How come they don't use command tanks anymore?

How come they don't use command tanks anymore?
What was the rationale for their use?

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They do, the US at least has a variant of the AMPV being built for it to replace the M577.

Putting commanding personnel in an single armored vehicle would've been a horrible idea. If it goes down you loose a couple important people, Intel, etc.

They do.

All the bulky equipment for coordination and communication is surplus to requirement now, as senior officers can reach right down to section level using WhatsApp and Google Maps.

>All the bulky equipment for coordination and communication is surplus to requirement now, as senior officers can reach right down to individual soldier level using Facebook and Twitter.

They do......
Norwegian forces just replaced their command M113 vehicles with new CV90N variants. Right is the combat command vehicle

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From left to right if anyone wonders:
Combat engineer
Infantry fighting vehicle (the one used for deploying storm troopers)
Multipurpose vehicle (carries mortars or can be modified as ambulances or troop carriers)
Scout/rec. vehicle (used for cavalry scouts and for artillery directing)
Combat command vehicle

For the past couple of years, the more rank you have the further back you are.

>Lead from the rear

>they don't use command tanks anymore
I swear, every day threads just keep getting dumber.

THEY DO YOU FUCKING RETARD.

Yeah, because a company leader leads the company while being completely separated from it [sarcasm].

Are you implying that scattering the command over the entire unit is a great idea? Platoon commander rides in one vehicle, his sergeant rides in another, and their comms specialist rides in the third one, eh? Fucking brilliance right here.

(you)

Do the less-than-40mm versions carry functional autocannons in the command vehicles?

The description reads that the command vehicle has three work stations with monitors instead of the normal soldier seat rows in the back so the 30mm should be normal.

>recon CV90 euipped with extendable 6m tall camera and radar system that can see 31km out

Fucking finally. I came up with such an idea when I was 12.

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So show me a tank.

M-4 Sherman on a pedestal,,,Nice

Russia still use 1 command tank per tank battalion.

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There are command variants of tanks and APC's. Wtf are you talking about?

>keep away from open flames
>no flash photography

How does its equipment differ from other tanks?

Interesting. I'll let the rest of my Regiment know we're doing it wrong, what with each troop still having an SHQ with their command vehicles in it.

More radios. Thats basically it.

That isn't command vehicle. Only reason to use ISU without gun is to use it as recovery vehicle. Command tanks for platoon and company commanders regular tanks with extra radio or two and room for stuff like maps, usually at expense of ammunition. Battalion commanders vehicles tend to be mobile command posts based on APC's.

Only country that has used 40mm in CV90 is Sweden and main rationale they had was being cheap by recycling old 40mm AA guns in modernized form. Every export client has used 30mm or 35mm Bushmaster for a good reason.

How do you *define* command tank? Technically any tank with an officer as the commander is a form of command tank.

The command tank.. commands the other tanks.. that's what command tanks do...

they are all 30mm versions, along with 7.62 coax and either a 12.7mm HMG or 40mm GMG on the RWS.

So then OP is a faggot and they are still used constantly in that regard.

we've had the recon versions for about 8 or 9 years already, this is just a newer version on the new MkIII hulls

As far as I can tell the M577 is still in use

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>Lest we forget

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When we (Sweden) orderd them in the late 80's the only other options was 20 or 25mm guns. 35mm or even 30mm ones for that matter wasnt an option back then.

Because any tank can be used as a command tank these days. Radios isnt 400 kg huge boxes anymore, and maps can be displayed digitally

Battalion level command units usually use command vehicles based on IFVs or APCs.

>All the bulky equipment for coordination and communication is surplus to requirement now, as flag officers can reach right down to individual Marines using Snapchat and Grindr.

They do.

Generally peaking, "Command" vehicles have slight variations in their design to accommodate extra equipment that a command may need, like x5 times the normal number of radios, maps, and other documents. On the outside, this normally only means a few extra antenna.