Indirect Fires Modernization Project - C3/M777 Replacement

[KevinB]

And turreted 120 weighs more and is bigger making it harder for your LAV to get into your Herc... another precondition for the US medium force. The extra weight also means fewer rounds on board as well as less room for the 81 and its rounds.

The Styker 2.0 doesn't fit in the Herc - so it doesn't matter.
The idea of the Medium weight force died at the Bison...

 

[Kirkhill]

The Styker 2.0 doesn't fit in the Herc - so it doesn't matter.
The idea of the Medium weight force died at the Bison...

Fair.

Kind of why I prefer the new Patria CAVS over the ACSV.

15.5 tonnes empty with a max weight of up to 24 tonnes.

You don't have to max out the payload if you don't want.

At 15.5 tonnes you are only using 80% of the Herc's load factor. A fair planning cushion.

 

[KevinB]

Fair.

Kind of why I prefer the new Patria CAVS over the ACSV.

Reminds me of the GI Joe APC toy from the 80's.

15.5 tonnes empty with a max weight of up to 24 tonnes.

You don't have to max out the payload if you don't want.

At 15.5 tonnes you are only using 80% of the Herc's load factor. A fair planning cushion.

I would prefer 8 wheels - I'm allergic to the 6x6's after the AVGP series.
Frankly I go back to the LAV 2.0 Bison as being the optimal medium wheeled armored vehicle (MWAV for lack of a better term).
It had a rear ramp (key performance parameter) which the AVGP's did not (not sure what sort of idiot puts doors on armored vehicles).
It was amphibious (admittedly with prep).

Yes the single V hull wasn't as durable as the double V on the LAV 6.0 and Stryker 2.0, but I'm of the opinion that the LAV shouldn't be a juggernaut designed to take massive IED's. You want small arms resistance up to and including 7.62x54R APIT (and ideally frontal 14.5mm protection), as well as splinter protection from shells and bombs. It is a Protected Mobility Vehicle not an IFV.

• Up Armor it for theatre dependent threats
• Slat Armor for sharp charge stand off as well (loss of Herc mobility on that while installed).
• Addition of a RWS for 40mm and .50 and that solves most of the firepower requirements for that role.

Then you go in on a Tracked Heavy IFV for your assault force to work with Tanks.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

There has been a number of very capable 6x6, the AVGP was a civil defense vehicle at first and I think the lack of heavier suspension hurt it.