MICV

According to the former prime minister's website (see last document at following link) it was the private initiative Thyssen Henschel TH 495 MICV (mechanized infantry combat vehicle).

What was the LAV Mulroney said he was flogging? 2008

This was certainly a factor in the US choice of the Stryker wheeled APCs, which proved considerably cheaper to run than the Bradley MICV, the American equivalent of the Warrior.

Taxi! £250 a mile, guv! Richard 2006

More specifically, we have an army in theatre relying on equipment such as the Challenger Main Battle Tank (MBT) (pictured above, on patrol in Al Amarah, southern Iraq) and the Warrior Mechanised Infantry Combat Vehicle (MICV) which were devised as the core weapons of armoured divisions intended to combat a massed Warsaw Pact armoured thrust in northern Europe.

The wrong kind of war Richard 2006

For someone who would not know the difference between an APC and an MICV, much less an MPV - and who probably thinks DPM stands for deputy prime minister – following the pack and wingeing about peripheral issues is the easier option.

Snarl mode Richard 2006

One more which has come through is another question by Owen Paterson asking for the cost per track mile excluding crew costs of operating the Warrior MICV (often dubbed a "battlefield taxi") and an RG-31M in Iraqi conditions.

Taxi! £250 a mile, guv! Richard 2006

This is the sort of person that can just about – with a little schooling – tell the difference between an armoured personnel carrier and a tank (although they often have trouble distinguishing either for an MICV) and such is their level of ignorance that they are rarely able interpret what they see, or provide intelligent comment.

The horrors of war Richard 2006

It looks like a sort of Marder lite sans the firing ports beloved of the PzGr generals who dictated MICV designs in the 60s and 70s...

What was the LAV Mulroney said he was flogging? 2008

The Warrior Mechanised Infantry Combat Vehicles (MICV) are tracked armoured vehicles designed specifically to carry sections of infantry into battle alongside main battle tanks, providing the infantry support without which tanks cannot operate.

The conspiracy continues Richard 2006

In the former, this had evolved to spawn two main vehicles, the Main Battle Tank (MBT) and the Mechanised Infantry Combat Vehicle (MICV), the first providing the direct firepower, the second providing the infantry support.

Archive 2007-02-01 Richard 2007

The US units finally have a decent MICV - well kinda decent.

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