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The issue of air filtration in combat vehicles may not be a priority for commanders in the midst of warfare, but the consequences of an inadequate air filter are extensive.

The UK Army’s latest combat vehicle has made its operational debut in Afghanistan fitted with an Australian made protected weapon station.

While there are so many good vehicles to choose from, the platform element of Land 400 is in many ways the least important.

While there are so many good vehicles to choose from, the platform element of Land 400 is in many ways the least important.

Speculation that the selection of a protected 155 mm 52 calibre self-propelled howitzer (SPH) for Army might face further delays or even be dropped appears to have been misplaced, with Defence confirming a submission will go to government this year.

With the 59 M1A1SA main battle tanks of the Royal Australian Armoured Corps now entering their fifth year in service, the first formal confirmation that a major mid-life upgrade is under consideration appeared in the December Update to the Defence Capability Plan.

One may be forgiven for assuming that recent major investment in the counter rocket artillery and mortar (C-RAM) sensor and warning system, now in service with the ADF in Afghanistan, may represent an early start on the capabilities sought for the future Ground Based Air and Missile Defence (GBAMD) proposed under Land 19 Phase 7B.

An order for 46 M777 howitzers from the US Department of Defense takes the total number of guns ordered to 1001. The order comes as BAE Systems continues deliveries of M777 to Canada and Australia, in addition to the US.

Force Protection has delivered two variants of its Ocelot protected light mobility vehicle to the Government for the next phase of evaluation under Land 121 Phase 4.

Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan received five of 20 upgraded Leopard 2 A4M CAN (Leopard 2) tanks between December 2010 and mid January 2011.

The ADF may acquire 265 radio-controlled IED electronic warfare (CREW) systems under FMS arrangements, in an urgent procurement for Australian troops.

Five of the six contenders for the Army’s Protected Mobility Vehicle (Light) project, Land 121 Ph 4, were on display at the Land Warfare Conference.

Force Protection’s Ocelot contender for Project land 121 Ph 4 owes much to the British Army’s Light Protected Patrol Vehicle (LPPV) program, for which it was awarded a 200-vehicle order shortly before LWC.

With speakers at the Land Warfare Conference (LWC) careful to pay obeisance to the Strategic Reform Program (SRP), both the Chief of Army and Army’s Head of Modernisation and Strategic Planning took the opportunity to highlight a greater emphasis on so-called adaptive acquisition.

The Land Environment Working Group (LEWG) took the opportunity provided by LWC 2010 to conduct their annual meeting.