The question here is not if the LSV is supposed to stop rounds
like a heavy hummer, but if anything can be done to improve it's
current protection package, or lack of it. The LSV currently has
no
protection at all.
I'm sure doing some modifications to add on certain panels to at
least give them proof against 7.62mm rounds will greatly add to the
survability of this unit without greatly compromising it's
mobility. After all it's mobility appears to be an excessive
tradeoff for it's lack of protection and they could shave a few kph
off to make it a more pratical unit. Rather then crossing your
fingers and expecting the enemy not to hit you, which is insane in
a firefight. All it takes it one infantryman... Have they actually
even tried to run MILEs test to suppose if their assumptions that
their speed and agility can allow them to dodge bullets? My
suspision is, unless the LSV can do martix-stunts, dodging bullets
will be near impossible, even with its speed. The only way LSV be
used in operations and expect to survive where the enemy will not
resist or fire back at it, which is madness, considering the roles
they want it to take up. It's overgunned, overspeeded and
unarmoured. Even light resistance of enemy rifle fire will be bad
for LSV crew.
Said and done, it appears the LSV operations concept is a greatiy
flawed one that could be better filled with better protected
units.
