Future Combat System

[Green Jeans]

This is a thread where news articles, information and reports about FCS can be posted and discussed.

What are your thoughts on the current progress of the FCS?

I personally think it's too early to be expecting results and so funding shouldn't be cut down (I know some people want this). Give the technology involved a chance to grow more and be researched. It will be a long term investment but the benefits will be enormous later on.

 

[AlexSWE]

What are you refering to when you say Future Combat System? Do you mean on soldier level?

 

[Green Jeans]

Down to the individual soldier too, although I was thinking more about the platforms/vehicles, technological advances and stuff that effects the whole Army.

 

[gf0012-aust]

When you are refering to Future Combat System? Are you being country specific?

There are about a dozen country specific programmes in play.

 

[AlexSWE]

Yeah the above question would be my second, as several countries, most technolagy strong countries do, have these feature combat system but I aslo remember the American prodject that was specificly named FCS, are you refering to that? Or are you refering to the type of future combat systems around the world?

 

[kashifshahzad]

Mod edit: Inappropriate response deleted.

Lets leave the suggestions about how and what to reply to for the Mods. That is their job.

 

[kashifshahzad]

Army Programs

Armor Pakistan’s Army has invested considerable resources in the development of modern armored combat systems. The Pakistan Army’s tank fleet is divided between those of Chinese, Ukrainian and U.S. origin. The most modern tank now being produced by Pakistan is its Al Khalid, a cooperative venture with China and the Ukraine. Based largely on the Chinese MBT-2000 tank, it uses a Chinese hull and turret design, a 125mm smooth bore gun and a diesel engine from the Ukraine. The tank is also armed with a gun-launched laser-guided anti-tank missile of Ukrainian origin. Pakistan is now in the process of modifying this missile to take a larger warhead.
Pakistan also manufactures a series of tracked armored personnel carriers (APCs) based largely on the U.S. M-113 APC family. A new command version of this family, called the SAKB, introduces new digital communications technologies to the armor fleet, called the "Integrated Battle Management System." The prototype was apparently on display at the show, and featured new flat-panel displays in the vehicle. These were able to link with digital flat panel displays in the Al Khalid tank, exchanging tank video footage, or receiving intelligence from unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) or from rear areas.

I havent seen any tank's interior like that