New armoured vehicle concept: lessons from Ukraine
Following the long discussions on tanks and modern warfare in the Ukraine thread, I have proposed a new vehicle concept as per these images. The idea borrows a lot from @The_Capt and others on that thread so thanks for the discussion.
All of this can be done with todays technology. Some development would be required for some of the "harder" aspects such as shooting down ATGMs with a chain gun (it is similar to CWIS), but that is not central to the concept.
The really radical part is
Continuing my thoughts on armoured vehicles, based on lessons from Ukraine, I give you the modern M113!
The core aims with this vehicle is to have a relatively cheap vehicle with maximum flexibility and minimum maintenance. Commercial car manufacturers can manufacture the base at very low cost, and many different manufacturers can create mission modules, which can be adapted quickly to actual battlefield needs.
They are small and tracked to give great mobility similar to the very succ