US Army moving towards its next gen IFV being a drone killer....US Army thinking around XM30 and the UAS threat, mix of APS and use of the main weapon with airburst ammunition to engage threats.

Note. We (meaning people on this blog) have been talking about this for years now. Every IFV should be a drone killer. The beauty of this is that you maximize your defenses against the threat. The only issue I could see is properly networking the thing. A battlefield network that can allow individual IFVs to target low cost, numerous drones while saving your attached air defense artillery to engage in the higher threats is a winner on all levels. Additionally the idea of getting APS up to speed to handle the small munitions dropped by the drones is just plain brilliant. Infantry will have to understand that when they un-ass their ride they need to get distance then this is a 10/10 on the solution scale.  The USMC could follow suit but we would have to follow the Russian example and mount a 30mm cannon on our JLTVs...but the Marine Corps seems to be de-meching so we're losing ground mobility AND potentially a built in anti-drone capability.  Let's hope there are enough Army units around to help our battalions survive a drone swarm.

US Army thinking around XM30 and the UAS threat, mix of APS and use of the main weapon with airburst ammunition to engage threats. pic.twitter.com/wCccW1U1nB

— Jon Hawkes (@JonHawkes275) January 4, 2024