The missile storage was a bin that held 8 on the bed of the box. All the Det stores got piled ontop of the bin.5/4 tons were issued to Blowpipe detachments. I see something like the Senator good for that role, as they won't be right at the front, but a bit behind. The trucks were fitted with racks, I seem to recall 8 reloads could be carried?
When I was BK G I was issued an M151 and trailer. The vehicle was crap for what I had to do (a whole lot of schlepping stuff around) so I traded it in for a 5/4 cargo. (Yeah, folks. We had so many serviceable vehicles in those days we could swap them around - eat your hearts out).
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I liked the 5/4 ton CP. In 3 Horse we used M577s, but the ARes had them and they were a great step up from the TPUs. You could stand up inside one and move around which wasn't possible/easy in a TPU. Also no BB46 batteries to care for. You had to watch out for the little sand traps that were on the trails at the tops of most little hillocks in Shilo but those weren't hard to back out of.
I recall C Sqn RCD using a Leopard to tow a 5/4 down a tank track in Gagetown to get it into a hide…with the result of entirely removing the under carriage….
Meh, it'll buff.
The power that tanks have is insane. I was high centered on mini hill in Wainwright and an ARV came by and said hey we can get you off of there and we hooked up their tow strap. They didn't even give us a chance to put it into drive. They just pulled, destroyed their tow strap and we leveled the hill but got the LAV out.
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This is the logistics vehicle thread. Are you lost or confused with your list of APCs?UK version of the project
UK Land Mobility Programme - Prior Information Notice | Joint Forces News
On 11th September the MoD issued a 'Land Mobility Programme - Prior Information Notice' regarding protected mobility and utility platforms.
Heavy - LAV 6
Medium - LAV II and LAV III
Light - AVGP
Utility - Senator
The 5/4 temporary replacement truck was awesome. I made mine a 5/4 mobile POL point (minus the fuel) for an M113 equipped company.When I was BK G I was issued an M151 and trailer. The vehicle was crap for what I had to do (a whole lot of schlepping stuff around) so I traded it in for a 5/4 cargo. (Yeah, folks. We had so many serviceable vehicles in those days we could swap them around - eat your hearts out).
Never regretted it. They were good little trucks and hauled a bunch more than the 3/4s that they replaced. Little rough sometimes following an M109 gun battery's chewed up trails but pretty good.
I suspect they could easily do it, but would need some confirmed orders. My guess looking at the vehicle is they could likley raise the roof by 6" to possibly a 1' without any major changes to the vehicle or body. There is likley a point where the higher armour structure starts requiring a major redesign and weight distribution, suspension changes. I suspect they likley have a good idea where that point is at.
Apparently an amb design is underway.
