There are existing vehicles that might serve the role. The Italians field the B1 Centauro a 4X4 wheeled vehicle armed with a 105 MM gun.
1 posted on
11/13/2017 6:00:26 AM PST by
C19fan
To: C19fan
Please do NOT undergun it they way they did with the Sherman.
2 posted on
11/13/2017 6:07:54 AM PST by
Flintlock
(The ballot box STOLEN, our soapbox taken away--the BULLET BOX is left to us.)
To: C19fan
“There are existing vehicles that might serve the role.”
Come now, buying some existing vehicle does little to fuel the military-industrial complex Ike so correctly warned us about in 1961.
To: C19fan
4 posted on
11/13/2017 6:14:04 AM PST by
PapaBear3625
(Big governent is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
To: C19fan
Reactivate this one...
6 posted on
11/13/2017 6:15:32 AM PST by
WKUHilltopper
(WKU 2016 Boca Raton Bowl Champions)
To: C19fan
USMC at one time had a nify ‘Lik tank Killer called ONTOS (The Thing).............think i still got some info stashed away online somewhere...........
7 posted on
11/13/2017 6:17:36 AM PST by
gunnyg
("A Constitution changed from Freedom, can never be restored; Liberty, once lost, is lost forever...)
To: C19fan
What about the
M551 Sheridan? It could fire a wire-guided missle or a round with a combustible (avoids littering the turret floor with hot casing).
"The Sheridan’s light frame often leaped upwards into the air with each shot from its heavy main gun."
From my experience firing the 152mm main gun, also jumping backward.
To: C19fan
Light Tank. That’s a misnomer.
14 posted on
11/13/2017 6:42:19 AM PST by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: C19fan
The Army is always searching for a good light tank.
22 posted on
11/13/2017 7:47:23 AM PST by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: C19fan; FreedomPoster; Delta 21; mostly cajun; archy; Gringo1; Matthew James; Fred Mertz; ...
TREADHEAD PING
The U.S. Army Is Searching for a New Light Tank
23 posted on
11/13/2017 8:24:22 AM PST by
Delta 21
(Build The Wall !! Jail The Cankle !!)
To: C19fan
We got plenty...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_currently_active_United_States_military_land_vehicles
26 posted on
11/13/2017 9:12:39 AM PST by
Cobra64
(Common sense isn't common any more.)
To: C19fan; All
We got plenty...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_currently_active_United_States_military_land_vehicles
27 posted on
11/13/2017 9:12:59 AM PST by
Cobra64
(Common sense isn't common any more.)
To: C19fan
Back in the 90’s at a facility we had a job on there were 5 air mobile prototype tanks that utilized appliqué armor and I think a crew of 2, and a 105 smoothbore. Really neat tank designed for the Marines but it got the axe and I think they gave those 5 to Taiwan.
36 posted on
11/13/2017 9:52:51 AM PST by
Axenolith
(Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
To: C19fan
Isn’t the Centuro an 8x8?
52 posted on
11/16/2017 6:43:54 PM PST by
Lee Enfield
(Democracy is mob rule. A constitutional republic is only way to protect freedom.)
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