Transport Infantry to the area of the objective. Allow them to assault on foot. Use armor to provide supporting fires while the grunts assault the objective.That is the real function of armored personnel carriers.
Infantry fighting vehicles, with the idea of allowing the infantry to ride to the objective while assaulting it from inside vehicles is as dead as disco. The very idea is a remnant of cold war, atomic war thinking. Check out the pics below of the M-113 FSV. One of the first vehicles to get it right (the others were the LVT-(A)4 and later the LVTH-6).
Infantry fighting vehicles, with the idea of allowing the infantry to ride to the objective while assaulting it from inside vehicles is as dead as disco. The very idea is a remnant of cold war, atomic war thinking. Check out the pics below of the M-113 FSV. One of the first vehicles to get it right (the others were the LVT-(A)4 and later the LVTH-6).
Are they Australian M113's Sol, looks like CVR(T) Scorpion and Saladin 76mm turrets
ReplyDeleteThe UK tried a similar thing with the FV432 in Berlin at the height of the COld War, although not specifically for fire support
http://www.flickr.com/photos/smoggyman/7543186186/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/megashorts/7467755256/
http://www.accurate-armour.com/articles1.cfm?id=12&navlevel=2
Yes, thats digicam!!
Well, kind of
Yes. Australians started with the Saladin turret version and then replaced them with a newer version based on the Scorpion turret.
DeleteNot really an IFV though, it's a dedicated fire support vehicle.
i disagree. the term IFV has been used to encompass all vehicles short of tanks that can carry troops and provide fire support. think about it like this. the LAV-25 is considered an IFV...yet only carries 3 dismounts typically. the Merkava 4 can carry the same number of dismounts. the Bradley is a purpose built IFV and only carries 6. the LVTH-6 was considered a pure fire support vehicle but could carry 10 dismounts. oh and all these vehicles that are coming online now would have been considered armored cars and not APC/IFV like they are now. Stryker? in its purest form its an armored car. my point is that the lines have been blurred to hell and back so i feel good in labeling the M113 FSV as an IFV.
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