Production lines running hot to build Army's long-awaited Ajax fleet

The General Dynamics factory near Merthyr Tydfil in the heart of the Welsh Valleys is where all six variants of the Ajax, the British Army's advanced land vehicle system, are being built.
Ajax is designed to be at the heart of the Army's future armoured fleet, and 589 vehicles from the Ajax family are being built at this site.
Forces News has been given special permission to go on the factory floor to see how these highly capable vehicles are being constructed.
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  • @natopeacekeeper97
    @natopeacekeeper976 ай бұрын

    During World War II, German tank crews traveled to the factory where they were building the new Tiger 1 tank. It was a complex vehicle so having the crews see how it was being assembled also helped them to understand what kind of maintenance they would need once deployed to the fronts.

  • @peterwait641

    @peterwait641

    6 ай бұрын

    Must have trust issues if REME helping out with production line !

  • @stevetheduck1425

    @stevetheduck1425

    6 ай бұрын

    Definitely cheaper than a few months training on them. Heinkel He162 pilots had a film and a 20 minute lecture before flying a jet fighter.

  • @lalec1417

    @lalec1417

    6 ай бұрын

    Is that why they were famous for mechanical failure?

  • @Daniel-xi2nc

    @Daniel-xi2nc

    6 ай бұрын

    @@lalec1417 we will see if these become "Famous" for their mechanical failings and weak design aspects.. They look like they would just get stuck in mud like any other Heavy Rolling Cannon

  • @carlosdangerfield9477

    @carlosdangerfield9477

    6 ай бұрын

    ... and they won the war?

  • @philchristmas4071
    @philchristmas40717 ай бұрын

    Glad our ally got the Ajax sorted out. I'm sure it will be very capable. 🇺🇸🤝🇬🇧

  • @paulwalker427

    @paulwalker427

    7 ай бұрын

    get rekt

  • @wor53lg50

    @wor53lg50

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@paulwalker427thats not nice to its enemy is it, i thought the woke sung kum bye yah now...

  • @jamjardj1974

    @jamjardj1974

    7 ай бұрын

    Should have chosen someone other than a U.S. company for the build, expect better from G.D.😂

  • @SCscoutguy

    @SCscoutguy

    7 ай бұрын

    @@jamjardj1974 it isn't a US company though. GD just bought two UK defence companies and put their name on it. It is a UK lead and assembled project. There aren't any Americans on the design team or in the UK leadership or the program. It is the same way with BAE North America which is all US companies that BAE bought and they get no input from the parent company.

  • @airhabairhab

    @airhabairhab

    7 ай бұрын

    Wouldn’t be too sure about that, even Ukraine don’t want these and they’ll take a Willy’s jeep if it’s still running!

  • @jessc3007
    @jessc30076 ай бұрын

    "why is western military equipment so expensive that we can only afford to order it in tiny quantities?" >man slowly screwing bolts onto a wheel with a ratchet wrench "no idea mate"

  • @gaptaxi

    @gaptaxi

    3 ай бұрын

    Yes, as if there are no powered tools to do the job much quicker, reminds me of local tunnel builders using explosives and taking 15 years to build a tunnel, that could be built in two years with a Tunnel Bore Machine!

  • @Daimo83
    @Daimo837 ай бұрын

    Thankfully youtube has subtitles for welsh

  • @davidharris4062
    @davidharris40626 ай бұрын

    The ironworks made shot for Nelson Navy back in the day, we need more industry like this in the valleys

  • @AJ-qn6gd

    @AJ-qn6gd

    6 ай бұрын

    We need more industry everywhere, we make next to nothing now we need jobs the devil makes work for idle hands.

  • @mwnciboo

    @mwnciboo

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@@AJ-qn6gdWe do - but the valleys and Merthyr especially is extremely deprived and needs money and jobs.

  • @welshpenguin7

    @welshpenguin7

    6 ай бұрын

    I'm one of those working on the railways through the Cardiff Valley Lines: along with the Heads of the Valleys road system, the WG is building the infrastructure to bring in more companies like this

  • @NeilFH

    @NeilFH

    3 ай бұрын

    more weapons means more war - its a self defeating policy. Better to have industry that is based on having peace.

  • @scottjoseph9821
    @scottjoseph98216 ай бұрын

    It's good to see work is being kept in our country .and vechicles used by our armed forces are british built well done 👏 ✔ 👍

  • @paulg3216

    @paulg3216

    3 ай бұрын

    Mostly assembled here. Only parts are manufactured in the UK, like the turret.

  • @billballbuster7186
    @billballbuster71867 ай бұрын

    Looks to have been worth the wait and much of the Software had been updated while issues were sorted out. The Scorpion Family were really loved, but as far back as Operation Granby in 1991 it had been sidelined as a reconnaissance vehicle as there was no room to update the basic systems. They were used mainly as patrol and security vehicles since then.

  • @frankfischer1281
    @frankfischer12815 ай бұрын

    The importance of these types of vehicles has grown exponentially as heavy armoured warfare has come back to the fore of warfare.

  • @andreim841
    @andreim8416 ай бұрын

    1:37 Nothing screams productivity like hand cranking 80 bolts just for the drive sprockets. Alternative title: How to milk it and turn a 5 minute job into an hour

  • @utubeape

    @utubeape

    6 ай бұрын

    yes they need to get an F1 pit crew to help improve the factory

  • @captiannemo1587

    @captiannemo1587

    6 ай бұрын

    sad thing is you could have 3 torque guns that stop at given specs and do it gun A B and C in order, in a star pattern and it would be very easy.

  • @andreim841

    @andreim841

    6 ай бұрын

    @@captiannemo1587 Multispindle Nutrunners have been around for ages...they defiantly spend too much time sniffing that glue dispenser

  • @user-hm9is5ke9i

    @user-hm9is5ke9i

    6 ай бұрын

    Welcome to government contracting!

  • @leetshots

    @leetshots

    3 ай бұрын

    meanwhile russia is pumping out 50 bmp3's a month

  • @i.jwilson2885
    @i.jwilson28857 ай бұрын

    The tea machine has been replaced with an Ibuprofen dispenser.

  • @utubeape

    @utubeape

    6 ай бұрын

    Top Comment!!! 🤣😂🤣

  • @rogerkumar4424
    @rogerkumar44245 ай бұрын

    Quality and durability...wow.

  • @GenoAtkins
    @GenoAtkins7 ай бұрын

    Has it stopped rattling the occupants into sickness yet?

  • @sentien13

    @sentien13

    7 ай бұрын

    Or making them deaf?

  • @paulg3216

    @paulg3216

    3 ай бұрын

    No. Do you want to know how they got around that? Noise-cancelling headphones. And no, I'm not having you on. 🙄

  • @tomfahey2823

    @tomfahey2823

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@paulg3216 Do the noise cancelling headphones vibrate the wearer's body in anti-phase to the rest of the vehicle? 😂

  • @solaireastora5394

    @solaireastora5394

    2 ай бұрын

    ​@@paulg3216wtf, we should have just bought cv90s from Sweden

  • @trevorhart545
    @trevorhart5456 ай бұрын

    Q. With SO FEW been built why was the Warrior upgrade cancelled? The numbers of Ajax, and derivatives, are a fraction of the number of vehicles needed. This is Treasury taking over again and MOD Civil Servants messing up again. I thought that David Cameron was the only PM worse than BoJo the Clown but our Rishi Sunak is the pits! British Army left with "stale crumbs" yet again. Still insufficient F-35s for a single carrier even with RAF aircraft. First Tranche of Typhoons need replacing but no orders for replacements. So few MBTs and less than 150 to be ordered.

  • @tattyheid7279
    @tattyheid72796 ай бұрын

    Are we really crowing about this? An absolute shambles from the very start. Way behind delivery date & well over budget (to the detriment of taxpayers). The vehicle is a monster (in size) as well. Meanwhile a big US defence giant nods approvingly at the profit. Heads should roll, but won't. Politicians, procurement & senior army decision makers. There's so much better out there.

  • @bryanx590
    @bryanx5906 ай бұрын

    OMG Loctite vending machine. Its beautiful, so beautiful, I had no idea, no idea!!!!!!

  • @jtf2dan
    @jtf2dan6 ай бұрын

    General Dynamics started as a merger between Electric Boat submarine manufacturer in Groton, Connecticut and Canadair aircraft manufacturer out of Canadian Vickers plant in Montreal Quebec.and designed and built the F-111 fighter and the F-16...while working with Grumman and Northrop. Then in the 1970s went into land and marine systems. It is the 5th largest defence contractor in the world now, and Fortune 100 ranked it as the 94th company on its list in 2022.

  • @offensivebias1898

    @offensivebias1898

    6 ай бұрын

    "n 1952, Electric Boat bought Consolidated Vultee and combined it, Canadair, and several smaller companies to form General Dynamics Corporation"

  • @dogsnads5634

    @dogsnads5634

    6 ай бұрын

    Indeed....they're also the cretins that have messed up this programme, made a disaster of the Bowman programme and are currently making an even bigger disaster with the Morpheus programme.... They're possibly the most incompetent defence contractor on earth...

  • @latch9781
    @latch97817 ай бұрын

    Knowing Merthyr, that vending machine isn't to make sure the glue is in date

  • @Daimo83

    @Daimo83

    7 ай бұрын

    🤣

  • @Daniel-xi2nc

    @Daniel-xi2nc

    6 ай бұрын

    i have a few good buys on ebey from that factory,

  • @worldtoday9244
    @worldtoday92446 ай бұрын

    Keep up the good work everyone 🇬🇧 🇺🇸

  • @hankcester
    @hankcester6 ай бұрын

    Nice info

  • @chrisbacon3071
    @chrisbacon30717 ай бұрын

    All these interesting and secret new components for the IFV and he is interested in the glue vending machine! 😂😂 beautiful 😂😂

  • @ADobbin1

    @ADobbin1

    7 ай бұрын

    Thats because the glue vending machine is the only thing he's allowed to talk about. Can't understand why they were allowed to film anything here.

  • @chrisbacon3071

    @chrisbacon3071

    7 ай бұрын

    @@ADobbin1 my comment was more of a retort but thanks anyway!

  • @trespire
    @trespire6 ай бұрын

    Anyone looking to seriously get into a trade should jump at the chance to work in such a plant. Lots of valuble skills and professional habbits to pick up, that will serve you well in the future.

  • @vivalunt
    @vivalunt6 ай бұрын

    What did you have for lunch and how proud are you of working here…

  • @Paul-ie1xp
    @Paul-ie1xp6 ай бұрын

    Good Job team, only took 35 years to replace a 6 Tonne Recce vehicle with a 40 tonne one.

  • @pparker768

    @pparker768

    6 ай бұрын

    Yep. More corruption.

  • @garyharris8082

    @garyharris8082

    6 ай бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣🤣😂

  • @JasperKlijndijk

    @JasperKlijndijk

    6 ай бұрын

    Damn

  • @carlosb4741

    @carlosb4741

    6 ай бұрын

    👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

  • @NoOne-hq9cp

    @NoOne-hq9cp

    6 ай бұрын

    Recce? more like reclining chair platoon feet up bru up

  • @GingerRuss75
    @GingerRuss756 ай бұрын

    Does it come with sick bags as standard?

  • @GiveMeBackMyUsernameYouTube
    @GiveMeBackMyUsernameYouTube7 ай бұрын

    I wonder if it'd be worth sending a few to Ukraine to see how they hold up under actual battlefield conditions. You'd get valuable data, possibly help out an ally in a small way and also not have to risk getting any of our own people killed.

  • @amb8274

    @amb8274

    7 ай бұрын

    Absolutely. Along with other pieces of new kit that are still in production.

  • @chrisbacon3071

    @chrisbacon3071

    7 ай бұрын

    It be great to see, but I don’t think it would happen… 😔

  • @furiousscotsman2916

    @furiousscotsman2916

    7 ай бұрын

    It would blow up if anything intended to destroy it hit it and anything not intended to destroy it would probably not destroy it, that's usually how it goes. It would have better optics/sensors than just about anything else in the war at this point but its just an IFV and we don't have the numbers for them to make any meaningful dif to Ukraine.

  • @auto_revolt

    @auto_revolt

    7 ай бұрын

    Surely it depends on the technology in them? Wouldn't want something classified falling into the hands of the Russians, and as soon as you send something you have to accept that's a possibility.

  • @picklewiickle.1583

    @picklewiickle.1583

    7 ай бұрын

    no..... everythign we send ends up in russia so they can improve their own.

  • @reconn9056
    @reconn90567 ай бұрын

    I don't believe this is Wales - I haven't see one pot noodle!

  • @Idontknow-ov5qx
    @Idontknow-ov5qx5 ай бұрын

    Use fresh glue to bond things together, how reassuring! Next supply crew with sticky tapes in case they fall apart

  • @tonkerdog1
    @tonkerdog17 ай бұрын

    They’re made in Spain, and constructed in Wales.

  • @SCscoutguy

    @SCscoutguy

    7 ай бұрын

    Yea the hull is produced in Spain. The turret is produced in Germany. The 40mm main gun is made in France. The engine is made in Germany. The FCS is made in France by Thales. It would be more accurate to just say that the vehicle is "assembled" in Wales.

  • @airhabairhab

    @airhabairhab

    7 ай бұрын

    And Destroyed in eastern Ukraine 🤣🤣

  • @cookudysu90

    @cookudysu90

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@airhabairhabthey aren't being sent to Ukraine you Muppet!

  • @aregranhaug8617

    @aregranhaug8617

    7 ай бұрын

    To add to that, the remote weapon station is built in Norway.

  • @RJM1011

    @RJM1011

    6 ай бұрын

    @@airhabairhab The Russians have lost a lot MORE tanks and AFV's ! ! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @bartmanxoxo
    @bartmanxoxo7 ай бұрын

    Nice

  • @frankthompson6503
    @frankthompson6503Ай бұрын

    Great APC support vehicle infantry can you get another 200,000 soldiers to man these state of the art vehicles

  • @TrustSpiders
    @TrustSpiders6 ай бұрын

    Ill keep an eye on the Warthunder forums to see the technical docs.

  • @manxman8008
    @manxman80087 ай бұрын

    joint approval is good

  • @rocksnot952
    @rocksnot9526 ай бұрын

    Aren't these a little behind schedule?

  • @KONAMAN100

    @KONAMAN100

    6 ай бұрын

    It's due to that bloke with the hand wrench

  • @stevetheduck1425

    @stevetheduck1425

    6 ай бұрын

    @@KONAMAN100Two torque spanners. But yes. It must be him, of course. ;-)

  • @robertpotton9179
    @robertpotton91795 ай бұрын

    The Ajax was subject to Parliamentary enquiry if I remember correctly. How have all the (massive) problems suddenly gone away? And why is Forces News doing such a push to say that the vehicle is now OK? But hey, a magic glue vending machine, what's not to like?!

  • @FlorinSutu

    @FlorinSutu

    5 ай бұрын

    Like the development of the Bradley in the U.S., in the 1970's...1980's. I hope that you know what do I mean.

  • @paulg3216

    @paulg3216

    3 ай бұрын

    They overcame the NVH problem through a brilliant solution. Instead of fixing the problem, they decided that noise-cancelling headphones were a cheaper alternative. And no, I'm not joking.

  • @notreallydavid
    @notreallydavid7 ай бұрын

    Numpty question - did the internal noise problem get fixed? Good to see ex-forces gents doing work that has a lot of meaning to them.

  • @peterwait641

    @peterwait641

    7 ай бұрын

    Expensive noise cancelling headsets to reduce 117 Db to a safe level !

  • @notreallydavid

    @notreallydavid

    6 ай бұрын

    @@peterwait641 Ah! Thanks.

  • @philc4661

    @philc4661

    6 ай бұрын

    So no then :(

  • @randommadness1021

    @randommadness1021

    6 ай бұрын

    They tightened the wheels to the correct torque.

  • @peterwait641

    @peterwait641

    6 ай бұрын

    @@randommadness1021 Without grease sprocket bolts seize and you have to heat with gas or cut nuts off with angle grinder . Spent 4 hours heating and using 1" impact gun on CR2 final drive bolts (the big ones not sprocket ones )rusted in which should be greased . They are torqued to 1700 NM and 2100 NM if using the flanged headed T2 bolts !

  • @robbo3353
    @robbo33537 ай бұрын

    Most Loctite types I would expect but the 406 is super glue, the question must be asked.

  • @peterwait641

    @peterwait641

    6 ай бұрын

    406 for rubber and plastics not to be confused with 401 which is used by cowboys to stick bolt heads on lol

  • @andrewsteele7663
    @andrewsteele76637 ай бұрын

    Only one word, AWESOME, cheers

  • @randommadness1021
    @randommadness10216 ай бұрын

    So it was the wheels that were causing the vibration?

  • @d.i.l.l.i.g.a.f.594

    @d.i.l.l.i.g.a.f.594

    6 ай бұрын

    Coffee maker the Americans put in, the coffee grinder was too loud. once we put the tea maker back in it was sorted. 🇬🇧😁

  • @randommadness1021

    @randommadness1021

    6 ай бұрын

    @andrewbennets7524 Good old British Engineering at its finest. Musta had a few tea breaks 😆 🤣

  • @akula9713
    @akula97136 ай бұрын

    Recon by a huge metal box? Obsolete before it’s in service. Drones are now the preferred recon vehicle.

  • @jarraandyftm

    @jarraandyftm

    5 ай бұрын

    The soldier on the ground is and will always be the preferred method of reconnaissance. Unless they can be carried by a drone then they need these metal boxes to get places. Guessing you knew that already as you serve in a recce unit though…

  • @akula9713

    @akula9713

    5 ай бұрын

    @@jarraandyftm The soldier on the ground has a limited view, restricted by the topography and how fast he can move ( movement attracts attention). If you haven’t noticed, both sides in Ukraine are using drones for recce. You’re obsolete.

  • @jarraandyftm

    @jarraandyftm

    5 ай бұрын

    @@akula9713 ok, I’m obsolete. But you’re a civvy.

  • @akula9713

    @akula9713

    5 ай бұрын

    @@jarraandyftm former Royal Military Police, 5th Regiment.

  • @jarraandyftm

    @jarraandyftm

    5 ай бұрын

    @@akula9713 former, and rmp.

  • @setituptoblowitup
    @setituptoblowitup7 ай бұрын

    Bet you can't wipe that stain off⚔️🎯☮️

  • @karlrust7702
    @karlrust77025 ай бұрын

    Supposed to start service in 2017 now latest date 2025, billions spent on this yet to be fully tested IFV. There’s a lot of faith riding on this , should have bought a load of CV-90s if anything to ensure our armed forces has current capability and keep GD on their toes to deliver. Not the first overrun overspent defence procurement but you would think the lessons have been learnt by now? Unless it’s a got to be made in Britain criteria?

  • @tonybennett3904
    @tonybennett39047 ай бұрын

    The vending machine also records who is using the product and how much they use,those products are high value.

  • @jondoherty3884
    @jondoherty38845 ай бұрын

    See how handles the real world and the men who have to use it Before you start singing it's praises

  • @scottwhitley3392
    @scottwhitley33926 ай бұрын

    We should really be looking at an IFV and 105mm variant of the AJAX.

  • @Phoneixghost
    @Phoneixghost6 ай бұрын

    Its crazy the UK does not have a hard kill ACTIVE PROTECTION SYSTEM on its vehicles these days ATGMS and tandem RPGs are not hard to acquire

  • @paulg3216

    @paulg3216

    3 ай бұрын

    Not on Ajax. Too expensive.

  • @charlespalmer5012
    @charlespalmer50126 ай бұрын

    Are the parts made in uk, or is it just assembled here.

  • @owenyates1777
    @owenyates17777 ай бұрын

    About god dam time

  • @fantomas5614
    @fantomas56146 ай бұрын

    Great !!! UK must be self sufficient regarding defence capability...!!!

  • @spamstabber

    @spamstabber

    6 ай бұрын

    what? how is this self sufficient, almost every part is produced by a different country and we just slap the parts together. Literally nothing about this is self sufficient at all!

  • @utubeape

    @utubeape

    6 ай бұрын

    defence in what form?

  • @Daniel-xi2nc

    @Daniel-xi2nc

    6 ай бұрын

    500 of these or so wont last on a front line lack of numbers is a problem

  • @edwinmorris1635

    @edwinmorris1635

    6 ай бұрын

    Absolutely, this tank is obsolete before it's even on service. It's eurocrap, the mad British government obsessed with Europe.

  • @connorlee5873
    @connorlee58736 ай бұрын

    500 surely isnt enough

  • @bigtony4829

    @bigtony4829

    3 ай бұрын

    With the same of our military 500 is probably too many Probably only need two Ubers and a mini bus soon why things are heading

  • @paulg3216

    @paulg3216

    3 ай бұрын

    When you only have 150 tanks, 500 is plenty!

  • @MrZOMBIE170
    @MrZOMBIE1707 ай бұрын

    that is a tiny factory but not like it needs to be big they are only building 589 vehicles that's nothing just shows how far the UK has fell as a power and the vehicle design isn't even British and so is General Dynamics

  • @RealElonnMusk
    @RealElonnMusk6 ай бұрын

    Where do they assemble the ear defenders the crews will need?

  • @stevetheduck1425

    @stevetheduck1425

    6 ай бұрын

    Soft plastic foam ear defenders have been standard issue for servicemen for decades.

  • @RealElonnMusk

    @RealElonnMusk

    6 ай бұрын

    @@stevetheduck1425 Cheers, GI Joe.

  • @JasonBrown-dd7dj

    @JasonBrown-dd7dj

    6 ай бұрын

    Live behind the plant you can hear these vehicles ten mile away

  • @Migman2020
    @Migman20206 ай бұрын

    aint these the ones that murder your ears while in use?

  • @BarrowZigger
    @BarrowZigger6 ай бұрын

    I'VE HEARD IT'S VERY NOISY!!!!!

  • @paulg3216

    @paulg3216

    3 ай бұрын

    We can hear you, there's no need to shout. Unless you were sending your post whilst being driven around in one of the Ajax at the time... 😉

  • @stevetheduck1425
    @stevetheduck14256 ай бұрын

    I remember the Scorpion, Scimitar, Spartan, Samaritan, etc. programme being a major success, with one major criticism: too small due to political demands for cheapness. It's taken decades to realise, but here we are again, just, each one is a bit bigger, so it can carry something a bit more tasty. Tentatively hopeful the political dimension is accurate this time, and we can sell a simple version to our allies, for example. Or even everyone in Europe. What an idea... let's hope the political dimension doesn't block that enormous window of opportunity.

  • @dogsnads5634

    @dogsnads5634

    6 ай бұрын

    "with one major criticism: too small due to political demands for cheapness. " They weren't small to be cheap, in fact their compactness made them more expensive... They were small so that they were airportable...

  • @petergough2635
    @petergough26357 ай бұрын

    The sprocket fitting could be completed in a fraction of the time with power tools. Spanner and ratchet is not very productive.

  • @peterwait641

    @peterwait641

    6 ай бұрын

    Air ratchet will help prevent tendon and wrist damage !

  • @utubeape

    @utubeape

    6 ай бұрын

    Military budget, no real world commercial considerations

  • @trialen
    @trialen5 ай бұрын

    Is this manufacture, or merely assembly?

  • @bossybill7437
    @bossybill74377 ай бұрын

    At 3:10 "But why have it in a machine where you swipe your card to get it?" Sorry but the answer, 'so they can track when it's in or out of date', does not answer the question. They could just as well leave a bunch of in-date supplies in a box. No need to swipe a card - just grab and go. Truth be told (assumption), the supplies were disappearing so they had to ID who was using the stuff (illegitimately).

  • @99999999999999998674

    @99999999999999998674

    7 ай бұрын

    Stop's Theft.

  • @Cous1nJack

    @Cous1nJack

    7 ай бұрын

    Or to track which section or assembly line to charge. I bet these boys have their pockets turned out on departure and not a lot goes on ebay

  • @WhatIsLove170

    @WhatIsLove170

    6 ай бұрын

    @@Cous1nJack I've been randomly searched for less before when just working basic warehouse jobs. It's without question that these guys get searched all the time.

  • @FlorinSutu
    @FlorinSutu5 ай бұрын

    "Assembly Operator" was called "worker" when I was engineer in manufacturing. Like "Hair Stylist" instead of barber.

  • @rodpope7838
    @rodpope78386 ай бұрын

    I hope all the bugs have been worked out. May it serve well.

  • @Edenbaum
    @Edenbaum7 ай бұрын

    Maybe add Chinese subtitles to make it easier for the Chinese government?

  • @FlorinSutu
    @FlorinSutu5 ай бұрын

    Nuts and screws do not fail, if below their stress limit. Rivets are good, too. Welding, not bad, even though it has its problems. Glues? Loctite? My boots, my camping tent and equivalent things, that's the domain for glues.

  • @luciussander8217

    @luciussander8217

    4 ай бұрын

    You don't much about adhesives then, amongst others things I imagine. Take a look at any modern car, adhesives used extensively throughout the vehicle, same for electrical installation, mechanical engineering, shipping, the list goes on.

  • @FlorinSutu

    @FlorinSutu

    4 ай бұрын

    @@luciussander8217 - - Maybe that is why the cars made today do not last as the old cars used to last. OK, take it easy, it is not only because of that. LOL

  • @kwhite8549
    @kwhite85494 ай бұрын

    £5.5 billion project = £1 million each. 6 years late and still not yet in active sevice. Let's hope it's all worth it.🤞

  • @bossadave
    @bossadave7 ай бұрын

    That car park is very empty for a factory at full production

  • @TheWtfnonamez
    @TheWtfnonamez7 ай бұрын

    As a Welshman I can say with my hand on my heart ..... Dont tell the soldiers that their APC was made in Merthyr. Although they might figure it out when they find empty stella cans and burned tin foil in the footwells....

  • @twohopes8353
    @twohopes83536 ай бұрын

    my question is why they are using only american companies? why not support their own business in uk?

  • @Warbeaver
    @WarbeaverАй бұрын

    It better have an autonomous anti-drone auto shotgun.

  • @leemorgan4037
    @leemorgan40376 ай бұрын

    Using rat gets for the drive sprockets FYI use impact guns lots faster

  • @Jay121
    @Jay1217 ай бұрын

    So they added extra air sickness bags?😅

  • @oSJmee
    @oSJmee6 ай бұрын

    I wonder if the british Ajax or the german Puma is the better tank

  • @stevetheduck1425

    @stevetheduck1425

    6 ай бұрын

    There's only one way to find out... ;-)

  • @CB-mn4lf

    @CB-mn4lf

    6 ай бұрын

    Neither of them are tanks

  • @a-fl-man640
    @a-fl-man6406 ай бұрын

    tightening the bolts with a ratchet? give that poor man an impact. probably 10X ( a guess ) faster. especially considering how long and many bolts he has to tighten. yabba dabba do.

  • @johnzehrbach820
    @johnzehrbach8205 ай бұрын

    No power drivers ?????

  • @vincnetjones3037
    @vincnetjones30376 ай бұрын

    Just wondering... Have all the major teething issues been sorted out?

  • @glynnwadeson5605
    @glynnwadeson56056 ай бұрын

    Just imagine, one cruise missile strike and the whole supply of a key weapon is destroyed. Talk about putting all our eggs in one basket!

  • @robertjohn6585

    @robertjohn6585

    6 ай бұрын

    ​@@JimCarneryou two are cracked, an attack on UK soil would be a declaration of war on NATO, y'know that 31 nation alliance... not to mention we are one of only 9 nations with Nuclear weapons... just who exactly is itching to pick a fight with a massive Nuclear powered alliance? 😂😂

  • @luciussander8217

    @luciussander8217

    4 ай бұрын

    About as likely as your IQ being above 50.

  • @allenseeallendo5844
    @allenseeallendo58446 ай бұрын

    Are these the vehicles that were deafening the crew and shaking them like a protein bottle?

  • @XX-fq8kp
    @XX-fq8kp5 ай бұрын

    AVP DRONES WILL MAKE SHORT ORDER OF THESE…. ZOOMM… BANG… 😢😢😢

  • @whya2ndaccount
    @whya2ndaccount7 ай бұрын

    1:40 Why is he doing all that manually? Why not use a "rattle gun" (set to less than 500Nm) to do the initial tightening and then the special gun to apply the correct torque?

  • @Auggies1956

    @Auggies1956

    7 ай бұрын

    Exactly! His repetitive movement alone spells a life time of lasting injury.

  • @thorney36

    @thorney36

    7 ай бұрын

    I hope just while he’s chatting to the camera instead of blowing our eardrums out

  • @willis32

    @willis32

    7 ай бұрын

    Wouldn't make a very good interview if nobody could hear him

  • @Surv1ve_Thrive

    @Surv1ve_Thrive

    7 ай бұрын

    It's probably due to noise/filming

  • @furiousscotsman2916

    @furiousscotsman2916

    7 ай бұрын

    Think reallllyyyy reallyyy hard on what the key points of an interview are..... now go listen to a rattle gun and i think maybe... just maybe you will come up with an answer for your question.

  • @joe-vl3nd
    @joe-vl3nd6 ай бұрын

    More money for our armed forces less on HS2 haha 👍🇬🇧

  • @ChristopherBosch-ff1dt
    @ChristopherBosch-ff1dt7 ай бұрын

    D Walt impact lethium ion. J.C.

  • @evilzarmy1
    @evilzarmy17 ай бұрын

    So advanced it has fire extinguishers hanging all over it, and so much high tech they let you and your camera in

  • @walkingandadventures6114

    @walkingandadventures6114

    6 ай бұрын

    The high tech is inside numpty.

  • @jimscott1717
    @jimscott17177 ай бұрын

    Any news on the Boxer production run?

  • @RJM1011

    @RJM1011

    6 ай бұрын

    There was a video a few weeks ago about it on here !

  • @bryanx590
    @bryanx5906 ай бұрын

    I am assuming the red fire extinguisher on the vehicles is for factory use only. For it to go into battle, the red would give it away and bullets and shrapnel would penetrate and release a cloud of extinguisher also giving away position, also no extinguishing anymore.

  • @timhabich3113
    @timhabich31136 ай бұрын

    AJAX Liquid Dish Soap

  • @rob16495
    @rob164952 ай бұрын

    BRB, just getting some Glue out of the vending machine.... Imagine building stuff at these speeds during the great wars, man alive have a word with the Japanese and do some modernisation

  • @mantori762
    @mantori7627 ай бұрын

    Why is it as big as a MBT?

  • @sentien13

    @sentien13

    7 ай бұрын

    It's not.

  • @xclonejager6959

    @xclonejager6959

    7 ай бұрын

    @@sentien13it is, I’ve seen it next to cr2 and it’s almost as tall and it’s as wide as chally

  • @peterwait641

    @peterwait641

    7 ай бұрын

    @@sentien13 length CR2 8.3 m hull or 13.5 with gun x width 4.2 m x height 2.49 m. Ajax length 7.62 m x width 3.35 m x height 3.35 m . It is not small lol

  • @peterwait641

    @peterwait641

    7 ай бұрын

    @@sentien13 length CR2 8.3 m hull or 13.5 with gun x width 4.2 m x height 2.49 m. Ajax length 7.62 m x width 3.35 m x height 3.35 m . It is not small lol

  • @peterwait641

    @peterwait641

    7 ай бұрын

    @@xclonejager6959 Ajax 3.35 m must be turret version

  • @KiwiJanner
    @KiwiJanner3 ай бұрын

    Why? They don’t have enough soldiers to man them!

  • @ADobbin1
    @ADobbin17 ай бұрын

    This looks more like a custom order shop not a production line.

  • @RJM1011

    @RJM1011

    6 ай бұрын

    That's because everything for it is made outside of the UK all they are doing is putting it together like a kit car !

  • @mwnciboo
    @mwnciboo6 ай бұрын

    Vending machine for stock rotation? Nah... this is to stop people taking them home - scan it use it take it home results in management chat. We had the same in the Army - PX24 anyone?

  • @democracyoverdictatorship7483

    @democracyoverdictatorship7483

    6 ай бұрын

    I’ve seen people shaking vending machines to make snacks drop out for free.

  • @panama-canada
    @panama-canada5 ай бұрын

    Wow I see immediately they’re SO inefficient! Musk would turn on his couch from irritation of inefficiencies that this facility is plagued with.

  • @jmrrrdann3369
    @jmrrrdann33696 ай бұрын

    You’re welcome for the American technology

  • @akula9713

    @akula9713

    6 ай бұрын

    Over priced, over complicated garbage that usually doesn’t work, only makes money for shareholders.

  • @trevorhart545

    @trevorhart545

    6 ай бұрын

    WHAT Yank technology. Just because the profits are going to USA doesn't mean the Yanks have contributed any ideas!

  • @stevetheduck1425

    @stevetheduck1425

    6 ай бұрын

    The name on the factory means little, when Qinetiq, or whatever it's called today, is government minister owned. It's like how Heckler and Koch, and Colt of Canada make British weapons.

  • @paralogregt
    @paralogregt7 ай бұрын

    A national disgrace to waste so much money. No wonder its costing so much, tightening nuts and bolts with a ratchet and spanner, where is the automation?

  • @ukironman1
    @ukironman17 ай бұрын

    Lol this is supposed to replace CVR. It is the size of a challenger 2, I saw it on the Motorway near Oxford. My jaw hit the floor thinking this thing was selected for a reconnaissance role. Also, give the size and weight, how is this supposed to be helicopter mobile like the old scorpion and scimitar?

  • @Retrosicotte

    @Retrosicotte

    7 ай бұрын

    Recon hasn't been about "small and sneaky" in a long time. It's about being protected enough to encounter the enemy, and carrying enough comms, networking and high end ISTAR to coordinate the fires response.

  • @peterwait641

    @peterwait641

    7 ай бұрын

    Air portable by plane if engine and tracks removed as load has to be distributed in C17 and center of gravity can be an issue if in one lump !

  • @ukironman1

    @ukironman1

    6 ай бұрын

    lol@@peterwait641

  • @Retrosicotte

    @Retrosicotte

    6 ай бұрын

    @@JimCarner Taranis was a test demo model and has nothing to do with the role Ajax fulfills. Also, RATO? That is the dumbest idea I've heard in ages.

  • @Wolfhound223
    @Wolfhound2237 ай бұрын

    I wonder How long it takes to crank out one of those ?

  • @ryannoble4789
    @ryannoble47896 ай бұрын

    Unless you have good anti drone cover, they are pointless.

  • @ShadowPhoenixMaximus
    @ShadowPhoenixMaximus7 ай бұрын

    So they solved the fact the vehicle could cause hearing issues and induced vomiting?

  • @peterwait641

    @peterwait641

    7 ай бұрын

    Isolation mounts for seats and driver controls , extra thick comfy cushions and noise cancelling headsets , think rubber tracks would not be squeezed out of fixed price budget without causing a loss !

  • @JBinthesticks
    @JBinthesticks7 ай бұрын

    Did they really say REME were on site? God help them.😂

  • @peterwait641

    @peterwait641

    6 ай бұрын

    Not all REME have big hammers , mistake to outsource the training to tick box modern style !

  • @captainbuggernut9565
    @captainbuggernut95656 ай бұрын

    Does it have any form of anti drone protection? If not it will be cannon fodder in short order. As for quality control, who seriously allows any vehicle out for test that can do serious injury to the crew. GD are cr@p, they laughed at the defence select committee when they were asked about the failings. In my opinion, its yet another example of government corruption.

  • @InterReflection

    @InterReflection

    5 ай бұрын

    You realise that any ifv or tank in now going to be susceptible to drone attack? We still need them as a capability

  • @thomaspearson5898
    @thomaspearson58987 ай бұрын

    Hang on a minute they aren’t making them pay for that glue are they😂

  • @NoOne-hq9cp

    @NoOne-hq9cp

    6 ай бұрын

    Same with your cap badge

  • @RJ-xv1nh

    @RJ-xv1nh

    6 ай бұрын

    Yes it's Merthyr

  • @andypaz6859
    @andypaz68595 ай бұрын

    And with rubber tracks we have just found out they can only fight in summer.

  • @peterjaniceforan3080
    @peterjaniceforan30805 ай бұрын

    🇬🇧👍

  • @richardmarsden5610
    @richardmarsden56107 ай бұрын

    Lancet ready to meet.

  • @gavinmiller690

    @gavinmiller690

    7 ай бұрын

    Suree Putin will be removed from power by then, his disasterous invasion of Ukraine has cost him his Russian army and black sea fleet.

  • @orcho141

    @orcho141

    7 ай бұрын

    Atleast if it is hit with a lancet the crew will survive, which os more than what we can say for the Russian IFV's

  • @richardmarsden5610

    @richardmarsden5610

    7 ай бұрын

    @@orcho141 not really born out in reality. BMP-3 looks to be the best IFV in service.