a 8.90 D 14974 E D European & Security ES & Defence 1/2020 International Security and Defence Journal ISSN 1617-7983 • Armoured Vehicles www.euro-sd.com • • Surviving the City Fight • Australia's Armour Renaissance • The Return of the 6x6 AFV • Polish Fleet Modernisation • Light Tactical Mobility Platforms • Turret Options January 2020 • UK AFV Programmes • Vehicle Protection Politics · Armed Forces · Procurement · Technology WHEN SLOW AND STEADY ISN’T AN OPTION. OSHKOSH DEFENSE® JLTV BUILT LIGHT. BUILT RIGHT. Never-before-achieved speed, power and protected mobility to maneuver within combat formations. oshkoshdefense.com ©2020 OSHKOSH DEFENSE, LLC An Oshkosh Corporation Company Oshkosh Defense and the Oshkosh Defense logo are registered trademarks of Oshkosh Defense, LLC, Oshkosh, WI, USA JLTV_P2C-1_2019-EU-1 OSHK_2020_JLTV_Phs2C_EuroSecDfnc_FullPg.indd 1 12/5/19 11:48 AM Editorial My New Armoured Vehicle is a Camel A camel, remarked the British designer Alec Issigonis, is a horse designed by committee. Given that the requirements of modern armoured vehicles are driven by so many conflict- ing factors, perhaps they are the defence establishment’s own camels. Mobility, protection and firepower as core requirements are by no means confined to Main Battle Tanks, but the emergence of uninformed, or “claimed” national industrial strategic capabilities; the tightening of budgets; the growth of “zero-casualty” politics; and the ability to destroy an enemy at drone’s length all impact global demand for vehicles with the full suite of capa- bilities now available. That “full suite” costs space and manoeuvrability, as crews of 4x4 vehicles in combat have, historically, sometimes found to their detriment. This, we propose, is one of the reasons for the “return” of the 6x6 vehicle, despite its being inherently a compromise. In the end, a modest dual-use 6x6 armoured vehicle will be a more acceptable presence on our own cities’ streets – in due course – than an overgrown 4x4 platform. Nevertheless, as Police work becomes increasingly deadly, and as manufacturers seek new markets to amortise development costs, it is likely that we will see more “dual-use” vehicles on police fleets, rather than fewer. The 6x6, although more easily strategically transported by air, rail or sea, can be disad- vantaged by its size. This is not such a problem in terms of mission packages, as electrical components become ever smaller, more capable and less power-hungry, but in terms of self-protection and firepower there are more compromises to be reached: how large the main armament, or how big the manned / unmanned turret? But the main concern should be for those cursed to be long-range passengers under ar- mour. Cost and operational factors keep even the largest 8x8s within some dimensional limits, but people are getting bigger, and the loads they carry, even into the actual combat phase of an operation, continue to grow. Urban warfare, cost and the survival instinct have ensured we have mostly moved on from hanging our kit on the outside of the vehicle, but where, realistically, does it go? And this is before we start to look at exoskeletons and the like: hang them on the outside!? (For clarification: once armies accept the concept of locking exoskeletons to replace seats, with the soldier sitting in it, permanently connected to the vehicle’s power until disembarking, that problem will resolve itself, but until then…) And let’s not start on situational awareness in the back! In the face of all these compromises and conflicting requirements we have seen a never- ending procession of arrivistes jumping into – or remaining in - one of the most competitive arenas in the entire defence industrial complex. Think back a few generations of IDEX: where did that glut of AFV companies come from – or indeed, where did they go? For surety we have various protocols that help to sort the men from the boys – various ISO standards, STANAGS and so on – but the sheer cost is enough to discourage anyone from dipping an optimistic, if naïve, toe in the water. Nowadays there are only a few companies (read: nations) capable of designing, developing, marketing, selling and supporting vehicles that meet the requirements. Setting aside China and Russia, there are a few in North America, probably not including Canada, where there may be two (fight over it!) plus some in West- ern Europe, a very few in Eastern Europe (one of which is excellent), perhaps two or three each in Africa and the Middle East and a vanishingly small number in Asia. Thank goodness 8x8 development / integration costs and final prices have thinned out the market, leaving serious, qualified suppliers and knowledgeable, well-heeled customers a relatively straight- forward choice to survey. But supply and demand are growing where the compromises are even more pronounced, for 4x4 and 6x6 platforms, and education, knowledge and experience are all essential. Ignorance may be bliss, but you get what you pay for. Stephen Barnard 1/2020 · European Security & Defence 1 Masthead Contents European Security & Defence Issue 1/2020 · January 2020 ISSN 1617-7983 · www.euro-sd.com Published by CONCEPTS AND PLATFORMS Mittler Report Verlag GmbH A company of the Tamm 4 Ground Mobility – Media Group Crucial on Tomorrow’s Battlefield Tim Guest Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Peter Bossdorf (pb) Managing Editor and Deputy Publisher (Magazine): Stephen Barnard (sb) 13 The Return of the 6x6 AFV Managing Editor (Newsletter): Dorothee Frank (df) Industrial Editors: Waldemar Geiger (wg), Gerhard Heiming (gwh), Jürgen Hensel (jh), Christopher F. Foss Hans Uwe Mergener (hum), Ulrich Renn (ure) Sub-Editors: Christopher Ellaway-Barnard (cb), Christian Kanig (ck) 18 Light Tactical Mobility Platforms Correspondents: Rolf Hilmes (Army Technology) Latest Developments Regional Correspondents: Roberto Guimarães de Carvalho (Brazil), Sidney Dean (USA), Tamir Eshel (Israel), Tim Guest (UK), Alex Horobets (Ukraine), Michał Jarocki Sidney E. Dean (Poland), Jaime Karremann (The Netherlands), Beka Kiria (Georgia), Shinichi Kiyotani (sk; Japan), Yury Laskin (yl; Russia), J. 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Christopher F. Foss All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced without prior written permission of the publisher in Bonn. 71 Spain to Invite New Bids for the Cover Photo: Sgt. Joseph Prado, 1st Marine Divion 8x8 VCR DRAGÓN Programme Esteban Villarejo Annual subscription rate: €64.90 incl. postage Contents 76 Australia’s Armour Renaissance The Land 400 Programme David Saw 80 Striking Power for STRYKERs The US Army Up-Guns its Mobile Striking Power in Europe John Antal 84 Poland’s Indefinite Procurement of New Multirole Vehicles Michał Jarocki 87 WiSENT 2: When