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Title: Next Generation Combat Vehicle must be effective in megacities, FORSCOM commander says
Post by: rangerrebew on December 02, 2017, 10:25:29 am

Next Generation Combat Vehicle must be effective in megacities, FORSCOM commander says

By David Vergun, Army News ServiceNovember 30, 2017


LIVONIA, Mich. -- The likelihood is high that the Army won't get to pick the time and place of its choosing for the next battle, said Gen. Robert Abrams.

But it's likely that the next battle will take place in a megacity, said Abrams, commander of U.S. Army Forces Command. He spoke, Nov. 30, here during the Future Ground Combat Vehicles Summit.

https://www.army.mil/article/197555/next_generation_combat_vehicle_must_be_effective_in_megacities_forscom_commander_says (https://www.army.mil/article/197555/next_generation_combat_vehicle_must_be_effective_in_megacities_forscom_commander_says)

Title: Re: Next Generation Combat Vehicle must be effective in megacities, FORSCOM commander says
Post by: RetBobbyMI on December 02, 2017, 01:02:09 pm

We’ve been down this next generation path how many times in the last 20 years?  Yet they, the armored vehicle Community still comes up with an 80 ton behemoth. We waste way too much money.