Originally Posted by Asturias56
(Post 10872804)
they're buses not fighting vehicles at the the end of the day.
It isn't clear to me if this has been delayed over 10 years, or what is being talked about is a second MLU(!). Old project management maxim. Don't modify a modification. Not set in stone, but a warning that certain standing risks WILL bite you, such as component unavailability and configuration control. |
Tanks are vulnerable to assets that are not always available.....
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Videos on the planned extensive Warrior Upgrades:
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"Have you looked at the cost of the current generation of APCs? They match the cost of an MBT"
Well a German MBT cost around $ 5.7 mm in 2007 and a Styker AFV cost $ 1.4 mm in 2003 - big difference - tho (as usual) the UK's Warrior upgrade programme looks as if it will cost a god awful fortune...... |
Even the Foxhound Light Patrol Protected Vehicle (LPPV) - a battle taxi as opposed to a full-size Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) like Warrior - is around GBP 1M a piece - original order for 300 in 2010 for GBP 270M and a follow on 25 ordered in 2012 for GBP 30M.
https://www.armyrecognition.com/may_...tish_army.html |
Originally Posted by trim it out
(Post 10870648)
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Having once, in a previous job, been introduced to the dial-a-nuke, I remain
of the (probably wrong) opinion that any serious central european conflict will go nuclear round about day 3. |
Originally Posted by etudiant
(Post 10872940)
Have you looked at the cost of the current generation of APCs? They match the cost of an MBT , thanks to the doctrine that the APC must carry at least a 40mm stabilized gun to fulfill its battle taxi role.
It does seem that all this gear is pricing itself out of the market, too expensive to buy, too complex to learn and too fragile to use. |
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