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Originally Posted by Skybird
The main weapon is a 30mm, but the seconardy coax is just a 5.56 - the desiogners overlooked that thwe turret woukld need more place to install a real medium callibre machine gun. The 5.56 lacks punch and penetration, and range and precision.
Its heavy, heavier than projcted, so that now one third more of air transports are needed to airlift three Pumas in A400Ms ij battle grade protection C.
If the A400Ms will ever be available in sufficient numbers, that is.
The hull around the barrel of the main gun indeed is for
stabilising the gun, nobody should be mistaken there. The German term is "Rohrabstützung". My term is "gun barrel on crooks".
Only 6-man squads for loading.
At least they had the brains to add missiles as an option to it. Spike-LR against armour and helicopters.
Too expensive. And for the time being: necessarily unproven and untested.
Severla other natiosn that were hoped to become customers of the Puma, decided agaunst it and instead went for models of the swedish CV-90 lineage, which would have been my choice, too. I do not think the Puma will become an economic success story. It is too damn expensive, and it will stay that due to low production numbers.
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Well looking on the bright side, I've read the 5.56 will upgraded to the 7.62 Heckler & Koch MG5. That's definitely a step in the right direction.
What is a squad size in the German Army? I know in the U.S. Army it can vary greatly, six men is about in the middle of possibilities. As for passengers that's going to be determined by its intended role in the grand scheme of things, if there is a grand scheme.
Also the fat lady hasn't started singing yet. I've read the U.S. has been kicking around the idea of replacing Bradley and had been looking at the Puma for some ideas.