In message , Lyle
writes
i remember when people critized the bradely cause it had Tow missles
on it, people said why dose a IFV need Tows, etc. But as soon as the
first Gulf War was over, everybody wanted to put ATG missles on their
own IFV.

Well, we didn't...

People somehow forgot that the role of the IFV was to support
the troops, not just operate as a Taxi.

IFVs are there to get troops to the objective. Not to be bulky tank
destroyers. BMPs haven't stopped Western forces, antitank missiles or
not.

(Now, what *would* be very effective IMO would be replacing TOW on the
Bradleys with Javelin - fire-and-forget makes ATGM on an IFV much more
dangerous)

Those Tows sure came in handy
when going up against Bunkers and machine gun nests.

Isn't that what the M242 is for?

Speaking of European projects, how is the A4000 transport that was
supposed to enter service by now comeing along????

On the same sort of schedule as the F-22. It'll arrive when it arrives
and it'll either meet its specification or it won't.

--
He thinks too much: such men are dangerous.
Julius Caesar I:2

Paul J. Adam MainBoxatjrwlynch[dot]demon{dot}co(.)uk