New trojan tank and cougar apc ( UKF )

[IrishGuard]

Some pics of the new tank ( trojan ) and A.P.C. ( cougar ) for British Army.
Makes the Hummer look well small. Any more pics / stats on this?
sorry if re-post

[Gluten]

looks great

[Echo300]

NIce, that Cougar is ing huge! p-)

[Praet]

Any more pics / stats on this?
Your images show the 6x6 variant of the Cougar, which is manufactured by Force Protection in the US. Additional information is available through the company's website:
http://www.forceprotection.net/models/cougar/

The Trojan is nothing else as a combat engineer vehicle, based on the chassis of the Challenger 2. It is intended to replace the obsolete Chieftain AVRE vehicles currently in service, introduced together with the Titan armored bridgelayer.

[calimero2]

The British MoD ordered a variant of the Cougar HE 6x6, called Mastiff PPV (protected patrol vehicle):

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/9128/mastiffuk03pl5.th.jpg (http://img166.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mastiffuk03pl5.jpg)

Maybe interesting to note that the Cougar H 4x4 is a US version of the British (!) TSG Tempest:

http://img288.imageshack.us/img288/1/tempestuk03da8.th.jpg (http://img288.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tempestuk03da8.jpg)

[Straker]

Apparently all designed by the same British designer as well IIRC. He emigrated and started working for Force Protection designing the things. Pretty sure he posted about it on ARRSE.

[Pooga]

Wow, the Cougar is beefy. I like it.

[Col. Psycho]

I was looking at those vehicles and they look very similar to some of the stuff that the SADF (South African Defense Force) of the apartheid era used, mainly the "Casspir" and the like, which were all built with anti-mine properties in mind. infact the "Buffalo" from force protection looks like a bigger modified Casspir.

just thought i'd mention the similarities. :)

[fish&chips]

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=16548&d=1162733632

That thing looks pretty mean.

[He219]

Makes the Hummer look well small. Any more pics / stats on this?
sorry if re-post

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/militarypix/fresh/more/more/even%20more/061030-F-7426P-257.jpg
hires (http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/061030-F-7426P-257.jpg)

Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq (Oct. 30, 2006) - Polish army soldiers and U.S. Navy Sailors, assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Three (EODMU-3), provide security for other team members as they conduct official business at the Iraqi police headquarters in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Dawn M. Price

[Fade]

That's some thick glass....what is it...6" then?

[doomedllamaguy]

Some pics of the new tank ( trojan ) and A.P.C. ( cougar ) for British Army.
Makes the Hummer look well small. Any more pics / stats on this?
sorry if re-postthe cougar looks like Canadas The Armoured Patrol Vehicle (APV) http://www.armyimages.forces.gc.ca/netpub/server.np?original=4296&site=clsimages&catalog=clsimages&aspect&width=450 (http://www.armyimages.forces.gc.ca/netpub/server.np?original=4296&site=clsimages&catalog=clsimages&download)

[doomedllamaguy]

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=16548&d=1162733632

That thing looks pretty mean.to bad the only things that make it a tank are the tracks...it propaly a engineer vehicle.

[exmick]

Up The Micks

[fish&chips]

to bad the only things that make it a tank are the tracks...it propaly a engineer vehicle.


It's an armoured engineer tank to be used by the Royal Engineers.

[He219]

That thing looks pretty mean.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/He219/dailypix/militarypix/fresh/more/more/even%20more/britTrankPA_600x397.jpg

Get out of the way!....The Army's new heavily armoured engineer tank Trojan moving a car at Bovington Military Training Area in Dorset.
© PA
http://forums.canadiancontent.net/international-politics/52511-trojan-titan-british-armys-new-60-tonne-boys-toys.html (http://forums.canadiancontent.net/international-politics/52511-trojan-titan-british-armys-new-60-tonne-boys-toys.html)

http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/MilitaryOperations/DefenceSecretaryOrdersNewVehiclesForTroopsInIraqAndAfghanistan.htm

http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/EquipmentAndLogistics/NewProtectedPatrolVehiclesForIraqAndAfghanistanPutThroughTheirPaces.htm

[Lov3ll]

Are there any videos to see what the cougar could take? rpgs, mines, grenades etc.

[fish&chips]

You beat me to it p-) The trojan sure can move some load!

[chidozie]

i'm pretty sure the cougar is american?

[Ironsight06]

i'm pretty sure the cougar is american?
It is, it's made by Force Protection.

[Ironsight06]

NIce, that Cougar is ing huge! p-)
http://www.forceprotection.net/news/video.html?video=cougar

[Ironsight06]

It's called a Mamba and it's a South African vehicle.
It's the RG-31 not the Mamba.

[Combatbookworm]

It's called a Mamba and it's a South African vehicle.
I'm pretty sure he knows its South African kit, just being used increasingly by Canada. Guys over there love this vehicle, and fight over who gets to patrol in the RG-31 over the G wagon.

[Andrew116]

man that trojan looks bada$$!!! Though it looks like a worthog lol with those ****gs on the frontp-)

[Col. Psycho]

Yep that thing is the Mamba, i'd know because there was several parked at a maintenance office being sorted out. they are pretty badass, not overly spacious inside though, but safe. i'd prefer to drive in one of those over an HMMWV or G-wagon any day.

[Ironsight06]

Yep that thing is the Mamba, i'd know because there was several parked at a maintenance office being sorted out. they are pretty badass, not overly spacious inside though, but safe. i'd prefer to drive in one of those over an HMMWV or G-wagon any day.
Take a look on the BAE OMC site:
http://www.baesystemsomc.co.za/

The RG-31 and the Mamba are 2 totally different things. The Canadians use the RG-31.

[ocean000]

Reminds me of the A-Team :)