Mechanized Infantry Perceptions 2010

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German experience was that APCs (SdKfz 251 mostly) halved infantry losses. APCs were only employed in motorised/armoured formations which tended to use aggressive (offensive) tactics, of course.

Above is quote of four weeks old item 177 on MRAP JLTV concept of infantry mobility thread. Followed here by:

That kind of training is awfully outdated, and on top of that pretty much ignorant of actual historical infantry missions. Aggressive actions are sometimes called for, but that's extremely rare in comparison to what infantry does during war overall.

At least we agree that infantry-carrying armoured vehicles can be/are useful.