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Originally Posted by Targan
It has occurred to me that another possibility for improving the anti-armour capability of the LAV-75 could be to bolt one or two ATGM launchers to the outside of the turrets. Thats what they did with the cavalry versions of the Bradley didn't they?
I'm not suggesting that we change what has already been decided among us for the LAV-75A4/M-20 Ridgway (because I think it rocks), but might the Chinese and or US Army have a few ATGM-armed variants floating around? I don't know how hard it would be to fit the electronics required (that might stop my idea cold for all I know) but it seems to me to certainly be easier to bolt on a (manually reloaded) ATGM launcher than to replace the entire turret, auto loader and magazine with a 105mm version.
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It kinda depends if the vehicles are shipped before or after the missile drought starts to take hold. I can see the first series having a Javelin on it, as it's a fire-and-forget missile that fits in well with its mobile role, but after that the launcher may be deleted due to a lack of munitions.