Alternative Crew Vehicles?

[StainlessSteelCynic]

If you use that Fuchs 8x8, then you have the makings of a family of vehicles based on common components & construction.
Obviously the 8x8 as shown in the image above, the Fuchs 6x6 parent design and also the APE 4x4

http://www.military-today.com/apc/tr...nzer_fuchs.htm

http://www.military-today.com/apc/ape.htm

[nduffy]

Originally Posted by StainlessSteelCynic

If you use that Fuchs 8x8, then you have the makings of a family of vehicles based on common components & construction.
Obviously the 8x8 as shown in the image above, the Fuchs 6x6 parent design and also the APE 4x4

http://www.military-today.com/apc/tr...nzer_fuchs.htm

http://www.military-today.com/apc/ape.htm

Thats kinda of what I was going for. I had also played with the idea of an MRAP style vehicle. Common off the shelf parts, easy to secure, armored, and something they could combine with a 6x6 or 8x8 ..
So a recon team of 6-9 folks would have both an MRAP and a Fuchs. The Fuchs could serve as their fire support vehicle and as a survey vehicle, testing radiation backgrounds and NBC concerns. The MRAP would do scouting and be a contact vehicle. Sometimes rolling up in a large tank like vehicle isnt always the best choice for initial contact..

[nduffy]

The 8x8 as an ambulance could potentially carry a large (compact version) medical station. big enough for a tube and an EMT and DR , you have a mobile lightly armored clinic.

[StainlessSteelCynic]

You could use the APE in the role of the MRAP. It was originally designed as a recce vehicle for engineers for such things as surveying riverbanks for fording points and so on.

[nduffy]

Never thought about that. The fact it can mount a 20mm gun is pretty interesting. 20mm DU or tungsten can do some serious damage to even moderately to heavy armored vehicles. M-2 and M-3s during the gulf were getting mobile kills on Iraqi tanks, anything APC or light armored was Swiss cheese. Once the tanks were immobile, they were TOW toast or the M-1s cleaned them up. The Iraqi light armor didn't even stand a chance. I love 20mm guns,, 30-35 is even more fun.. 3p rounds!

[nduffy]

I could also see Kirivan as a vehicle for science, medical teams as well as communications teams. Lots of potential uses.

[nduffy]

Kirivan

[nduffy]

I have also pondered the use of expeditionary vehicles in the MP. Go anywhere do anything vehicles, designed to go out for weeks without support and go just about anywhere...