Hi Mum! Hi Folks!
- mumfordlibrarian
What AFV offers the current best combination of firepower and mobility / transportability? Is the secret in lower weight at the expense of armor and tracks; or is it in the use of missiles with limited reloads over a high velocity gun?
That is a group of questions that very few AFV developers have the answers to.
I think that before any of those questions can be answered, one needs to defind:
the mission the vehicle will be used for,
the enemy it will be used against,
how far does it need to move to get to the location of mission and enemy,
how fast it needs to get to said location,
cost to build,
cost to train and operate,
cost to maintain,
cost of the support to keep it operating,
As for picking the CURRENT best vehicle, I would say the M1A2 Sep with CROWS and the Leo II.
My 2 cents,
Sgt, Scouts Out!