"The New Commando 4x4 armoured 90mm fire support..." Topic

… with CMI Defence Cockerill CSE 90LP turret.

"To response of Infantry-led mounted and dismounted operations, Belgian Defence Company CMI Defence has teamed with Textron Systems' Marine & Land Systems to integrate the Cockerill CSE 90LP turret with its COMMANDO Select 4x4 armoured vehicle. At Eurosatory 2014, on the booth of CMI Defence, COMMANDO Select 90mm Direct Fire Vehicle was showed for the first time to the public.

The Cockerill CSE 90LP is a low-weight two-person turret. Featuring the proven Cockerill 90mm low pressure gun (of which some 2,500 units have been sold) the turret delivers a range of highly effective rounds from bunker-busting HE to APFSDS-T, HEAT-T, Smoke and Canister. These rounds are accurately delivered around the clock using electrically-powered gun drives and a night/day digital fire control system. The low weight of the Cockerill CSE 90LP turret allows the COMMANDO to maintain its highly mobile characteristics. Despite its high capability and advanced design, the Cockerill CSE 90LP turret is simple to use and ruggedly reliable in the field; a real soldier's tool.

Textron Systems' Marine & Land Systems' COMMANDO Select four-wheeled armoured personnel carriers offer an enhanced combination of lethality, survivability, mobility and sustainability. Exceptional crew protection is built into all COMMANDO Select vehicles, which are in use today by the Afghan National Army. Greater survivability, however, doesn't mean sacrificing vehicle mobility. Rigorously tested and proven in the toughest environments, COMMANDO Select vehicles utilize a V-Hull with all systems protected under armor to deliver superior mine-blast protection while also providing unmatched on-road/off-road mobility…"

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Amicalement
Armand

Well I know what my next car will be. Thanks Tango.

Isn't the Commando a sixties design and the Cockerill turret came out in the late eighties.

All the same, I have always liked the CM90 turret.

What's old is new again.
I wonder how this platform would work as a light infantry-support vehicle for the IBCT? Maybe even for the SBCT, as a supplement for the MGS?
There is a lot of potential here, if this turret can be mounted to the existent M1117 ASV…

That was actually done in the late eighties by the Sibmas, who sold it to Malaysia, on a six wheeled vehicle for fire support. The turret has been offered for sale by Cockerill ever since then.

No reason something similar can't be put on a Stryker hull. Probably easier on recoil than any of the 105s were.

no probably about it, but the problem with the MGS isn't recoil. It's keeping the bloody turret/autoloader working!

Glad you enjoyed it boys.
No mention my friend Beneath A Lead Mountain. (smile).

Amicalement
Armand

Isn't the Commando a sixties design and the Cockerill turret came out in the late eighties.

All the same, I have always liked the CM90 turret.

They wanted to wait until they were sure all the prospective clients had turned their Cockerills and Commandos into museum pieces and reefs before selling these.

Now that's a nice wee thing.

I wouldn't mind equipping a modern imagi-nation with those!