"This 'light tank' is specially designed to support infantry" Topic
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| Tango01 | 21 Dec 2018 9:36 p.m. PST |
"General Dynamics Land Systems has unveiled a new heavily armed, yet lighter-weight expeditionary armored vehicle as part of an effort to build a future Army war platform, a new combat vehicle being engineered to support maneuvering infantry — and ultimately change land war. Called the Griffin III, the General Dynamics Land Systems offering is a 40-ton armored vehicle with both deep-strike technology and counter-drone sensors, Michael Peck, GDLS Director of Enterprise Business Development, told Warrior. "This is a deployable tracked vehicle with the armor protection required by the Army," Peck said in an interview…."
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| Lion in the Stars | 22 Dec 2018 2:36 a.m. PST |
40 tons is a much more reasonable weight for a US tank, since we need to ship whatever forces across an ocean just to get to the scene of the fight! |
| bsrlee | 22 Dec 2018 2:58 a.m. PST |
Hope they have read the reports from the Ukraine on armour vs. air-fuel explosives. |
 FingerandToeGlenn  | 22 Dec 2018 10:39 a.m. PST |
My fear is that once all the "tinkering" is done and all the "stake holders" have had their input, it will be 70 tons. |
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