M8 Buford Light Tank

M8 Buford Light Tank

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[Papi1960R]

Still think a CV-90 direvitive or a modernized Cadilac StingRay is needed.

[skiamakia]

@Papi1960R

maybe!

[Crosshair84]

@MrXclio You are right about the comparison to the Challenger 2. The M8 would fit between the two. The fundamental problem with the Challenger, like other western tanks, is that they are too heavy and suffer from poor mobility as a result. Their large weight and high ground pressure limits where they can go and makes their movements very predicable and easy to be flanked/ambush by more mobile opponents. A 105mm to the side armor will kill any obese Western tank. The Fulda Gap is over.

[MrXclio]

@MrXclio *know

[MrXclio]

@MRWALKER500000 are you sure you know what you're talking about? compared to a chally 2 this thing might as well be made out of paper mache, personally i don't think you much about mechanised infantry.

[geanfilms]

ESTE TANQUE É DE QUE ORIGEM?

[geanfilms]

GOSTEI BASTANTE DA AERODINÂMICA DO CHASSI DESSE TANQUE.SÓ ACHO QUE A TORRE TEM UMA AERODINÂMICA MEIO RUIM.DEVERIA SER MAIS INCLINADA!!!

[MRWALKER500000]

the british army need something like this to it will replace the Challenger 2 and Scimitar 

[SAsgarters]

@therichardking4242 Very few rounds of smart ammunition or missiles would be used, we're really not talking about tank destroyers here. The turrets I mentioned are already in production and have been developed for just about anything from the CV90 to the M113 and Piranha. The products exist and it is likely that you wouldn't even need more than to supply the chassis.

As for the impression you got, I have no idea how you got it.

[therichardking4242]

@SAsgarters Missiles and guided mortar/artillery rounds are a lot more expensive per round then a regular cannon round. About $50,000 compared to $1,000. My statement about "off the self" means no development cost, somebody else is already building it and paid for the development. Plus from your statement I get the impression you want the whole army to be equipped as light infanty with no firepower backing it.

[SAsgarters]

@therichardking4242 So are the AMOS and NEMO turrets. If an anti-armor capability is an absolute necessity, there's always STRIX and similar guided mortar rounds available, as well as an assload of tube-launched anti-tank missiles. Both are a hell of a lot lighter and versatile than a cannon. Making a vehicle that fits a role is easy, but then again, the real question is how much tax payer money can be squeezed out of a project before it's cancelled due to the costs.

[franknbeans4761]

@redreaper2020 The XM-25 was was deployed to Afghanistan with the 82nd Airborne, I think 5 were sent there. They performed very well & they gave it the nickname "The Punisher." There's suppose to be 35 built now, most of which being tested by units in Afghanistan & special ops units. It performed much better than it's South Korean counterpart the K11, which had 15 out of the 39 built have serious defects.