Aviation Vietnam
Counter insurgency aircraft/ Afghanistan?
I was recently speaking to someone with over 30 years experience of military aviation who said there was a need for cheap, rugged COIN/ ground attack aircraft in Afghan and for use against other third world opponents. These aircraft like the A1 skyraider were very effective in Vietnam. A modern turboprop coin aircraft similar to the EMB Super Tucan or FMA Pucara could do a valuable job. Yes there would be a threat from small arms fire AK47, RPG etc ( as there was in SE Asia where they faired well), but it seems a very expensive way to take out a machine gun or mortar position by using a multi-million pound Fighter aircraft or attack helicopter. Bearing in mind most NATO air forces i.e not the US do not have seemingly endless financial resources.
Without getting into the detail, I agree with your overall point entirely.
NATO forces were armed to fight the sophisticated weapons of the Soviet Union not guerrilla warfare. Apache attack helicopters and Main Battle Tanks like the Abrams and Challengers are expensive and not particularly well suited for counter insurgency. I think we need a new breed of cheaper more basic APV's and aircraft, heavily armoured but unsophisticated and available in large numbers to fight this kind of war.
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