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Heavy forces go tracked. The Medium and Light Motorized go wheeled.
Wheels can do roads so much better than tracks (unless the road is all fubar from combat). But it allows for a mixed force with a multiple protective and mobility options
I found that interesting as well.Rubber tracks?
Looks like and according to Wikipedia and the article below, it is. Must be getting close to what rubber tracks can handle. The article below says they'll be Canadian Soucy tracks.Rubber tracks?
BAE Systems Hägglunds details the Royal Netherlands Army CV90 MLU - EDR Magazine
By Paolo Valpolini On Day one at the International Armoured Vehicles Conference, organised online by Defence iQ due to thewww.edrmagazine.eu
I found that interesting as well.
Not sure if that will last, they are much easier to pop back on, but I’ve never thought (or heard) of them on a heavy combat system.
I suspect that they will end up having two sets: rubber for training and standard ‘combat tracks’ being metal with rubber pads.
Or it’s simply a misquote…
Yeah it will be interesting to see if they last.Dutch CV90s to get composite rubber tracks - Army Technology
BAE Systems will equip Dutch CV90s with composite rubber tracks as part of a €500m upgrade programme to the Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV).www.army-technology.com
Here in good old Manitoba several large industrial farms run tractors on rubber tracks. I know its not combat but I am guessing if it wasn't cost efficient they would not be using them.Yeah it will be interesting to see if they last.
My only experience with rubber tracks is on Bobcats - so different type of usage.
Dutch CV90s to get composite rubber tracks - Army Technology
BAE Systems will equip Dutch CV90s with composite rubber tracks as part of a €500m upgrade programme to the Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV).www.army-technology.com
BAE Systems will equip Dutch CV90s with composite rubber tracks as part of a €500m upgrade programme to the Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV).
The Royal Netherlands Army will follow the Norwegian Army, which has already equipped its vehicles with the rubber tracks and used them in Afghanistan.
Switching from steel to the composite rubber track has the benefit of reducing the vehicle’s weight and noise in the crew compartment by as much as 65%.
The reduction in noise and vibration helps to minimise crew fatigue. The CV90s will receive rubber tracks jointly developed by Soucy International and BAE Systems Hägglunds.
The weight reduction increases the efficiency and running costs of the vehicle as well as freeing up payload for the addition of future systems.
Soucy designs and manufactures the tracks and BAE Systems Hägglunds has qualified them in full-scale trials.
BAE Systems Hägglunds director combat vehicles Dan Lindell said: “The reduced vibration levels will increase the life expectancy of electronics, optronics, and ammunition, which will significantly reduce vehicle running costs.
“What’s more, with the reduction of close to one tonne in vehicle weight as a result of the change to a rubber track system, there will be increased potential for continuous growth.”
The Royal Netherlands Army is also set to start equipping its CV90s with Elbit Systems’ Iron Fist Active Protection system, following an agreement to integrate the system in 2019. BAE Systems Hägglunds is leading the integration of Iron Fist on the Dutch IFVs.
Lindell added: “This development is a real strategic milestone in the CV90’s approach to holistic survivability.
“It complements the already existing stealth- and soft-kill layers with further means to defeat the incoming threat, making survivability even more achievable.”
CV90 is currently also in-service with Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland – with the operating countries a part of what Hägglunds calls the ‘CV90 Club’.
At an annual meeting of the club, the CV90 operators share best practice and explore potential capability upgrades to the IFV. The use of rubber tracks stemmed from studies by the CV90 user group.
In the UK, Soucy is working with Supacat to explore the option of equipping the UK’s tracked armoured fleet with rubber tracks
tracked strykerCAN BOXER REPLACE WARRIOR AS AN IFV?
By Nicholas Drummond This article considers the controversial question of whether the British Army still needs a tracked infantry fighting vehicle when WARRIOR is retired in 2025 or whether BOXER c…uklandpower.com
lots of questions for the UK at least they have a temporary tank solution with the CR3
Warrior
Bulldog
Ajax
wheeled boxer to replace warrior??
tracked boxer to replace warrior??
if they can have a tracked boxer can we have a tracked LAV6/Stryker??
Possibly engines, vision blocks, FCS and some other small systems?I don’t see it as a viable option.
They killed the project before submission, which to me means that it had some significant flaws.
TBH neither Tracked Boxer or Tracked Stryker are really tracked versions of their wheeled namesakes, the hull is only externally similar, and I doubt the various claims of commonality are valid.
Well other than small arms or bursting munitions…Trophy protection system to be used on new Leopard 2 tanks in Norway, Germany: Rafael - Breaking Defense
The Israeli firm also said it's moving to next phase for the Trophy on the latest British Challenger tanks.breakingdefense.com
If defence is going active, the fencer is ditching his shield and learning how to parry effectively, how long before a MRZR with a Trophy system and an RWS is as well protected as a CV90?
Engines for the tracked systems are much larger due to the larger weight.Possibly engines, vision blocks, FCS and some other small systems?
Well other than small arms or bursting munitions…
I don’t think Aluminum Box is anyone’s cup of tea these days.So back to the M113 generation of armour?
The problem is the M113 really didn’t do anything well. It was not a fighting vehicle, and wasn’t an exceptionally good protected mobility vehicle either.I like to see something like this fill a lot of the other roles the M113 did so well. Sometimes a armoured box is all you need