o sung wu

One of the blessings of being a P&W officer with the RSL is you get invited to in-house "open" days at various military establishments.
You get well fed and the grog is great but you get to bang of a few rounds in their latest.
I find the Austeyr A1 more of an overgrown toy especially to the novice attempting a single shot (without the ALO engaged)and pulling the trigger back too far to be shocked by a full burst of auto fire.
The F88 GLA fitted with red dot scope sight and 40mm GL is a real dream and the armorer tells me they fit out to spec.
The SR98 (7.62) has an 800m red dot flat trag and a dream to fire.
I have even driven a new Bushmaster and yes they still have Browning .5s to scare to enemy.

Hi there CHRISGAFF1000...

You sound like you're well connected with your honorary Pension & Welfare job ! I think it was IS MISE I told that I've never even held a Steyr let alone fire one. Is the Bushmaster sufficiently well placed to survive the average roadside IED's, size depending of course ? Obviously, I've only seen photographs of them, never even seen one in the flesh, so to speak ? Is this the vehicle chosen to replace the irrepressible APC, a conveyance in which we journeyed out and about, while touring the beautiful sights and terrain, in the stunning Provence of Phuoc Tuy, in SV ?

My only issue with the beloved APC, the vision outwards, wasn't all that appealing in reality ? Still and all, it proved to be lovely and snug, and exceedingly comfortable, over an extended period of thirty seconds or so, I would've thought ? Providing our chauffeur kept his eyes open of course ?

Well, best keep your powder dry there, old chap ! Speak again soon.

o sung wu.
HiHo.
The current Bushmaster model is about the safest high speed land combat vehicle in the world. Where the old model Bushmasters( and the APCs) were flat bottomed and very prone to up-blasts from IEDs ripping their guts out and anybody inside, the new ones have a toughened V bottom which deflects the blast away.
Inside they are fitted out with all the mod cons and best or all we make them here in Australia and are now selling them overseas.
One interesting feature I noticed was genuine "Kelly" axe mounted on the side of the vehicle. The vehicles even have a satnav auto-drive to get home if the driver is asleep and a nice arrangement of rocket grenade launchers on the turret sides.
Rolls Royce stuff these units.