via Kyiv Post
Troops have highlighted the PBV 302’s maneuverability on difficult off-road terrain. With its wide tracks and light ground pressure, this vehicle can traverse soft soils, swamps, sand, and even water obstacles, providing much-needed versatility in the field.
Following a green light from the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense in August, the PBV 302 has been deployed to aid the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Initially designed in the 1960s by Hagglund & Söderqvist, the PBV 302 features a robust build with a welded steel body and dual-layer side armor plates that can withstand hits from 20mm artillery shells
It’s equipped with a powerful 20mm HS804 automatic cannon and a 7.62mm KSP 58 machine gun.
Weighing over 13 tons, the PBV 302 is propelled by a 280-horsepower diesel engine, reaching speeds above 60 km/h, making it a formidable asset in various terrains.
I know this is covered in propaganda. I know that Ukraine is pushing the donation of additional armored vehicles to its forces from the West.
But this is one of many articles that seem to highlight the mobility of this vehicle. Note that this vehicle is in the same generation as the M-113.
What does that mean?
VERY LIGHTLY armored, but amazing mobility. In other words it can scoot. It can cross alot of "impassable" terrain due to its light weight.
A long time ago and I'll have to find it, there was a drastically rebuilt M113 that was simply AMAZING. The powertrain was upgraded, it was given rubber tracks...all sorts of shit and it was a performer.
If distributed forces is the new "hotness" does that mean that mobility trumps armor now?
If that's the case then we're wasting money and can simply upgrade all those M113's we have in storage and make it work...oh and they easily fit in C-130s and you can get tons of them aboard ship.
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