Wrekin762 wrote:Probably just this IFV version: Bigger turret ring = less space for dismounts.
An APC built on the same hull with an RWS in place of the turret (which is what the UK will be buying) probably has about the same amount of room for dismounts as the French one with a single-person turret, or maybe even room for one more.
One day folks (in the Br. army?) will realise that APCs and IFVs can be mixed. As TW says, how much of a need there is for an IFV depends on to what degree these formations would be required to be able to fight on their own, Surely, if the Famous New Light Bde emerges, that would become the case.
Two more things:
1. turret ring has something to do how much recoil is generated from the main armament. The fact that CT helps with within turret ergonomics and ammo load-up is a slightly different matter
2. Jackal and Coyote are not fighty enough for an airlanded bde. Most of the contenders listed are around 26t and thereby quite hefty for an airlift
- whatever happened to the 50-100 new build Scimitar2s and other versions;surely thy could provide the stop-gap until the CT transition is complete (v much doubt that they could take it... turret ring and other such things)
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