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Myths
High Desert Warrior November 4, 2016
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4 myths about combat vehicles, debunked by Lt. Gen. McMaster
WASHINGTON (Army News Service) -- It’s a unique situation that the Army doesn’t currently have a ground combat vehicle under development, said Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster Jr.
That hasn’t happened since World War I.
“At current funding levels, the Bradley and Abrams will remain in the inventory for 50 to 70 more years,” he said in his remarks as the keynote speaker Tuesday at a professional development forum for The Association of the United States Army’s Institute of Land Warfare.
McMaster is the deputy director, Army Capabilities Integration Center and deputy commanding general for futures, Army Training and Doctrine Command.
The Army needs to make “clear and compelling arguments” for capabilities that ad- vanced ground combat vehicles will bring to the fight with their effective mobile protective firepower, he said.
Unfortunately, it’s sometimes difficult to make the case when there are myths that are still circulating out there, he commented, pointing to four persisting myths.
MYTH #1
Existing platforms are already the best in the world and are sufficient for future conflicts.
McMaster swatted this myth down, noting that “our enemies, and even our friends and allies, have not remained static.” Potential adversaries, notably the Russians, are integrating new technologies into their vehicles, he said.
Germany’s Puma, an infantry fighting vehicle, has a superior suspension and lacks tor- sion bars. “That’s something we might think about having,” he said.
(Photo Credit: Courtesy U.S. Army Signal Corps)
It’s a unique situation that the Army doesn’t currently have a ground combat vehicle under development, said Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster Jr. That hasn’t happened since World War I. Shown here is Lt. Col. George S. Patton Jr., 1st Tank Battalion, standing beside a tank during World War I in the summer of 1918.
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