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Originally Posted by Panther Al
I have nothing against the concept of one chassis providing the base for a number of specialised vehicles, its an even better idea for the ACR's as they need to run on as small as possible logistical tail. My problem with it is that they made far far to complex for what was needed. The original base vehicle, the piranha is great: mechanically and electrically simple that can be maintained with great ease: they stryker on the other hand... Hell the Centaro armoured cars we loaned from italy are easier to maintain.
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And that's the problem with the Stryker, all the nifty gadgets packed into...everything from that remote-controlled weapon station to the electronics. The more "techie" things are, the greater the likely hood that gremlins while strike whenever you need it the most.
Its like when the pluggers first came into service...the first thing was to no longer teach basic map reading/compass work...so when the pluggers crashed.......the old sarges had to pull out thier compasses and the paper maps and start teaching the old skills, yet again.