Ajax and Ares | The Future of Armoured Vehicles | British Army 

The courage of the British Army is reflected in them having comments turned on on their videos. Anyway, a 40mm gun on this is definitely kick ass. Nice choice.

Let's not mention how late this thing is.

This thing is so well engineered, over such a long period of time it’s almost obsolete, pretty impressive.

This vehicle has taken so long to get into the field the actual threat has now evolved and its needs even more upgrades. I could be wrong of course. In which case tell as about its drone protection features. A recon vehicle is useless, if its instantly spotted by a drone too. In short this is one of those tales from long ago. You know the one's, they built a great biplane in 1938 and it was instantly obsolete in 1939 when WW2 started.

Should have gone for off the shelf CV90

They were two gopping berets.

Overpriced over budget enough said CV90 would of been a far better choice!

I just love the corporate speak they use

“Whhhhaaaaat?!!…….” 🦻🏻🦻🏻

"Here at the British Army" sounds like an early 2000s office advert.

General 1: Do you remember the old blue Pickford removal lorries ? General 2: I do sir,great big brute of a thing. General 1: Great,I want the next generation of reconnaissance vehicles to be the same size,but green obviously. General 2: Capital idea, I know just the man who can set things in motion

Thank You

got to love the Double Decker recce vehicle, army told them small so they listen well and made us a recce tank the size of 10 store flats, got to love the generals that listen to the troops, with there educated brain and then they say F u lot i am doing what i wont as i get a lovely back hander from them and i will give u a bus for a recce tank

But does it work without damaging Troops health?

It can't even fire on the move yet?? Hasn't an automatically tracking turret/gun been a thing for awhile now?

Opinion: I think I'd prefer a fleet of new-built light air-transportable Wiesel Armoured Weapons Carriers (AWC)...with BVs installed of course!

They should buy at least 1000 of these.

Does it still permantly injure it's crew?

Its number one feature is deafening the enemy and the occupants!

Nice

Sad thing is though this looks very impressive, its bigger and heavier than warrior but its actually replacing cvr(t) which was small and fast. In 2000 GKN offered the MOD "warrior 2000 " a new improved hull with new turrets, new more powerful gun , new upgradable electronics's, software with one less wheel station making it more maneuverable , more powerful engines. Upgrades and improvements where needed, too a tried and tested design. GKN where turned down for Ajax . Sad thing the same people that made Ajax did the warrior turrets upgrade and made such a poor job of this that warrior ended up being cancelled. You have got to love the MOD and government backroom decision making. Hopefully now ajax and its family of variants are starting to arrive with battalions with these drastic design and engineering issues having been overcome and the lads using them will be safe and able to do the job. Best of luck they do look impressive.

So has the harmonics problems of the hull be solved so its no longer shaking itself to pieces?

These videos should have a more serious tone about them - this cheerful music doesn't do it justice

Negative temperature rounds launched from anything even a bow can be effective however dropping it from the sky is far better because it can increase its mass an size on the way down plus anything around it would be cold enough to freeze also pea gravel for example at -200°C would be better for entrapping the enemy as they wouldn't want to walk on Ice. For they would be stuck

But did you guys fixed its vibration issues?

It has tracks, it can easily be disabled and then finished off later. Better buying shovels.

A very vulnerable driving sprocket there, just like the FV510… oh wait

Has the vibration problem been solved?

The Vertical hull height is WAYYYY too thin, which means the internal space is either too small or the Armor is too thin. Unless you have an Applique for the Bottom, top, front and lower front, these things look lile underarmored deathtraps, esp compared to the Bradley or German IFVS

Do you still have to put the enemy inside it to kill them?

I sure hope they no longer sicken the troops that use them.

This is tech-heavy. It looks like a logistics sustainability nightmare.

Massively oversized/overweight for its original role, hugely expensive and so late to be deployed that there is a very good chance it will only be in service for a few years. Apart from that, pretty good.

Projects started on these things before 2006.... Back then nobody knew what a quadcopter/fpv drone was ... now everyone knows what a drone target is and it has tracks in ... 😂😂😂

Magnetic bullets only work with copper guns and can be used to make electricity a firearm seeking round which has electrical properties exterior magnetic gloves?

I know we are getting boxer but are some of them in a IFV format or are we not having that capability (I know there are IFV boxer versions but are we getting them)?

Pls anyone know? Does Ares and Ajax have APC active protection system that are essential in today's battlefield?????????

Does it still require a blood sacrifice to run?

I would like to express my sincere condolences to the soldier who was killed in the plane crash near the base in Coningsby, Lincolnshire, eastern England.……

Have the design flaws been addressed?

What about the 100 Billion on HS2 😅😅😅😅

MLC 50!

Iam a ajax fan i searched ajax news yhe we need some tanks in our back squad greets from holland.

How many millions of drones could we have bought for the price of these white elephants

You know it would be better if they go to BAE CV90, i mean... BAE is British Company, why not instead they go General Dynamics Land System which is USA? The Platform which is the ASCOD 2 is made in Spain(Same as the Philipine Army SABRAH Ascod 2 Light Tank by Elbit System base on Italian ULAN Ascod). Literally it should be BAE, the CV90 should be made in Britain.

Warrior with 40mm? Rly?

I would rather be in Ajax than the other due to its 40 auto cannon would be great for for firepower and protection

Please let me do your music for free next time

BUT…how good is the BV!!!

British army doing what it does best....polishing a turd. For the money spent I'm pretty sure a more suitable and probably easier maintainable vehicle could of been developed and deployed. Instead re vamping the warrior.

We need double , triple the number ordered.

181 hibiscus coast highway, new Zealand: back house

How many they making a week ..

Still not enough we need treble that amount of vehicles

Bridging weight of 50 tons is unacceptable for a reccy vehicle, the Challenger two unloaded is only 12 tons heavier....

Most British equipment is labelled “All weather” most struggle in any weather not like a British summer day…..

Mr. Semple squints at this.

God bless the British Army!

For a recce vehicle it looks very big

I thought the Ajax was being axed .

By the time they enter service in the numbers needed they will be old technology.

That vehicle should have another half a foot of armor on the TOP to protect it from Lancets, drone and Artillery. What are you guys even doing ?

Wow I love the new armored vhicle

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no i fajnie

कक्षा में शामिल होना जारी है

These are going to get destroyed by FPV drones so quickly.

Buy from IDF by god their kit is test at spot on they respect keeping crew alive! Do we? We are just cannon fodder in these. Put generals in as crew in battle by god we would then build or buy the best kit he he.

Ever heard of a aircraft only a phone can detect?

lancet has new prey

Why don’t we forget about the army and just focus on the only relevant forces, navy and airforce?

How very sad to see this development must be heart warming for other European suppliers to see however.

Iam on the way to my next journey.... you will see after some years ❤

🇺🇦 Ukraine changed everything. Without active protection systems like Trophy, and dedicated anti-drone variants similar to Gepard 🇩🇪 , these are no longer survivable. The latest variant of the M2 Bradley has an active protection system

CV90 Would of been cheaper, delivered earlier and with a 50mm cannon....its all battle proven....This PoS is only going ahead because a few generals got board member seats and some holidays around the world.

All the wasted money to get to this…..

If Ukraine is anything to go by we probably need Drones, a lot of Artillery and plenty of ammunition. I'm not sure huge expensive limited capability vehicles are the way to go but the Army should know what its doing.

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The future don't make me laugh, making already obsolete tech

Not even made by a british company, smoke screen

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all read from a script, not one of them have any idea about the vehicle.

Future Lancet's feed😂😂.

cheap drone says hi

So much bull expressed here. To little too late, we will be at war before 2030 as a third tier army, a global joke. Me ex sapper

Overpriced, and over schedule. Not to mention dangerous for the users

Why not just buy CV90s?

They should give the Ukrainians some Ajax vehicle to test how they do in combat.

We can’t deploy them lol

SHOW ME DRONES…. All this is WW2

But do you have enough men to fight in those expensive toys? Sorry, vehicles.

New idea: Have a tank tread that goes under the WHOLE vehicle ( with it connected to the side treads to distribute the weight more evenly, and provide an extra layer of protection against mines.

Dream job for a Rupert. Being part of a procurement team, means earning millions buying irrelevant kit once you leave the army. Another bunch of get rich quick civil servants.

Wow ... All Weather ... So no real innovation ...

Recce vehicle 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 It is bigger and noisier than Challenger 🤦‍♂ Need an IFV not a battle field taxi

Both names belong to ancient Greek mythology The British, apart from the marbles of the Parthenon, continue to steal from the ancient Greek heritage. Don't they have their own cultural heritage names to use?

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A joke 😅

Send it to Ukraine for testing... 😂😂😂

Tanks a lot ..but tanks are irrelevant in modern warfare as Ukraine has shown..wars are won from the air.