Have we encountered a situation in the past where we needed something bigger than a 90mm?
Armoured infantry would require IFVs as opposed to APC's the Mowag MRV fulfils this role adequately and could be compared in weapon performance , with the Brdaley being the exceptio being co axially armed with TOW, but with the 25mm Bushmaster chain gun as primary gun system the British using the 30mm gun as the primary weapon system on their IFV.
Problem being as weapon size increases, troop carrying capability falls away.
The army has been tailored toward a specific type of role that does not envisgae have to fight pitched engagements with heavy armour unite...ie MBTs so employment of the 90mm gun is purely a precautionary measure is is available on the AML245 chassis only because we have it in existence rather that having to procure a system that gave the same capability.
Given there is MRV was the system of choice , there will hardly be a secondary requets for anoth variant of the mowag given we have a 90mm gun in service albeit 30 years out of date.
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