No, it's more like Congress (in the US's case) never liked shelling money for the military unless they absolutely had to (and, in Congress's eyes, they didn't have to until this decade). For Europe, they've got to do a balancing act between keeping the welfare stable and keeping the military funded.
Maybe sorta. I mean you certainly can and have seen tanks used in IF mode. The problem with making your artillery also an MBT is that you vastly increase the cost of said artillery. SP-Artillery doesn't need that sort of protection.
It is doable since WW2 if not earlier, and occasionally done, but it's always a kinda desperate move from lack of guns or lack of better use for old tanks, rather than because it works well, because it doesn't work well. It is always found out to be suboptimal, as you can optimize a vehicle to be a good tank and crappy SPG, a good SPG and crappy tank, or something that's barely mediocre at both roles.
Potentially...but there's lots of drawbacks to it.
Exactly, on paper.
That's the least of the problems, tanks have plenty of use for HE and HEDP, and if push comes to shove a direct hit with big HE will fuck up a tank more or less anyway. Gun choice is a worse problem than ammo. For optimal artillery oomph and range you want ~150mm gun, and you want it rifled, firing multi part charges for high angle fire.
Yeah, having a good SPG turret will make it a delicate tank turret due to the sheer size needs and in turn armor that would be necessary to cover it. Having a good tank turret will make it a shitty SPG turret. Purely on account of elevation needs, ammo, secondary weapons and loading mechanisms. Targeting is the least issue with modern electro-optics involved.
I'm stuck here wondering at what sort of military budget where building modular fighting vehicles like this makes sense. Perhaps a waterlogged nation that needs a lot of amphibious vehicles.
It should also be noted that it was made before the advent of 'fly by wire' (i.e., letting computers do all the hard work of flying an aircraft), which would make it easier to fly, and more advanced powerplants and propulsion units that we have today.
I was talking about the humvee, but that is definitely rad, gotta appreciate the OG's always.They didn't work very well, but they definitely looked pretty spiffy.
Raise your hand if you've driven one.They didn't work very well, but they definitely looked pretty spiffy.
Ah, the command varient if the 113.Raise your hand if you've driven one.
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OK, sorta...I drove the derivative
Yeah...probably should have called it a 'close relative'. It was during my time in an ADA BN in the ROK.
See, my unit didn't have any armored vics outside of M-ATVs and FMTVs
Bn had Linebackers and Avengers along with dedicated Stinger teams
Yeah, but you were ADA unit.
