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Originally Posted by HorseSoldier
Research on.
The Ground Combat Vehicle program replaced the Future Combat System program, with a replacement for the M113 being its first milestone goal. They haven't got to the prototype stage yet.
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So basically they want to replace the armoured box on tracks with a new armoured box on tracks for those uses that need tracks and armour, but not a turret with a gun. And they need all that money to figure out how to best build a metal box on tracks?
Gah.
OK, Off the shelf time: BAE has an Armoured Box version of the CV90 out there, development costs are already done, as well as factory setup, since its basically a turret-less CV90. Don't know what the unit cost is, but it can't be all that much. And BAE already builds the M2, so a - granted not serious - argument against the NIH syndrome.
http://www.baesystems.com/Sites/Prod...illo/index.htm
http://www.baesystems.com/Sites/Prod...tion/index.htm