A General Concept of Infantry Mobility

I would be interested in the board’s opinions as to MRAP and JLTV “type” vehicles as a base line for general (not all) infantry mobility.

Generally,

  1. They are better protected than APCs, in general overall terms. (mines and direct fire)
  2. They have very low comparative running and acquisition costs.
  3. They have less dust and noise signature for the same given weight.
  4. They have less mobility under certain soil conditions (deep mud).


YES, we will still need APCs (tracked and wheeled) but as a general approach, for addressing purely protected mobility, against most likely threats they would seem to have considerable merit. Some are designed better than others and some features are better thought out than others, but opinions on this may be worth discussing especially if specific designs are suggested as starting points.