From: Thomas Barclay <Thomas.Barclay@s...>
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 02:29:09 -0500
Subject: The bundeswehr can't be wrong....
David the cheeky said: In fact, our MK II has almost the same turret design as the Wiesel with the 20mm autocannon. If the Bundeswehr can make one, so can we,:p (insert one wet raspberry). [Tomb] Pardon David, but there is at least one absolutely KEY difference between your designs and those of the wiesel pictured in the link from Karl (nice link). My major complaint with your design (and, just so no one things I'm slagging David or DLD, I own 2 25mm civets, 6 25mm Kamodos) is in the open fighting compartment. The Wiesel has driver and gunner under armour (or at least the driver mostly.... the gunner might pop out the top, I don't know). Your design features a driver just begging to be slain by the first second rate militiaman with an obsolete AR. THAT is my main beef. Develop a Mk III which is the Mark I or II only with an armour plated driver compartment, and we'll maybe do some more business. I'd _like_ to see a viable 25mm rendition of the British Scorpion (options for a 30mm and a 76mm LPG or a missile system) as an ARV. Light, fast tracked is fine for Recce, but they should have armour for the crew to stop small arms. Tomb. PS - David, I hope you can make ECC one day.... Your stuff was in evidence in several places and is likely to appear in a lot more next year:)