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Old 07-15-2008, 04:30 AM   #2
S.T.D.

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We should have airmobile tracked armored fighting vehicles with enough combat power to destroy the enemy on the spot. Too bad all we do is build ultra-heavy road-bound wheeled trucks (MRAP, etc) for COIN work.

A CH-47-capable tracked AFV could haul plenty of gear, mount useful things like mortars and cannon, and allow soldiers to offload some of their heavy personal gear. There is more to armored vehicles than designing all of them to take worst-case hits. They offer mobility and firepower aplenty.

Chop and channel an M113 to fit into a Chinook (the Lynx version worked, but the rear engine killed crew and cargo space), repower with a small, modern engine and rewire, fit with band tracks and ceramic external armor, then the enemy would face any weapons we cared to fit.
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