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Old January 25th, 2007, 04:43 AM

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Default Re: why buy armor?

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Uncle_Joe said:
In battles where mobility is less of a factor, those units lost badly.
Which is a reason, for example, why it was fully OK to have "baseline" M13's during the Thunder run (where there was emphasis on mobility) while later on, whent the main problem started to be MOUT where mobility is less of a factor, M113's and Strykers got loaded with additional weight of slat armour. Or why Israel and Russia are building heavy APC's - in their perceived use strategic mobility isn't as much of a factor like ability to survive under conditions where the mobility isn't all that important.
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