Vehicles for the 278th Cavalry Regiment

[Olefin]

When the 278th had to be built up in Germany after it arrived, the canon mentioned that they requisitioned both armored cars from the US Air Force and civilian vehicles.

However after looking thru the Jane's I have there are some ideas there that would be perfect for the 278th

For instance

Thyssen Condor APC - 4 x 4 wheeled APC - exported to several countries - for the Malaysians they built a variant with a 20mm cannon - that would make an excellent vehicle for a cavalry unit - it was a private venture vehicle for export originally

Thyssen 170 APC - it was used in Germany by the German Border Guard - it can be armed with anything from a 7.62mm gun to a 25mm gun to a mount with four ATGMS

Thyssen Henschel TH 444 APC - it was an armored 4x4 that could be armed with a 7.62mm MG that was ready for production in 1996 - again an excellent candidate for the 278th

As usual, you can find details on these vehicles at the pre-eminent Twilight 2000 vehicle site - http://www.pmulcahy.com/wheeled_apcs/german_wheeled_apcs.htm

And of course from the NATO vehicle guide you have the Wiesel - again another great cav vehicle

[The Rifleman]

I was in Iraq with the 278th. Great bunch of guys and some surprising very good officers too. I looked at them a look differently in 2005 as a career officer then I did in 1988 as a teenage T2000 junkie reading the US army vehicle guide.