Command ... dynamically!(Vehicles: C4I)
Armada International › Vol. 34 Nbr. 4, August 2010
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Command ... dynamically!(Vehicles: C4I)
In a military world that is increasingly oriented towards digitisation, command posts are evolving rapidly in terms of command, control, communication and computer systems. Although miniaturisation allows the 'squeezing' of an increasing number of C4I assets into smaller spaces--even allowing light vehicles to be used as C2 mobile elements--bigger wheeled or tracked vehicles dedicated to the command function, and able to keep up with vehicles of similar class, are still needed.
In the tracked vehicle category, many western countries still field the 'good old M577'--the characteristic raised roof of which has marked most of the Cold War era--because the end of the two-block confrontation sounded the death knell on many programmes aimed at upgrading heavy fleets, especially support vehicles. The years that followed showed the steep emergence of the wheeled vehicle. Although wheeled vehicle numbers were initially declining...See the full content of this document
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