Technology and Changing Concepts of Operations: Transforming Military Vehicle Architecture

[rangerrebew]

Technology and Changing Concepts of Operations: Transforming Military Vehicle Architecture
12/21/2024

By Pierre Tran

LIMOGES, France – Texelis, a builder of powertrains for armored vehicles, was working on an 18-month feasibility study for an electric hub drive to power hybrid diesel/electric vehicles, said Marin Tollet, marketing and communications director.

The feasibility study ran to the end of 2025, he said December 11 on a press tour comprising the correspondent and two student journalists. The press tour included a visit of the company’s factory here, central France, some 3-1/2 hours by train from Paris. There was also a ride in a French army Serval, a light armored troop carrier powered by a conventional diesel engine. Texelis supplies the powertrain, or mobility package, as a joint prime contractor for the vehicle, built by the joint prime contractor partner, KNDS France.

A French army general was due to visit the factory that week, travelling from the capital.

That feasibility study showed “there is interest in the solution,” Tollet said.

The proposed solution consisted of fitting a highly compact electric engine in each wheel, which allowed a smaller diesel motor to be fitted to an armored vehicle. The former was seen as cutting dependence on the latter, and boosting performance.

https://sldinfo.com/2024/12/technology-and-changing-concepts-of-operations-transforming-military-vehicle-architecture/

[Smokin Joe]

I think a complement of basic systems which can operate with a bare minimum of (hardened) electrical systems would be in order.

The first thing I'd do in a serious (existential) conflict, were it up to me, is hit the battle area with an EMP device, and all the gee whiz stuff would shut down. Basic units, while not as capable as their electronically enhanced counterparts, would suddenly elevate to the ONLY capable units deployed.