Wow, Strike Brigades gone; but the Striker concept of an anti-armour vehicle reborn
Defiance wrote: requirement to field an “Overwatch” anti-armor vehicle to support the army’s heavy and deep recce strike brigade combat teams.
Defiance wrote:a nascent program, known as Battlegroup Organic Anti-Armour (BGOAA), in the pre-concept phase, which includes the armed overwatch requirement.
Defiance wrote:Aside from the emerging BGOAA requirement the British are also looking to boost land anti-armour capabilities with a possible purchase of missile equipped Boxer wheeled armored personnel carriers.
The bits bolded, in the above quotes, are three different rqrmnts:
- nothing to do with the Recce-Deep Strike construct; supporting this "thinner screen" from further back (at distance)
- the Operative Word is in BG (OAA)... so at that level, the Battle Groups being supported
- and as for an aside, the last quote, I'm ready to take bets as for what will be procured
for that (making the Boxers look less like armoured boxes); some of my earlier commentaries might give a hint
Ever-lasting truths: Multi-year budgets/ planning by necessity have to address the painful questions; more often than not the Either-Or prevails over Both-And.
If everyone is thinking the same, then someone is not thinking (attributed to Patton)