The "Family Of Vehicles" Concept should not apply to Wheeled Infantry Fighting Vehicles converted into Artillery Carriers...

 

S&T reports that the RCH155 has as good as won the German tender for a wheeled SPG to be used in the Medium Division.

Contract signing is expected in H1 2024 with delivery between 2026 and 2031,https://t.co/yS4Qr6CYam

— Jeff2146🇧🇪 (@Jeff21461) October 20, 2023

I have yet to see any justification for the "Family Of Vehicles" Concept.

But putting artillery on Wheeled IFVs is just plain insanity to me. The first consideration is the expense itself.  With vehicles like the Boxer, Namer and others the base vehicle is so expensive that it simply makes no sense.

Next I have yet to see the savings by following the FOV concept. Save on parts?  Maybe if you actually get savings by buying in bulk but that has yet to be experienced over a number of programs.  Because your mechanics are all trained on the same platform?  If you're using WIFVs as your base platform you're talking about vehicles that are essentially based on heavy trucks or something similar.  The differences are all unique to the requirements of the vehicles.  Electronics and armor.  So really no savings at all.

But the biggest issue is that a truck based artillery platform can keep up with medium weight combat teams that are based on Wheeled IFVs.

There is no need to push this issue.  If you're talking about heavy forces then the tracked platforms are not much more expensive.

The same applies to recovery, logistics, casevac and other battlefield roles.

For better or worse, cash strapped forces need to be smarter than this!