Is it just me or does it sound like GM Defense is selling something completely unsuited to be in potential combat zones on one hand or complete vapourware in the other? What a joke.
I mean, the real answer is deeper than either company to this regard. Both concepts are built on the requiremwnts laid out. This is what the Army is asking for. It's why the Senator LUV (which is very similar in concept but taken a bit more radically) exists.
We didn't ask for a Senator. We asked for a truck, and anything since then had been to that eternal debate on what kinda platform we need to succeed. The Senator is not universlly loved by folks making the choices.
GM is giving what we asked, it's just that what we asked might not be what we need exactly anymore.
I just cant wait for this bloody contract to be awarded lol. As an ARes crewman this one affects me directly and trying to follow whats been going for what has been exhausting.
I dislike how people automatically think any narrative involving a tracked AFV platform and cold weather environments think the CV90 is the only solution on the market. The ASCOD, the same platform that’s used by the Austrians and Spaniards, same platform that has newer versions like Ajax and Booker, have all been either gone through a test or evaluation in cold weather conditions.
And if you’re gonna come after me saying “Not ArCtIc conditions” you can literally find photos and videos online of US Army testing, evaluating, and operating the M10 Booker in Alaska during the Winter.
One should also question, what kinda conditions do we expect platforms to operate in the majority of the time? There is a danger in being too focused on individual enviornments or areas to the detriment of elsewhere.
Yes, platforms should be capable of operating in the majority of Canada, but should the Arctic in this case be a deciding enviornment for evaluation?
Is it just me or does it sound like GM Defense is selling something completely unsuited to be in potential combat zones on one hand or complete vapourware in the other? What a joke.
I mean, the real answer is deeper than either company to this regard. Both concepts are built on the requiremwnts laid out. This is what the Army is asking for. It's why the Senator LUV (which is very similar in concept but taken a bit more radically) exists.
We didn't ask for a Senator. We asked for a truck, and anything since then had been to that eternal debate on what kinda platform we need to succeed. The Senator is not universlly loved by folks making the choices.
GM is giving what we asked, it's just that what we asked might not be what we need exactly anymore.
I just cant wait for this bloody contract to be awarded lol. As an ARes crewman this one affects me directly and trying to follow whats been going for what has been exhausting.
I dislike how people automatically think any narrative involving a tracked AFV platform and cold weather environments think the CV90 is the only solution on the market. The ASCOD, the same platform that’s used by the Austrians and Spaniards, same platform that has newer versions like Ajax and Booker, have all been either gone through a test or evaluation in cold weather conditions.
And if you’re gonna come after me saying “Not ArCtIc conditions” you can literally find photos and videos online of US Army testing, evaluating, and operating the M10 Booker in Alaska during the Winter.
One should also question, what kinda conditions do we expect platforms to operate in the majority of the time? There is a danger in being too focused on individual enviornments or areas to the detriment of elsewhere.
Yes, platforms should be capable of operating in the majority of Canada, but should the Arctic in this case be a deciding enviornment for evaluation?