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Originally Posted by ChalkLine
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.
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I totally agree with that. I'm not suggesting that the missile armed variety would have been produced in large numbers. I'm thinking that they would have trialled a few different options including the 105mm armed conversion and an ATGM armed conversion.
It may have even been that early on the ATGM armed variant might have been more appealing (because on the face of it it would be an easier conversion) but the 105mm version ended up being the preferred option because of the missile drought.
There may have even been several different ATGM armed variants, a Javelin-armed one for the US Army and maybe several different options for the PLA (TOW II, Javelin, some European or even Soviet-derived ATGM packages).