Infantry Vehicles
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markppcli
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I’d imagine so, but as you can see it’s not exactly “field expedient” and an infantry carrying vehicle will by definition have a lot more vectors for water ingress that will need to be sealed.
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As long as it isn’t that deep or wide…
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Both of their helicopters ? Pretty small operation.
More an example of a hypothetical than a total capability display Id say. We’ve used fascines on pretty substantial at ditches in Wainwright.
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Or a behind closed doors deal with the U.S to get surplus Blackhawks. Winner winner chicken dinner.
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True - unsure if they also meant their Blackhawks too, and they have 5-6 UH-60M, that replaced the Mi’s
Agreed, but they aren’t exactly new, the same had been done on M113’s 40 years ago.
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Yeah, they were not very clear.
They said they got rid of all their helicopters, they already had donated most of the Mi-8’s etc to Ukraine, and already have 5-6 UH-60. So was it also the Hawks? Or just a pointless presser.
We have 200 (~+35 ish) older UH-60’s that are being replaced by newer R models, so those are being offered to the Baltic states and other NATO Allie’s assisting Ukraine.
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Cmon getting rid of Griffon. A boy can but dream
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Getting rid of them is the easy part, replacing them not so much.....
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Can we rejuvinate the Machine Gun Corps, please? 
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And more on the benefits of modularity - Applied to Boxer but generally applicable to all sorts of things, including ships and subs.
www.tanknology.co.uk
Boxer: Showing AFV modularity is more than a gimmick
How Boxer illustrates what 'high order' modularity can mean for AFVs, particularly in the areas of logistics and industry stimulus.
www.tanknology.co.uk
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Boxer Armoured Vehicle - Details and Variants - Think Defence
The ARTEC Boxer is a wheeled or tracked armoured vehicle, this article describes its capabilities, modules and variants
www.thinkdefence.co.uk
I kinda like this concept - especially for RWS mission modules moved by ARGO type platforms.
Have the vehicle deliver and drop off modules to static positions and free up the vehicle to deliver other modules or resume general transport duties.
Mission Master multiplies its versions - EDR Magazine
At Eurosatory 2018, Rheinmetall exhibited the production version of its Mission Master, the UGV developed and produced by Rheinmetall Canada.
www.edrmagazine.eu
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Boxer Armoured Vehicle - Details and Variants - Think Defence
The ARTEC Boxer is a wheeled or tracked armoured vehicle, this article describes its capabilities, modules and variants
I kinda like this concept - especially for RWS mission modules moved by ARGO type platforms.
Have the vehicle deliver and drop off modules to static positions and free up the vehicle to deliver other modules or resume general transport duties.
Mission Master multiplies its versions - EDR Magazine
At Eurosatory 2018, Rheinmetall exhibited the production version of its Mission Master, the UGV developed and produced by Rheinmetall Canada.
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If only someone had invented a vehicle specifically for delivering payloads to locations, then moving on to deliver other payloads...Boxer Armoured Vehicle - Details and Variants - Think Defence
The ARTEC Boxer is a wheeled or tracked armoured vehicle, this article describes its capabilities, modules and variants
I kinda like this concept - especially for RWS mission modules moved by ARGO type platforms.
Have the vehicle deliver and drop off modules to static positions and free up the vehicle to deliver other modules or resume general transport duties.
Mission Master multiplies its versions - EDR Magazine
At Eurosatory 2018, Rheinmetall exhibited the production version of its Mission Master, the UGV developed and produced by Rheinmetall Canada.
More seriously, what is going to power these RWS modules when the vehicle leaves? You're better off using actual cargo vehicles to move cargo than you are trying to make fighting vehicles cargo carriers.
The real "value" in the Boxer design is that a damaged drive module can be switched out relatively quickly(supposing the mission module wasn't also damaged) to get the desired mission module back into the field quickly.
As an example, the Met MTLVs were specific versions of the MTLV. We couldn't easily make an ISC MTLV a Met MTL if a Met vehicle had been knocked out. With Boxer, theoretically we could lift the Met module off a damaged vehicle, and make another Boxer a Met vehicle.
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You'd have difficulty getting that into a helicopter.....
As to what is going to power the RWS? The same thing that powers the UGV that delivers it. Batteries. And the UGV, with its own freshly charged batteries will quietly and unobtrusively deliver a second, separate, freshly charged battery pack along with the bullets and beans.
I fully agree with your assessment of the Boxer. The leg stand thing is probably not a high priority item.
