I'll be giving this some thought over the coming year, however, I did bring this issue up when and before I submitted the
M1A2 SEP V2 and the AH-64E GUARDIAN, the issue is where do we set the upper limit for
TI/GSR and when will we come to the understanding that some OOB's will just have a technological advantage over other ones or do we limit ourselves to "
parity" to some degree. A couple of + years ago I indicated this decision point would come up sooner then later (We started the increase of TI/GSR from 40 TO 45/or 50 for many MBT's and APC's.) and now it's almost upon us again to figure out what direction to go. In those intervening years Germany has developed the
ATTICA FCS (Already being retrofitted to the LEO 2A6 and will be on the LEO 2A7+.) and now
IFLIR will be installed on the
M1A2 SEP V3 coming to an ARMY base near you-sooner than expected. My first thought is "parity" sets the limit for armor at
TI/GSR 55 enough to recognize for now, Germany's and the U.S. technological advantage while still not being an overwhelming
advantage in the game (Real world we're seeing well beyond that as noted already in previous posts.) and I'm leaning towards "parity" because we do have game issues and limitations
plus, with the extension of the game, I feel we need to save the "
60" for when the new next best FCS comes out. Just my thoughts for what's not that far down the road/or already here. Anyway, posted on this already now the contract is signed.
http://www.armyrecognition.com/decem...116121510.html
http://www.armyrecognition.com/unite..._11710154.html
The next will "shake up" the region a little but certainly it'll be a major improvement to this countries armored capabilities...
http://www.armyrecognition.com/decem..._41612152.html
Well the "body count" is in and I'm still standing so good night and have a good weekend-some of us will be working-take care!! PM to follow soon.
Regards,
Pat
