AS21 Redback IFV - Why Australia chose it.

Why Australia went South Korean over German for an Infantry Fighting Vehicle.

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[okdude]

pretty cool our armoured vehicles have names like "redback" and "huntsman"

[georgedimakopoulos]

Australia needs 450 of these and not 129.

[bernadmanny]

I'm happy the prefered platform was chosen and I'm sure it will serve well after the inevitable teething issues are ironed out. I do prefer the visual aesthetics of the Lynx, but I would always chose the better platform, plus Redback as a vehicle name is just a sweet name. I do however think 129 units is going to become an issue in a few years down the track when the DSR is quietly forgotten, they did originally want 450 for a reason. If anything they'll want a few more to cover the inevitable attrition. Let's just say I won't be the least bit suprised if in, say the next five to eight years, that the MoD makes an announcement of purchasing at least 100 more.

So suggestion for video topic the corvette/light frigate debate.

While I think it sounds like a good idea in theory I suspect that the numbers won't stack up. Say they cut the Hunter order to six and order three corvettes for every Hunter they cut, nine corvettes aren't going to face of with a [Regional Competitor] destroyer, they don't have the firepower or robustness. That's even before we even get to the issue of seakeeping, which is very different in benign vs. hostile environment.

[troystaunton]

Man I’m so glad I found you, I follow a couple of American guys and they’re brilliant habitual linecrosser is both hilarious and full of information and he has covered some Australian things but obviously focuses on American stuff and a lot of nato. task and purpose is also a very good guy. So it’s good to get an Aussie perspective

[bertnl]

Perhaps one of the biggest pro's for Hanwha is that they are fast. They can offer fast and in South Korea they produce military equipment like tanks, IFV's and howitzers more like a car factory then a traditional manufacturer. They have the knowledge for it and they are willing to export it. In Poland they have a joint venture with an old tank factory somewhere in that country and Poland has purchased 1000 K2 tanks, many howitzers and also undercarriages for their KRAB howitzers, K239 MLRS and a jet called F50. It makes Poland and Hanwha one of the biggest producers of heavy equipment in a regio where there is a big demand for that equipment.

I mean crazy like it sounds. Germany has a demand for a GTK Boxer heavy weapons carrier, as they call in, I think it is an Australian development.(CVRT perhaps?) The Boxer is a European armoured car, but Rheinmetall will build this vehicle in Australia, because in Europe there is no room on the production lines.

[brucelamberton]

Very glad they chose this over the Lynx, but absolutely criminal that the government cut the order down so low.

[lucywinters]

Hi, This is the first time I have watched your channel. Really informative with typical Australian dryness. Look forward to watching some more

[nedkelly]

Glad you said Australia helped design the Redback from the original K21 Korean as many will think is just a Korean. even uses the Bushmaster machine gun turret.

[tacitdionysus]

A great clip. Short, sharp and to the point. If only many senior officers could speak so lucidly, instead of constantly drifting into 'Mil-Speak'. A treatment of the proposed landing craft is also suggested once there is enough information available.

[jameslooker]

I think Australia made a good choice. The opportunity to receive FDI and technology transfer from SK should be attracting a lot more Western governments. If the UK was savy they would be teaming with SK to build parts for K2 tanks and K9 SPGs to be assembled in Poland. I would already bet money that Challenger 3 turns out to be a boondoggle.

[aggressivecalm]

Australia made a good choice. AS21 Redback IFV is a very solid pick, ether way, it was a huge improvement over the m113. With any luck the order will be increased. With any luck they'll hit 450, just not as soon as we'd hoped. Australia should never have bought the Boxer APC from Germany. The Boxer also has the identical optics, turret and armament of the Lynx.

[lindsaybaker]

Hopefully they realise they need more later on.

[PaulieLDP]

Thanks for the video. Let's hope we never need to use them in a war.

[ytnb]

As result of this outcome, SoKo is considering ordering Redback IFV as the current stock of SoKo's IFV are not heavy armored, and fleet is ageing. Hanwha needed this result so that they could convince S.Korean army to buy Redback as SoKoArmy is their largest customer.

[SenorTucano]

About time the Vietnam war era M113’s were replaced.

[heathmurphy]

I left the army 20 years ago after serving in 5/7 RAR (Mechanised), I find it hilarious that we are still utilising the M113 Mind you, it works if used for what it was designed for.

Great vid mate, thanks.

[danielcampbell]

129 is more than enough to protect a peacekeeping force in Timor/Solomons or another Middle-East war. Australia needs platforms firing anti-ship missiles for homeland defence a helluva lot more than ground combat units.

[darson]

Finally!!! The only sour note is that we are ordering so few, in a war situation they'll last a month or two at most.

[wyldhowl]

(From Canada) Sounds like the decision that makes the most sense, given what else Aus is going to be fielding. Let's hope the quality holds up under real-world conditions.

The strategic supply lines issue is no small thing, considering that the danger of getting into a war with China is lurking in every planner's mind.

However, on that subject, I would also like to point out that such considerations work both ways:
If there is a big war against China in the west Pacific, South Korea will be in more peril of having its production destroyed.
Therefore, if Australia is also making these same weapon systems, there is a possibility that Australia's production facilities will be untouched, and can produce these vehicles to resupply South Korea in *their* time of urgent need. As someone else mentioned, the Australian version already seems to have prompted SK to upgrade their own.