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Originally Posted by Lampshade111
True Marcello, they were built for more than peacekeeping operations but they were not built with large scale wars against modern armies (China, Russia, etc.) in mind.
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They were never meant to slug it out in a Fulda Gap situation, however they were supposed to be able to handle some heavy conventional enemies. If one imagines an hypothetical but far more relevant than the above Georgia style scenario (not exact but along those lines) the US could use FCS equipped units to quickly establish local superiority against what the russian/chinese have at hand in the theather (with the bulk of the russian/chinese heavy forces weeks away costrained by railway capacity) and be able to dictate the terms of a negotiated solution from a position of strenght.
Of course one may end up with Trident and Topol having the final say on the matter.
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Originally Posted by Lampshade111
As far as weight goes, I don't believe their would have been much of a loss of mobility when compared to the Stryker family. Supposedly three MGV or Stryker family vehicles would/can be carried in a C-17A. While possible I don't believe Strykers are commonly transported by the C-130J
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The issue isn't theoretical carriage. The issue is: is there enough airlift to move sufficiently large units of them quickly enough and keeping them supplied once in theater, as well as mantaining the essential airlift services elsewhere at the same time?