Many thanks to Leetwin (cool nickname!) from Poland for the pics!
The Polish military has taken the term "family of vehicles" and taken it to its proper end place.
APC, IFV, Mortar Carrier, Fire Support Vehicle, Anti-Air Missile Carrier, Anti-Air Radar, and Recovery Vehicles...its the same thing the US Army did with the Stryker but with a much better vehicle in my opinion.
One thing that has gone unmentioned in the turn to the Pacific is a discussion of what kind of fighting we can expect.
In historic terms I expect a bunch of Iwo Jima's...a bunch of Hue City's...with a serious dash of Fallujah's mixed in.
What do I mean by all that? Asia is seriously urbanized in some places, seriously filled with jungles in others and surprisingly you have a few plains thrown in.
But the cities and the jungles will be where the action is.
Consider Manilla as the perfect example. I can see where a "stabilization" force could land without opposition and then face deadly combat (Iwo Jima)...the fighting will be fierce against regular forces (Hue City)...fighting will continue into the ghetto parts of the city (Fallujah) and then you'll have the remnants/insurgents being pushed into the countryside where you'll be faced with classic jungle fighting.
Continuing on with Manilla as being the place of the fight, a wheeled fighting vehicle would serve well in such a place. Being amphibious would help if the fighting extended to jungles and even across rivers...
I was late to the party but a wheeled APC/IFV is definitely starting to make more sense...especially if we can get the Family of Vehicles/Neck down concept right.
The Polish military has taken the term "family of vehicles" and taken it to its proper end place.
APC, IFV, Mortar Carrier, Fire Support Vehicle, Anti-Air Missile Carrier, Anti-Air Radar, and Recovery Vehicles...its the same thing the US Army did with the Stryker but with a much better vehicle in my opinion.
One thing that has gone unmentioned in the turn to the Pacific is a discussion of what kind of fighting we can expect.
In historic terms I expect a bunch of Iwo Jima's...a bunch of Hue City's...with a serious dash of Fallujah's mixed in.
What do I mean by all that? Asia is seriously urbanized in some places, seriously filled with jungles in others and surprisingly you have a few plains thrown in.
But the cities and the jungles will be where the action is.
Consider Manilla as the perfect example. I can see where a "stabilization" force could land without opposition and then face deadly combat (Iwo Jima)...the fighting will be fierce against regular forces (Hue City)...fighting will continue into the ghetto parts of the city (Fallujah) and then you'll have the remnants/insurgents being pushed into the countryside where you'll be faced with classic jungle fighting.
Continuing on with Manilla as being the place of the fight, a wheeled fighting vehicle would serve well in such a place. Being amphibious would help if the fighting extended to jungles and even across rivers...
I was late to the party but a wheeled APC/IFV is definitely starting to make more sense...especially if we can get the Family of Vehicles/Neck down concept right.
I allways liked the Havoc...it looks like a winner to me...the USMC will have a great vehicle if they go after the Patria...
ReplyDeletethis contest is frustrating.
ReplyDeletei can get more public info on the Patria because the Poles are justifiably proud of the work they did in Afghanistan and the role the vehicle played in their success.
BAE has been good on putting out info on the SuperAv but we always want more. the rest of them can pound sand. the Terrex looks ok, but they emphaisize networking and that worries me. i can add tech to a vehicle when budgets are fat but we need a good basic APC now. as far as General Dynamics is concerned i don't trust them as far as i can throw them.