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Old 05-08-2017, 09:42 AM
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Originally Posted by ArmySGT. View Post
Too light to fight and to heavy to run.

I get that it is Cavalry and intended for reconnaissance. Still it is grossly overmatched by the BMP-3 and BMP-4 in the recon/counter recon fight.

Even the Russian 30mm grenades can pen this at 200 meters. Current gen RPG-16 rounds will tear it in half. The 25mm chain gun is losing effectiveness against the BMP-3 and may not pen a BMP-4 at long range. Lack of an ATGM is a negative against Cavs traditional screening role against counter attack.

By the time all that is fixed it will be back up to what a Stryker weighs.
i think that is why they are going to the 30mm soonish

https://www.army.mil/article/181203/...grades_to_come
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