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Vehicles: armoured
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Armoured trop transports.
In symmetrical conflicts the concept of armoured troop transport vehicles evolved into that of armoured infantry fighting vehicles, firepower becoming a relevant part of the equation. The asymmetric conflict situations that developed following the end of the Cold War highlighted a need for smaller and cheaper vehicles able to move troops, and keeping them safe from small arms threat, with firepower normally provided by a roof ring-mounted machine gun.
The increasing threat posed by direct fire, RPGs and especially by roadside bombs in turn generated a requirement for Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (Mrap) vehicles to allow patrols to safely move about, while the use of bigger armoured infantry fighting vehicles was limited to some areas due to their dimensions. Since some of the latter are being proposed also as transport vehicles with an overhead weapon station instead of the medium-calibre turret, they can therefore be included in this category. An example that epitomises current needs is that of the Canadian combat fleet renewal programme: this includes the acquisition of a new Tactical Armoured Patrol Vehicle (TAPV) to replace the Coyote reconnaissance vehicle based on the LAV, as well as the RG-31 Nyala troop carrier. The number of vehicles to be acquired is 500 units, split between 200 recce and 300 command and control ...See the full content of this document
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