Re: IFVs, was Re: Supertank?

Oerjan Ohlson wrote:
> 
in Swedish terrain, at
> least; there are rather big areas here where an MBT would just sink
into
> the ground and disappear (whereas the 90 series were designed to
operate
> in that terrain... they don't bog down *that* often :-/ ). In most of
the
> remaining terrain the LOS is rather short - well under a km - so the
MBT
> wouldn't have much use of its superior weapons range. It'd still
benefit
> from its armour and hitting power, of course.
> 
> Also, having a 40mm cannon allows the IFV to take out enemy IFVs,
> frighten aircraft and lend decent support fire against non-MBT targets
to
> the infantry it operates with.

Ahh, the wonders of having a limited and predictable deployment zone,
where you can afford to specialize for local conditions :)