The reason I ask is I need info for a fanciful idea of mine that prolly won'y get fired up the chain, but a fanciful idea nonetheless. Maybe I'll post it here as to get it shot down by other professional (or un-professional in the case of PC) soldiers.
Since we are deploying tanks to the Gan, I was wondering what is the point of it? I've heard things from 'it's an attempt to fight an unconventional war conventially' to 'Hillier is a tanker, so he would naturally support it'. Whatever the reason may be, I will state that it is giving our tank operators experience in their tanks which they might not get otherwise (insert any gravy joke here).
From what I've heard with guys coming back is the CG isn't penetrating the mud huts very well and with their recoil, they are rather inaccurate. The M72 is getting the favor because it's small, man portable, and can easily be passed off to a comrade. We have TOW or LAV-TUAs but what T-72 or higher even exists in the country where such an armor piercing (but expensive round) can effect.
We see that the penetration of the CG isn't the greatest on mud, so we introduce heavy weapons such as the 105mm on the Leopard. However, now we have a heavy weapon at the cost of a lot of maitenance and personel needed to keep it running. I get worried that we will exhaust our financial backing to the mission with them (especially if the govt changes come next election).
So that got a coworker thinking that we need the firepower and that led him to the 106mm recoiless that we used to have. After some easy investigation (checking the DND website) it states we have something like 122 106's with spare parts available in storage and that they are being sold. What a cost effective way to bring firepower to the field if we took them all to the Gan and used them there. That's where I come in.
I was asked to see what ammo there is there because countries still use them. I found the site as I mentioned in my first post, and it states that the HEAT round labelled there doesn't have the penetration power we were looking for, so I asked if anyone knows of any other rounds or any countries that produce a better round than the one depicted.
Since we are beginning to love armor in Afghanistan, a light infantry role is out of the question. (
) So that has me thinking of what you can put it on that isn't as conpicuous as the sound of a rolling tank. Well, in my opinion - anything. The TLAV sould easily take it as it has (in essence before). Not the LAVIII but maybe take the C6 off the Nyala (not RG36). Aside that most of you think the LUVW is a death trap, I do not, and I think it could even go there (though some will say the GWagon may tip over because of its bad wheel base).
That is why I was asking, so now I ask: What is your opinion on the matter?
