Colin Parkinson
Army.ca Myth
- Reaction score
- 11,081
- Points
- 1,160
Pappy
Is that one of the Octokor vehicle from Turkey?
People are right when they say no one vehicle can fit all roles. I would like to see Recce get a mix of Open 4x4 (armed of course) Modern VBL type vehicle and a LAV vehicle with turret mounted 25/30mm gun and perhaps put portable ATGM somewhere in the mix. This gives your recce a great deal of flexibility and offers a good force mix for â Å“other than warâ ? operations
All vehicles need to be able to accept weapons and armour kits. The M35 design and layout is still a good design and does not require reinventing the wheel (despite the screwups of Bombardier) There are also armour packages for it in production. I also prefer the 6x6 over 4x4 for vehicles 2 ½ tons and up.
Yes the jump start option in the 5/4 ton was one of the better points of that vehicle.
I drive a Tahoe over Northern BC for work, it gets stuck in places where I would not even engage the 4 wheel in my range rover. It also breaks easily and is expensive to fix. It likes to pick up rocks between the hub and caliper leading to Banshee opera.
The noise problems with the LSVW appears to be from sub standard brake linings easily fixed if someone very high up in HQ felt like kicking over a few desks and dumping the lot of them onto the local MP desk where they came from.
Is that one of the Octokor vehicle from Turkey?
People are right when they say no one vehicle can fit all roles. I would like to see Recce get a mix of Open 4x4 (armed of course) Modern VBL type vehicle and a LAV vehicle with turret mounted 25/30mm gun and perhaps put portable ATGM somewhere in the mix. This gives your recce a great deal of flexibility and offers a good force mix for â Å“other than warâ ? operations
All vehicles need to be able to accept weapons and armour kits. The M35 design and layout is still a good design and does not require reinventing the wheel (despite the screwups of Bombardier) There are also armour packages for it in production. I also prefer the 6x6 over 4x4 for vehicles 2 ½ tons and up.
Yes the jump start option in the 5/4 ton was one of the better points of that vehicle.
I drive a Tahoe over Northern BC for work, it gets stuck in places where I would not even engage the 4 wheel in my range rover. It also breaks easily and is expensive to fix. It likes to pick up rocks between the hub and caliper leading to Banshee opera.
The noise problems with the LSVW appears to be from sub standard brake linings easily fixed if someone very high up in HQ felt like kicking over a few desks and dumping the lot of them onto the local MP desk where they came from.