Reply With QuoteThe pics are pretty old (2009), maybe they hadn't gotten around to painting it yet
What's up with the Abrams in the second last pic of the Diamond Dollar Exercise, why doesn't it have the regular Army camo?
The pics are pretty old (2009), maybe they hadn't gotten around to painting it yet
ADF has selected the Supacat HMT Extenda (6x6 Nary, 4 tonne load capacity) for special forces duties.
Unimog 'motherships'Australia Picks Supacat Vehicle for Special Forces
Apr. 17, 2012 - 11:01AM |
By ANDREW CHUTER
LONDON — Australian special forces are to be equipped with Supacat’s Extenda high mobility vehicle in a deal announced by the British-based company.
Supacat said it had been selected as the preferred bidder by the Defence Material Organisation in Canberra for the special operations vehicle element of Australia’s wider JP2097 Ph1B Redfin vehicle program.
The deal covers the project definition and evaluation phase of the program. Supacat’s Australian subsidiary has already been awarded an initial contract for this phase of the work. Acquisition of a fleet of vehicles is expected under a separate contract.
A Supacat spokeswoman said the company was not permitted to disclose the value of the deal at this stage.
Last month Supacat acquired design services provider Unique Solution Partners of Melbourne, Australia, to improve the company’s ability to support its design and engineering activities locally.
Sources estimate the likely eventual size of the deal at between 50 and 100 vehicles. Force Protection, Thales and General Dynamics are thought to be among the losing bidders.
Australian special forces already operate Extendas supplied under an earlier contract. The latest deal will see the vehicle supplied in the latest configuration.
The Extenda is part of the HMT series of vehicles and is similar to the Supacat Jackal and Coyote vehicles used by British forces in Afghanistan. Uniquely, though, it can be converted to either four-wheel- or six-wheel-drive configuration by inserting or removing a third axle unit.
In a statement, Nick Ames, the managing director of Supacat in the U.K., said the Redfin award was pivotal to Supacat’s expansion, particularly in the Asia Pacific region.
“With our development of an in-country design and engineering capability, it positions Supacat to access future opportunities in the expanding Australian defense market as well as diversified industry sectors in the Asia Pacific region,” said Ames.
Afghanistan
Special Operations Task Group
These images are from a series of previously unreleased images of the Australian Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) conducting combat operations in Afghanistan during 2011.
A member of Australia's Special Operations Task Group prepares to board a US helicopter during combat operations in Southern Afghanistan during 2011.
Special Operations Task Group soldiers prepare to engage the enemy during operations in Southern Afghanistan during 2011.
A Special Operations Task Group soldier takes in the mountainous landscape from an American helicopter while on combat operations in Southern Afghanistan.
A Commando from the Special Operations Task Group during an engagement in Southern Afgahnistan in 2011.
A Special Operations Task Group soldier takes part in an early morning patrol with US helicopters in the background.
A Special Operations Task Group soldier refers to his map from an overwatch position during 2011 combat operations in Southern Afghanistan.
A member of the Special Operations Task Group returns fire on enemy positions during a battle with insurgents in Southern Afghanistan in 2011.
A Special Operations Task Group sniper surveys the terrain beneath him during 2011 combat operations in Southern Afghanistan.
Last edited by vor033; 04-22-2012 at 11:03 AM.
^ Good find vor033
News articles with vids:
Good medicine awaits injured Aussies, and others, behind the lines
Bullet only strengthens commitment
Better rehab services for hurt soldiers
Interactive graphic of treatment for wounded personnel in Afghanistan:
http://www.smh.com.au/national/afgha...d_home-graphic
News from last week...
read the rest:AUSSIE Diggers found a novel way of celebrating Anzac Day in Afghanistan - joy-riding local donkeys across the dusty plains of Oruzgan Province.
At a patrol base construction site near the village of Chuckajuy in eastern Afghanistan, soldiers from Mentoring Team Four made the most of a free day.
While most caught up with lost sleep after a torturous 48-hour road trip from Tarin Kowt, others decided to try their "jockey" skills, offering a farmer and his kids chocolates and soft drinks in return for rides.
They had travelled in a convoy of 32 Bushmaster protected infantry vehicles, Australian Light Armoured Vehicles and trucks carrying vital supplies to one of the most isolated bases in the Australian area of operations.
Two days in a truck with helmet and body armour on all the way is not considered fun by even the most hardened Diggers...
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new...-1226341719333
read the rest:IT has been nine years since the people of Chuckajuy in eastern Oruzgan Province had any medical support.
This week, Australian military medics conducted a clinic in the medieval village bazaar and 100 people flocked in from near and far.
Sadly, none were women.
In this isolated region of Afghanistan, women remain indoors or hidden behind a burqa and the idea that they could be treated by male medics, let alone foreign men, is as abstract as primary school education.
Children in these struggling mountain villages spend their days tending goats or working the fields and, like one young girl whose leg was fractured two years ago and not properly set, they carry illnesses with them like Australian kids carry toys.
Many injuries are tended by local "witch doctors" who rely on remedies like tomato soup to treat serious burns.
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new...-1226341322376
Pics:
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/new...1576122?page=1
read the rest:AS Afghanistan heads into the summer fighting season, Australia's commander says insurgents are on the back foot after Afghan forces conducted winter operations that would have been beyond their capability a year ago.
Lieutenant Colonel Kahlil Fegan, commander of the Australian Mentoring Task Force, known as MTF-4, says the number of significant insurgent actions in Oruzgan province is at a historic low.
Operations over the winter by the Afghan National Army (ANA) and Australian Special Operations Task Group have reduced insurgent capabilities by killing and capturing many of their leaders and bomb-makers, and destroying caches of ammunition and explosives.
"It is looking promising, but that is not to say there isn't a prevalent threat,'' Lt Col Fegan told AAP.
"They still are dangerous, but it looks like we will have a better fighting season.'' ...
http://www.couriermail.com.au/ipad/a...-1226338000961
Bugger hasn't changed a bit since he was a young Captain.
Yes he was my platoon commander in 3 RAR he never ages.Originally Posted by digrar
read the rest:THE army's Black Hawk helicopters have resumed full flying duties a week after they were suspended from non-essential tasks...
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/b...-1226343033399
read the rest:..."It has proven to be a very tough and reliable vehicle - and on all our missions so far we have never had a breakdown," WO Moriarty said, adding: "(The Busmaster) handles the terrain with ease."
Driver Private Hamish Aitken, 25, from Inverell, NSW said the Bushmaster was highly capable and reliable.
All controls were at his fingertips including differential locks and a tyre inflation system.
It has plenty of grunt thanks to a 7.2-litre Caterpillar turbo-diesel and despite its weight; the large 4WD can traverse near vertical inclines.
"They have done everything we have asked of them ... and have even towed trucks and LAVs out of trouble," Private Aitken said.
"It is a rugged and comfortable vehicle ... (It) is virtually indestructible and secure."...
http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/n...-1226344102373
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