Site Update Thread!

[Panther Al]

Iraqi. Strategy page has some info on it, as well as pics. There was some stuff posted on the army website, but that was a while back.

[pmulcahy11b]

23 Mar 11

The US Wheeled APCs page has been heavily rewritten and updated. The Force Protection Cougar MRAP and the GDLS Stryker have been added.

General information and stats have been added for AR-10 clones under US Battle Rifles A-L.

In International Pistols, the Stoeger Cougar has been added.

In US Pistols D-F, the Guardian has been added to the Dan Wesson Commander Classic Bobtail entry. The Kobra Carry Lightweight has been added to the Ed Brown Kobra entry.

In US Pistols R, the LC9 has been added to the Ruger LCP entry.

In US Pistols - Springfield, the E-Series has been added to the Springfield M-1911A1 entry.

In Russian Machineguns, the Century International semiautomatic version of the DPM has been added to the Degtyarev DP Series entry.

In US Revolvers - Dan Wesson, a note about the Model 715 has been added to the Dan Wesson Model 15-VH entry.

In US Pump-Action Shotguns G-L, the Kel-Tec KSG has been added.

In Belgian Lever-Action Rifles, the Browning/Winchester 1886 Extra Light has been added.

In Small-Caliber Small Arms Rounds, the .17 VarTag, .17 Tactical, and .20 Tactical rounds have been added.

In Heavy-Caliber Small Arms Rounds, the .40-60 Winchester Centerfire, .45-765 Winchester Centerfire, .400 Pondoro, .416 Howell, .450 AHR, .450 Howell, ..500 AHR, .500 Jeffrey, and .585 AHR rounds have been added.

The Radios & Communications Equipment page has been rearranged for a bit more clarity. It will be expanded later (eventually).

For those parties wondering, and AS1 version of the Leopard, the M-1A1SA, and the Romanian AIMS-74 will appear in the next update. Sorry for the wait, but thanks for the heads-up.

[Legbreaker]

Just happy to be able to help out with your incredible work in some small way.

[Legbreaker]

Paul, I've noted you haven't got the M579 Fitter variant of the M113 on your site. Oversight?
I don't know how many (if any) are used by the US but they were the standard ARV in Australia for Cavalry and APC units (still are in those still equipped with M113s), and looks like a few other nations too (Canada and Israel being just two in a quick search).

[pmulcahy11b]

I do have some "M-113 Fitter's Vehicles" here and there, but who knows what I've missed.

[Legbreaker]

Yes, I can imagine it's very easy to miss a vehicle here and there given the thousands of items you've already got!
No rush to get it done from my perspective - only mentioned it because I'm currently working on an Australian OOB for Korea and want to include M113s and M113 MRVs in the mix. Likely to have been one per squadron I think sent over initially.

What's the New Zealand ARV for the Scorpion? Anyone have an idea? Could the M579 handle it? (my guess is probably.)

[StainlessSteelCynic]

Originally Posted by Legbreaker

What's the New Zealand ARV for the Scorpion? Anyone have an idea? Could the M579 handle it? (my guess is probably.)

The Scorpion weighs approx 8 tonnes while the M113 typically weighs 12 to 13 tonnes from memory. I don't know what the specific recovery capacity is of the Fitter's bucket but I'd say we're safe to assume if it can recover another bucket then it can easily recover a Scorpion!