obat44 - West Germany

halstein · #1 August 21st, 2005, 03:13 PM

This migth be a problem. The PzGrKp in the mid-80's have a 7 man command element. However the Marder 1 A2 only takes 6. Is this correct? I can see that the A2+ with its MILAN kit would have less space than the A1, but why has the A2 one less carrying capacity than the A1?

TheDesertFox · #2 August 22nd, 2005, 05:57 AM

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halstein said:
but why has the A2 one less carrying capacity than the A1?

No problem here. All A2s have a carrying capacity of 6 men, that was a result of the Milan upgrade in the 80s. The (+) only tells you whether the milan is mounted (+) or dismounted. Dismounting the Milan does, however, not increase the carrying capacity of the A2.

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halstein · #3 August 25th, 2005, 12:34 PM

So then ones company use both A1 and A2/A2+, or you leave the company comander on foot (the 7 man company comandsquad won't fit A2/A2+). I'm not used to companies carrying 2 diffrent models of APC.

Halstein.

TheDesertFox · #4 August 25th, 2005, 03:12 PM

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halstein said:
So then ones company use both A1 and A2/A2+, or you leave the company comander on foot (the 7 man company comandsquad won't fit A2/A2+). I'm not used to companies carrying 2 diffrent models of APC.

Halstein.

Obviously unit 252 needs to be reduced from 7 to 6 men and the problem is solved.

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