"Bradley Replacement: Army Risks Third Failure In A Row" Topic
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| Tango01 | 26 Oct 2019 10:47 p.m. PST |
"Experts fear the Army has undermined a top priority program, the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle, by disqualifying one of the only two remaining competitors for not delivering its prototype on time. "I cannot believe that is the reason," said a baffled Thomas Spoehr, a retired three-star who headed the Army's program analysis & evaluation office. There must be, he told me this morning, some more profound problem driving this decision: "Nobody wants to have this major program go forward with only one competitor."…"
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| Lion in the Stars | 27 Oct 2019 12:59 p.m. PST |
Yeah, it's not good to only have one 'competitor' in the race! |
| Tango01 | 27 Oct 2019 2:54 p.m. PST |
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| Thresher01 | 27 Oct 2019 3:06 p.m. PST |
Seems rather silly given the very long lead time to have it operational. Perhaps some don't like the German, or part-German competitor. Hope they get it right. Interesting about the 50mm cannon. Seems to me they might want to at least go with a hot, 3" one, similar to those produced in WWII and afterwards. Of course, maybe the 50mm weapon is now the best option for an IFV, but it does remind me of the increasing weapon size race from the last century, during the 1940s. |
| GROSSMAN | 27 Oct 2019 10:35 p.m. PST |
Follow the money to congress. |
| Tango01 | 28 Oct 2019 11:37 a.m. PST |
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| Lion in the Stars | 28 Oct 2019 2:38 p.m. PST |
The 50mm is actually a bored-out 35mm Bushmaster III. Gives a pretty decent HE round and a wicked APFSDS round. Though I'd want 3 or 4 feeds for a variety of ammo (APDS, HEAT/Frag, and a really heavy HE round for blasting obstacles) |
| Thresher01 | 29 Oct 2019 7:31 p.m. PST |
Think I'd still want the 3" gun. The M41 tank, IIRC, got a pretty hot round for it, back in the day too, before and/or after its retirement from US service. Decent HEAT, HE, and others too. |
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