With drones being so common why not just equip all ifvs with skyranger (or equivelant AA) turrets instead of seperate ifv cannons like the MK 30-2/ABM on the Puma? They can shred infantry and APCs just as well as other autocannons while also being able to reliably destroy aerial targets.https://youtu.be/L7kX4AHW7OM?si=FA_j-x2u9fPib_78
Because it would be expensive.
>>65184652A lot less expensive than the projected casualties and their replacements.
>>65184622Why not put a Skyranger turret on top of a regular tank turret?
A direct interception method for FPV drones has not yet been established. The Skyranger demonstration also used a drone similar to Shahed as the target.
>>65184741Make it happen.
>>65184748RETVRN TO TRADITION
>>65184622Millitary bureaucracy not wanting to do shit unless something is on fire.
>>65187521there's such a thing as being TOO proactive
>>65184734>A lot less expensive than the projected casualties and their replacements.Now do explain this hypothetical future war to whatever elected political body holds the purse strings. Politicians with competing concerns like trying to fund the rest of the country, the welfare of the people and of course most important of all, personal graft. If you are lucky, the defense contractor who makes those things has bought off enough politicians that it will be given priority at a 300% markup.
>>65184741Already exists. Skynex.
>>65184622Experiments are currently being done with connecting RWS mounts to radars like those used for APS. A .50 cal is currently perfectly adequate for that, and allows the primary autocannon to focus more on its primary role, while also being useful for tanks.
