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| Army to Meet with Firms Interested in Developing New Light Tank |
| 2016-08-05 |
| Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC |
| #9 Perhaps they can revive the old LAV-75 project, with the pop up turret and 75mm carousel magazine. A light tank able to hide hull down with high part commonality wouldn't be a bad thing I think. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2016-08-05 22:07 |
| #8 Your mission is to design a AFV that can be deployed (safely!) by parachute and/or cargo helicopter, has accurate long-range direct firepower, and funnels military spending dollars into MY congressional district. Only the last seems doable. |
| Posted by: magpie 2016-08-05 20:25 |
| #7 Ayup, money is running low, the pressure is on release personnel (RIFT) and trying to stay alive in a PEER environment. There are some esoteric weapons in the R&D pipeline (foamed aluminum) but they are looking for "off the shelf" stuff to last them and hope the poop doesn't hit the fan before they can get a budget increase. |
| Posted by: Chaith Oppressor of the Lutherans1517 2016-08-05 19:09 |
| #6 tu3031's prophecy of hybrid tanks becomes a reality. How cool (or troubling) is that? |
| Posted by: Raj 2016-08-05 19:03 |
| #5 You can make one lighter by getting rid of the crew and the crew protection requirements. Something like the cut of the old Swedish S tank. Drone planes, drone tanks. Skynet smiles. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-08-05 18:26 |
| #4 I thought that role was what the Stryker was supposed to cover? Or are we looking for a modern Renault 17? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2016-08-05 18:19 |
| #3 What happened? The graft fund running low? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2016-08-05 16:17 |
| #2 It's a message from Gawd telling all y'all to go watch The Pentagon Wars. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2016-08-05 15:55 |
| #1 Uh oh. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2016-08-05 15:38 |
