The Irssh army Scorpions haven't and won't serve overseas in their current configuration...and that won't change any time soon....For vehicles of their era they were above average.the only reason they have survived is that the fume extractor problem was solved. The AML 90 is a superior weapons platform...they were never meant to be used as tanks....look at the designation...Tanks are fighting vehicles...scorpions are recce vehicles.
The last tanks we deployed were comets...three generations behind any current MBT. The current status of The Irish defence forces is as an infantry based force with armored recce elemnets.
Given your interest in the DF I thought you would have seen this aread whta our capabilities and intentions are. the cavary Corps in the Df are purely intended as recce...and ven that role has been enhanced toward spec ops and not armoured warfare.
I tend to tire of people equating our armoured capabilities to Armoured fighting units rather than recce roles. We have never had that capability. The original intention for having tanks was to train non mechanised units how to deploy against them...Maybe further reading should be recommended.
As for Mowags with or without guns..they are battlefield taxis with intent on survivability not as offensive fighting units.Now with all the action you have seen please tell me where the Irish could fit in to any armoured warfare role in their current operational status. We have not or will not in the forseable future have such capabilities...after all our forces are organised to defend against internal agression and provide peace keeping forces...we leave the war stuff up to others.
The last tanks we deployed were comets...three generations behind any current MBT. The current status of The Irish defence forces is as an infantry based force with armored recce elemnets.
Given your interest in the DF I thought you would have seen this aread whta our capabilities and intentions are. the cavary Corps in the Df are purely intended as recce...and ven that role has been enhanced toward spec ops and not armoured warfare.
I tend to tire of people equating our armoured capabilities to Armoured fighting units rather than recce roles. We have never had that capability. The original intention for having tanks was to train non mechanised units how to deploy against them...Maybe further reading should be recommended.
As for Mowags with or without guns..they are battlefield taxis with intent on survivability not as offensive fighting units.Now with all the action you have seen please tell me where the Irish could fit in to any armoured warfare role in their current operational status. We have not or will not in the forseable future have such capabilities...after all our forces are organised to defend against internal agression and provide peace keeping forces...we leave the war stuff up to others.
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