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But the equipment -- as well as Coyote reconnaissance vehicles -- isn't expected to go cross-country.
"We start pushing into that muskeg or any of the ice that hasn't been properly prepared, I don't think it could handle the weight," Fletcher said.
"(Ice roads are) about the only thing that's going to take a multi-tonne armoured vehicle. The safety concern is significant."
Is it really neccessary to broadcast we are incapable of even the most basic defense up North ?
I dont remember Joe or Adolf saying " well, we're not going to fight over there, we might get stuck "
There are still a few German and Russian tankers left over from WW2, maybe we should fly them over
and ask them how to do it.
*facepalms*
I would love big tracked vehicles, but we don't have many, so here's my take:
The Coyote can operate in pretty much any weather conditions, so long as you have the appropriate fuel and oil. I've driven the things at -40, so I have no doubts in their capacity to function in the north. I think the limiting issue is that they want to reduce risks of the vehicles falling through the ice, it even says so in the article. If it weren't a training exercise, this would be a less significant concern, but not outright eliminated. Even then, the enemy would have the same concerns, so it's not really a benefit or a loss. The benefit would come from learning how to optimally use this set of circumstances to our advantage should warfare ever occur.
If it were me... Both theLAV III and Coyote are designed to float. even though our LAVs don't have amphibious capability, they were designed so as to be expandable to an amphibious role, and the Coyote is derived from a previously amphibious design. have 4 tow-cable hook up's on the front and back. Rather that hanging the usual d-rings off of them, build a superstructure capable of handling the weight of the vehicles and hang them off these mounts. now, if the vehicle breaks through the ice, the nose or tail wont go straight in, it will be caught by the superstructure hanging off the front/back. If the things are of adjustable length and/or foldable when not needed, you can retain the majority of the vehicle's inherent mobility while mitigating the risks associated with crossing open, unprepared ice-fields at speed.
If I were to design the things, I'd give them a 10% approach/departure angle, so as to increase the chances of a vehicle simply being able to back out of any hole it falls into. we'd be better off with tracked vehicles here, but you have to work with what you got. As for the length, I'd make them at least 15-20 feet long. Any longer and they will begin to interfere with the gunnery system. it would also make the vehicles incredibly unwieldy to drive if on anything but a flat surface going straight. I'd further make them foldable (preferably automated hydraulics, but manually if costs need to be saved) to 1/3 their length each, for better cross-country performance. Also, as best as possible make them a quick-mount/dismount system.
Finding the problems we will likely encounter, and then finding innovative and effective solutions is the point of exercises like these.
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