Is the army doing enough to maintain the correct balance of manouvreability , firepower and protection in its operational constituents?
For instance is there any move towards the development of a more flexible tactical logistics system as typified in other armies by the use of a mix of heavy goods vehicles and unimog or Pinzgauer type vehicles?
The issue of LTVs has already been the subject of some debate, but apart from the mention of the risk to troops on current deployment there was relatively little mention of the broader importance of this type of vehicle to the army.
Finally the issue of Sabres, softskin Jeeps or trucks used as weapons systems, rather than towing .5s in trailers mounting them on the back of a jeep or using a 40mm gun mounted on a truck bed as a roving fire support vehicle.
These vehicles where generally popularised among guerilla armies or by countries that could not freely purchase arms, but their use by special operations forces and increasingly by elite light units has gone someway to vindicate the speed+firepower=protection formula.
Should the Irish army be expanding its use fo Sabre type vehicles beyond SOF?
For instance is there any move towards the development of a more flexible tactical logistics system as typified in other armies by the use of a mix of heavy goods vehicles and unimog or Pinzgauer type vehicles?
The issue of LTVs has already been the subject of some debate, but apart from the mention of the risk to troops on current deployment there was relatively little mention of the broader importance of this type of vehicle to the army.
Finally the issue of Sabres, softskin Jeeps or trucks used as weapons systems, rather than towing .5s in trailers mounting them on the back of a jeep or using a 40mm gun mounted on a truck bed as a roving fire support vehicle.
These vehicles where generally popularised among guerilla armies or by countries that could not freely purchase arms, but their use by special operations forces and increasingly by elite light units has gone someway to vindicate the speed+firepower=protection formula.
Should the Irish army be expanding its use fo Sabre type vehicles beyond SOF?
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