1
Q
what type of vehicle is the ajax?
what role does the ajax vehicle fulfils…
A
armed reconnaissance vehicle
- to operate forward of friendly forces
- collect intelligence using its advanced sensers and feed targeting data to the brigade
- it avoids contact and if it encounters contact the ajax uses its armor to survive and disengage
2
Q
what is the ajax fiasco?
how does the the ajax procurement program cost
A
- the ajax originally was surpassed to enter service in 2017
↓ - 8 years later and after repeated safety warnings about its noise and vibrations the MOD declared it ready for initial operational capability and insisted it was safe for soldiers
↓ - but during its first major exercise in the Saulsbury planes 31 soldiers fell ill
↓ - this has forced the army to issue a DO NOT USE order contradicting its earlier statements
↓
why is it bad?
this undermines soldiers confidence in there equipment therefore
undermining there combat effectiveness as a whole
5-6 billion
3
Q
how many regulars are there in the
army?
navy?
and RAF?
an total contracted personnel in the armed forces?
A
74k +4k Gurkhas
32k
30k
137k
