Tempest414 wrote: ↑08 Aug 2023, 11:10
What the Ukrainians think right now is thank god kit keeps coming what they will think once the war is over is what works for us and that is what we should be thinking right now what works for us and what do we have in production
Absolutely but there must be lessons that can be learnt.
The HMT is a phenomenally versatile vehicle but can it be improved as a wider support role for air mobile forces as discussed previously?
- Can the HMT 600 become a high mobility flat bed chassis for universal modular systems and payloads?
- Can the overall weight of the HMT 600 be reduced to help with transportation via Chinook?
- Can the overall weight of the HMT 400 be reduced to help with transportation via Merlin?
- Can rear modules and rapidly fitting appliqué armour be developed to reduce weight for underslung transportation.
The SuperCat HMT is a fantastic basis for a high mobility vehicle for UK air mobile forces but IMO it could be made to be even more versatile and effective with a relatively low risk from a procurement standpoint.
Low cost, low risk, high reward.
This is the type of programme the Army desperately needs to stop the rot.