MT-LB: Russia's All-Terrain, M113 Gavin for All Seasons

http://www.geocities.com/armorhistory

The MT-LB is the Russian's go-anywhere, all-terrain tracked armored family of fighting vehicles equivalent of our M113 Gavin. It gets its great mobility by having 6 roadwheels instead of the regular 5 on the Gavin, extending its foot print and lowering ground pressures. ALL of our logistics should move by 6-roadwheel MTVL Gavins so it can be NON-LINEAR and unpredictable by going cross-country and staying off roads/trails/streets where land mines await.

Another amazing "icing" capability the MT-LB has that should be fitted to our M113 Gavins "cake" is a dozer blade

http://www.geocities.com/lightmechsappers

...to scrape out hull-down fighting positions for vehicles, berm up around BATTLEBOXes;

http://www.combatreform.com/battleboxes.htm

...bust through obstacles and lift pallets/BATTLEBOXes with Butch Walker's "Bucket-Lift" attachment and scrape the ground smooth for STOL aircraft to land on dirt strips

http://www.combatreform.com/assaultzone.htm

And on the back a back-hoe can be attached to the MT-LB to dig-in infantry fighting positions so the men are not too exhausted to fight or get killed by air bursting high explosive shells

http://www.geocities.com/transformationunderfire/highexplosives.htm

...since they can concentrate their time and energy on erecting overhead protective cover:

http://www.geocities.com/usnavyindanger/falklandslessonsnotlearned.htm

http://www.combatreform.com/combatlight.htm

The Russians are really learning and getting their act together. We can and should learn a lot from them instead of smugly proclaiming our crap doesn't stink because we cover it in red, white and blue.

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Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• MT-LB
• 6-roadwheel
• light
• tracked
• armored
• fighting
• vehicle
• M113
• Gavin
• cross-country
• mobility
• all-terrain

[dynmicpara]

warren25smashy writes:

"this is based on the pt-76 light tank which first saw combat druing the Hungarian revolution."

[Germanfetish]

can this vehicle ride through desert sands with ease?

[dynmicpara]

YES.

[dynmicpara]

Tracks vs. Wheels mobility study:

geocities dotcom slash wheelsvstracks

[a1024s]

There doesn't seem to be any sound...

[arasaka2020tm]

or the new .50 cal gatling, i think its called gau19a

[BlacktailFA]

The KPVT turret is really something as well --- Gavins would do well to have an equivalent turret with a pair of M2HBs.