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**Paul Bunyan** · 12-19-2006, 03:07 PM

I bounce those questions off as many folks as I can to get different insights.

True, a PROPERLY PLACED RPG can HALT (and sometimes kill) any AFV built, but they are a more difficult target than a soft-skinned vehicle or an uparmored HMMWV, which has poor cross-country mobility compared to a tracked machine.
Tracked vehicles are far more mobile than wheeled machines, although wheels are often better on good roads. They have more usable internal space, and are (if properly designed) easier to fight from within.

The Russians came up with this airmobile rig

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums...ad.php?t=89993

which is a bit nicer than a wheeled truck. The US had the Sheridan, but they went to the scrapyard along with the idea of American airmobile armor.

12-19-2006, 03:07 PM	#2
Paul Bunyan Join Date Jul 2007 Age 59 Posts 4,495 Senior Member	I bounce those questions off as many folks as I can to get different insights. True, a PROPERLY PLACED RPG can HALT (and sometimes kill) any AFV built, but they are a more difficult target than a soft-skinned vehicle or an uparmored HMMWV, which has poor cross-country mobility compared to a tracked machine. Tracked vehicles are far more mobile than wheeled machines, although wheels are often better on good roads. They have more usable internal space, and are (if properly designed) easier to fight from within. The Russians came up with this airmobile rig http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums...ad.php?t=89993 which is a bit nicer than a wheeled truck. The US had the Sheridan, but they went to the scrapyard along with the idea of American airmobile armor.
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