The other vehicle is the ambulance version of the German Boxer Infantry Fighting Vehicle (which I guess is their answer to the Stryker). Do an image search for Boxer AMB.
Enjoy:
The base vehicle can be fitted with multiple kinds of "mission modules"
Posted on 01/25/2017 7:22:14 AM PST by C19fan
In 1972, the German military embarked on a program to replace its lightweight and air-dropped Kraka quadbikes used to move paratroopers after they hit the ground. The result of this effort was the Wiesel, a cute, unusual tracked armored vehicle and a modern equivalent of the tankette, a type of tank which largely went out of fashion during World War II.
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“Embarrassment?
The Krauts were INNOVATORS, if nothing else.”
Absolutely. And size doesn’t tell all. 88MM sounded pretty small at the time.
Fun and games until someone brings a .50 to the party.
“Everything is air-droppable at least once.” Maxim 11 of the 70 Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries. Schlock Mercenary, for those who are unaware.... ;-)
Everybody likes light and fast.
Until the shooting starts.
Then, they’re out trying to superglue sandbags to their vehicles.
My Infantry Soldiers thought their M113s were invulnerable until I took them down range to look at the M113 targets.
“Here’s where the fifty cal bullet came in and here’s where it went out. It went right through the vehicle.”
Mighty quiet ride home that day.
Poor armor protection is dangerous because the Soldiers think they can do more with the vehicle than they can actually do.
Smaller, more expendable vehicles.
So make them remotely operated with vertical launch missiles ATGMs and MANPADs. Maybe another version with an automatic mortar, and another with an autocannon and automatic grenade launcher. And finally, some carriers for ammo and equipment.
Use them in numbers. Maybe one RPGV per platoon, or one of each type per company? That way you can have really heavy firepower with airborne or airmobile forces.
Funny how similar that armored personell carrier looks like the famous German ww2 half track.
I am imagining the boys from “American Picker” going berserk over that bike.
For a medic, this is like looking at a pic with a supermodel and your wife both in. OF COURSE, I see you back there, honey! Love you so much! You give my life meaning ( meingot, thatingiszexy).
I remember the 106mm recoilless rifles mounted on a jeep in the local Army National Guard Armory when my 8th grade basketball team went there to practice during the winter of 1960-61. I thought it was “neat.” 15 years later I’m in Germany as TC of an M-60A2 with a 152mm gun/launcher.
The other vehicle is the ambulance version of the German Boxer Infantry Fighting Vehicle (which I guess is their answer to the Stryker). Do an image search for Boxer AMB.
Enjoy:
The base vehicle can be fitted with multiple kinds of "mission modules"
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