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Originally Posted by kevineduguay1
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Yes weapons slots are a problem but they can be overcome by combining the firepower of some of the MGs. For instance the 50cal MG and the 7.62mm CMG can be made into on weapon as could the two 7.62 mm AAMG.
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Perhaps you can lump together the two 7.62mm AAMG. But the 50cal MG and the 7.62mm CMG?
One has range of 40 and the other 24, accuracy is 23 and 18 respectively, ammo supply is different etc.
It would be a marriage made in hell.
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I have seen sites that also talk about reduces ammo loadouts for the main gun if infantry are carried. But other sites claim that this space is available for troop evacuation even with a normal ammo load.
If you can evacuate troops you can carry troops.
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The devil is in the detail. From what I read in the past the idea was to have enough space to evacuate bailed out tank crews under combat situation and similar. Needless to say 4 men with no equipment require substantially less space than a eight men squad in combat gear. Carrying a squad could be done but only leaving out most of the ammunition to free the additional space.
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The rear compartment can be packed with more main gun ammo if nessessary. 30+ rounds of 120mm can be placed in this space. With this load no troops would be carried.
So if they can put 30 extra rounds of 120mm back there why not why not 8 men with small arms and maybe a LMG?
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Thirty 120mm rounds do not take up as much as space as 8 soldiers which, it should be noted, is more than most modern IFVs manage. I would suspect that those thirty rounds would fill the space earmarked for the crew evacuation capability.