Re: Errr. Pardon?

> The air mobile AFV? Well, we have the Sheridan which has been an
insufficient
> weapon system in so many ways, but every time we try to get it
replaced the
> new project gets cancelled. First the LAV-75 based on the M113 chassis
and
> sporting a HV long 75mm in a remote turret - slick design and air
> transportable for our air mobile divisions. That got cancelled. Then
the army
> proposed a new variatn of the M2 Bradley with a 105mm gun in a
conventional
> turret. This was air transportable and other aircraft could carry
armor
> add-ons to make it a little more survivable. That got right up to
production
> and then got cancelled for economy's sake. The net result is that we
have
> light forces with no better tank destroyer assets than HMMWV mounted
TOW II's
> and Cavalry Regiments with neither tanks nor armored infatry fighting
> vehicles. Some day those light divisions are going to pay in very
expensive
> coin for those economies.

Welcome to polotics 101.  As long as the disaster doesn't happen while
I'm in
office, it's not my fault...

IAS