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Not quite. The MSVS project is distinct but related to the LVM project. LVM will replace light and heavy trucks; this announcement is for medium trucks (the M in MSVS).
dapaterson said:Not quite. The MSVS project is distinct but related to the LVM project. LVM will replace light and heavy trucks; this announcement is for medium trucks (the M in MSVS).
KerryBlue said:Thank you Kirkhill and dapaterson. I understand the vehicles may not be the right ones, but at least the army is getting some new trucks.
Ludoc said:1500 MSVS SMP + 1300 MSVS MilCOTS = 2800 trucks.
That is slightly more than the size of the MLVW fleet. (The .pdf said we had 2760 MLs)
Plus, the new trucks have a greater payload and may have a larger bed. So we will have more trucks that can each carry more.
ringo said:Hoped for Rheinmetall MAN trucks, oh well hopefully next week they announce the purchase of Boeing's last C-17.
Old EO Tech said:I was hoping for Oshkosh, but likely came in to expensive, or not enough Canadian content. The problem I see in the the future is that just because Mack won the MSVS, there is no guarantee that they will win the LVM-L or LVM-H or even the ERC Wrecker....so we could end up with 4 difference truck platforms...which is a logistics headache, like the four different RWS systems we maintain now...
George Wallace said:The statement that "4 difference truck platforms...which is a logistics headache" is only a headache when you are talking about insignificant numbers. If the fleet for the LVM-L is as large as this purchase, then there should be no more a logistic problem than what currently exists with current fleets of vehicles and equipment in the CAF inventory.
Ludoc said:1500 MSVS SMP + 1300 MSVS MilCOTS = 2800 trucks.
That is slightly more than the size of the MLVW fleet. (The .pdf said we had 2760 MLs)
Plus, the new trucks have a greater payload and may have a larger bed. So we will have more trucks that can each carry more.
cupper said:All that increased cargo capacity and nothing to carry.
Except all the new buttons and bows. >