Hi Drag old chap ... I thought our resident PPRuNe Drop Engineer Specialist would pitch up at some point on this topic
AA62 ... Trying to be objective ... It seems far more sensible (and economic) to use a Stressed Platform to drop standard mil vehicles when required, rather than "over spec" the entire vehicle fleet on the chance that "some" might need to be Air Dropped at some future point. I'd also guess that it's more cost effective to keep a Stressed Platform serviceable ready for use than it is to keep individual vehicles in a fleet at a similar state of readiness ?