Army vehicle size limits

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It's often said that the CVR/T tank family of the British was required to be narrow enough to fit between the rubber trees on Malaysian plantations due to the British experiences in the late 40's conflict there.

(c)Irish Defence Forces

I don't care whether it's an myth or true - it inspired me to think of what we should require regarding vehicle maximum sizes in Europe. I do explicitly exclude heavy logistics and support vehicles as well as tanks here; just thinking of common battlefield used by forces in or close to a battle such as cars and APCs.

The war in Ukraine has shown the importance of being able to hide troops, vehicles and supplies once again. It also had and has a substantial share of combat inside woodland, even including tank actions.

 

Garage doors aren't standardised even in Germany, but they are very commonly sized to fit at most a medium-sized SUV.

Doors aren't fully standardised either, but there's a certain common size that could inform requirements regarding UGVs and all kinds of manually-moved containers on wheels belonging to headquarters, field kitchens and the like.

One thing is for sure: We should NOT permit battlefield vehicles to be needlessly too tall for concealment. Vehicles so tall that to disguise them as a building is the only promising approach should not exist. 

"Boxer" - some geniuses want to add a turret on top

S O

defence_and_freedom@gmx.de

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