Tutti i processi dell’Ajax si sono interrotti dopo che un altro soldato è stato ferito dalle vibrazioni, hanno detto i parlamentari | LBC

They better scrap this shite and get something from the continent or start a new joint program.

“Use of the £6.3 billion vehicle for military training was halted last month after around 30 soldiers became ill due to noise and vibration while using the Ajax on a training exercise.

Other trials of the vehicle continued, including some at Bovington, in Dorset, intended to provide data for investigations into November’s incident.

But those trials have now also been paused after a soldier reported suffering from vibration symptoms on December 12.

Announcing the pause in a written statement to Parliament on Thursday, defence minister Luke Pollard said the soldier was being given medical support but had not needed hospital treatment.

Mr Pollard said the vehicle involved was not one of the 23 that took part in the exercise in November, which are currently being tested to determine the cause of the noise and vibration issues.

He said: “This additional report of an injury is a serious concern to me so, out of an abundance of caution, and to ensure the safety of our personnel, I have directed a pause on all Ajax trials.

“This is in addition to the ongoing pause for training and exercising.”

They were feelin’ it too much https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kctwd4w7R0

Ah yes, the new issue of vibrations.

Oh wait, it’s been known for years: [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ajax-noise-and-vibration-review/ajax-noise-and-vibration-review](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ajax-noise-and-vibration-review/ajax-noise-and-vibration-review)

Luckily a pencil pusher will tell you it’s the soldiers fault:

[https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/ajax-trial-manager-blasts-crews-over-incompetence/](https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/ajax-trial-manager-blasts-crews-over-incompetence/)

>Last month, the UK MoD said in its IOC announcement that the vehicle has “significant export potential, with active conversations with multiple potential customers already underway.”

That one is hilarious too.

But the ferries!

When do we admit that ground vehicles are just not our speciality anymore? We’re an island FFS. I think the Jackal is the only ground vehicle that has gone well in recent years. Chally 3 is going to be good but I think we should have just bought something off the shelf. Our expertise is in ships and aircraft, as evidenced by the multi billion pound export orders of T26, T31, AUKUS, typhoons etc.

It’s amazing to me how badly they fucked this up. Even in the world of defense procurement fuckups this is shining example.

How much longer before they admit it won’t work?

This whole things looks very like the frigate program that went tits up in the US.. Constant modifications, until they turn a functional weapon into a mechanical frankensteins monster that doesn’t work and bloats in costs.

Just give up and go with the cv90…