This is what Iv been saying for ages, the entire medium armour fleet should be based around just 2 platforms Ajax and boxer. The reduction in operating cost from reducing from 5 families to 2 would be very significant and should allow for a increase in numbers of fine right.Lord Jim wrote:This does all point to the idea that the British Army could truly consolidate is AFV fleets on basically two platforms, that being Ajax and Boxer, and all the benefits such a decision would bring.
The same could be done with the light armour fleet by using JLTV or foxhound families to replace the 6 or so different families we have now.
Just think of the savings that could be made between the medium and light armoured fleets by consolidating down from 11-12 families down to 3 odd