Do our tanks and LAVs have a key ignition? funny question

[Wilamanjaro]

I was just thinking about it the other day. Is there a guy with a set of keys? Or is it a simple On/Off button?

 

[Franko]

Tanks have keys. The startup process is several stages. It is not like a car.

LAVs do not have an ignition key per se. The startup procedure is also in several stages.

All AFVs have padlocks to secure hatches.

Regards

 

[Eye In The Sky]

All that money on new panzers and they don't even have remote start or keyless entry??  ;D

 

[frank1515]

All that money on new panzers and they don't even have remote start or keyless entry??  ;D

I wonder if they'll have AC and seat warmers!  ;D

 

[OldSolduer]

I wonder if they'll have AC and seat warmers!  ;D

Even my NEW DODGE CHALLENGER has all the a/m stuff, incl GPS Nav, AM/FM/Sat radio, heated seats.....but I have not mounted any weapons through the sun roof.  >

I have push button start.....lol

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Oh....push button start, how 1960's..

I laugh when people show me "push button start" Sheesh my Landrover had that and it was common on most old cars. I can also start my landrover with a cordless, non electric bio-mechanical starting system.  8)

 

[OldSolduer]

Oh....push button start, how 1960's..

But the key FOB has to be on me in order for the car to start..... >

You are a CRANKY fellow today......

 

[Pieman]

LAVs do not have an ignition key per se. The startup procedure is also in several stages.

Several stages? You make it sound like it's complicated.  ;D

 

[Teflon]

Sadly LAVs don't have key ignition, to start it you have to wake up the driver.

I wish the LAVs had key FOBs, with the auto start and that handy "honk the horn, flash the lights" button.  Now that I'm older I can never remember where exactly the thing is parked!

 

[Pat in Halifax]

For anyone interested, the 2 General Electric LM 2500 Gas turbines which drive 4900+ tonnes of Halifax class frigate thru the water at 50 km/hr require a key to start.
(26,500 shp each) That said, they also burn 220 litres of fuel per km at 50 km/hr!!

 

[OldSolduer]

Even my NEW DODGE CHALLENGER has all the a/m stuff, incl GPS Nav, AM/FM/Sat radio, heated seats.....but I have not mounted any weapons through the sun roof.  >

I have push button start.....lol

For anyone interested, the 2 General Electric LM 2500 Gas turbines which drive 4900+ tonnes of Halifax class frigate thru the water at 50 km/hr require a key to start.
(26,500 shp each) That said, they also burn 220 litres of fuel per km at 50 km/hr!!

Yeah but are those engines Hemis?  : 

 

[NavyShooter]

When you've got a Gas Turbine, you don't need a Hemi....

 

[Eye In The Sky]

For anyone interested, the 2 General Electric LM 2500 Gas turbines which drive 4900+ tonnes of Halifax class frigate thru the water at 50 km/hr require a key to start.
(26,500 shp each) That said, they also burn 220 litres of fuel per km at 50 km/hr!!

Oh, I see what you are saying here then...you can waterski behind them.  Nice! 

That is what you meant right?

 

[OldSolduer]

When you've got a Gas Turbine, you don't need a Hemi....

Hemis make a nicer rumble 

 

[Pat in Halifax]

Hemis make a nicer rumble 

Nothing like the sound of 20 kg/sec of air being sucked in, winding the gas generator up to 8500 rpm - you can't help but hear it all over the ship...or within a couple kilometers on the open sea!

 

[OldSolduer]

Nothing like a 5.7 Hemi (or similar) windiing up on the highway,....with the right exhaust you can hear them for a few miles as well!!

 

[dapaterson]

Nothing like a 5.7 Hemi (or similar) windiing up on the highway,....with the right exhaust you can hear them for a few miles as well!!

Unless you've got surface to surface and surface to air missiles, you're not as cool as a CPF.

 

[SprCForr]

It's a little sad when people think a 5.7l Hemi is special...

Punched big blocks for all!

 

[OldSolduer]

Very nice!! Size?

The new Hemis put out anywhere from 372 - 390 HP stock. I have two.....the truck aka Big Red Truck and the Maneater aka Ma's Grocery Getter

 

[TN2IC]

Boys and their toys.... come give me a call once you get into the heavy equipment side of things. =D