mounted machine guns
A bristling mobile Artillery Regt.
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