Damian
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The main problem is to convince top army officers and politicians to spend more money for more... unconventional and probably more costly design solutions and that Army need such vehicle.
Look at NATO vs Soviet Union development race, in the end they came up with same or similiar design conclusions however SU collapsed and then NATO especially US that have highly advanced next generation MBT development program ended working on such vehicles because politicians and top officers were thinking that nobody needs such vehicles anymore... so in the end we ended with light tracked UCP's development programs that ended as complete failure and money waste when if late Cold War programs would be continued through 90's to early XXI century we probably allready would use 4th generation MBT's on dedicated hulls or on heavy tracked UCP's.
So this is problem of convience decision makers and also to biuld clear design barriers to know what we want and not to start designing a "gold plated christmass tree" that will be or cancelled money and time waste or if R&D phase will sucesfully end it will be so expensive that nobody will wish to buy it or production will end on very small numbers of vehicles.
Look at NATO vs Soviet Union development race, in the end they came up with same or similiar design conclusions however SU collapsed and then NATO especially US that have highly advanced next generation MBT development program ended working on such vehicles because politicians and top officers were thinking that nobody needs such vehicles anymore... so in the end we ended with light tracked UCP's development programs that ended as complete failure and money waste when if late Cold War programs would be continued through 90's to early XXI century we probably allready would use 4th generation MBT's on dedicated hulls or on heavy tracked UCP's.
So this is problem of convience decision makers and also to biuld clear design barriers to know what we want and not to start designing a "gold plated christmass tree" that will be or cancelled money and time waste or if R&D phase will sucesfully end it will be so expensive that nobody will wish to buy it or production will end on very small numbers of vehicles.