Originally Posted by
t43562
People very often underestimate technical things, don't they? Isn't that why so many technical programmes are late and over budget? Obviously anyone who presents a realistic estimate won't get the contract because the people buying it, like you, think they can build once-off (or twice) bespoke things somehow for the same as things that are produced in volume (give or take some gold sink taps).
I mean, lets just be absurd and compare the price of a bulldozer and a tank? 200k for a bulldzer, lets guess, and 8 million for a tank. What a plan! "just" put a gun on a bulldozer and hey presto! I mean both have tracks so what's the problem?
That discrepancy in price only buys big gains at the corners of the envelope. It does not translate to nearly proportionate increase in effectiveness,
Otherwise a group of poorly equipped guerrillas using technicals would not be more than holding their own in places such as Mali or Afghanistan.