Re: DSII/SGII-related question: fighting vehicles

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From: "Michael Brown" <mwbrown@sonic.net>
> Mission, Configuration and Crew Size.  Infantry seizes ground, Cavalry
fights
> for information or to disrupt enemy C2 and Logistics.  IFV has more
room
for
> troops(dismounts) while a CFV has more Ammo or special equipment.

> Otherwise the same to help confuse what type of unit is being seen (by
the
enemy!)
This latter part is primarily US army logic. A lot of other armies
(Bundeswehr, British, French, Russian) prefer to have specific
recce/cavalry
vehicles which are optimised for the role: smaller (less visible),
faster,
quieter etc. than the IFV-derivative, which has to be big enough to hold
the
full infantry crew in its other role.

Greetings
Karl Heinz