New Gun Tractor spoiling Gunners

[RHClarke]

Originally Posted by chris vickery

Can someone who knows better enlighten me a little here? I would question the feasability of these new tactical vehs in service. Larger is not better especially with regards to congested urban environs, narrow foreign roads and highways, swamps, deserts, jungles, mountain ranges etc.
... but it seems that the days of small tactical vehicles are dwindling...

I will have a chat with the project officer for these vehicles to confirm my theory, but in the meanwhile here goes: This was the truck selected to best address the many training needs of the army in Canada. It is not meant to go on ops. It is a logistics vehicle that is being used for tactical training.

The size of this vehicle may raise some eyebrows, but this truck takes as much space to turn around as the MLVW - better turning radius and other improvements help in this regard. Some of the in theatre trucks are bigger than this beast, so route planning and recces become extremely important. In any case, this is but one of the many vehicles being pursued by the army. The other vehicles will be true tactical vehicles that offer the levels of protection required on operations.

I for one am very happy that the gunners have finally gotten a vehicle that offers some comforts (read heat) to the detachment.