Agreed, Moderators please deal with this crapOriginally Posted by WhiteGeorge
Seems promising, though the armament is light. Perhaps there is room for later enhancement there.
What is with all the Georgian flag decals and LAZIKA logos all over the thing? PR stunt gone crazy from the looks of it. Hopefully in production it reverts to a true IFV and not a billboard.
To be honest, the 2A14 really cracks me up. The vehicle is very okay for the needs of Georgia and I am allmost sure about different variants including AT-AA turrets, but the standart variant is not effective even against IFV with poor protection like BMP-1 / BMP-2. In case of confrontation, the Lazika's main gun won't be able to penetrate the armor of it's Russian made counterpart. That makes the other features allmost irrelevant for survival. Instead of development rush, they should have invested a bit more time and resource on making something that could compete with vehicles like the BMP-3. We failed in this case IMHO.
If it is intended to develope a series of IFVs for different needs, than it's okay on the other hand. But in first line, the Lazika is just good enough to handle hostile Infantry and soft vehicles or armoured cars.
Are you kidding me, ofcourse 2A14 would be able to slice through standard variants of BMP-1/2 and even BMP-3 !
2A14 can be used in unsighted cover shelling, but as main armament of modern armour - no way.
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There are IFV/APC just armed with 50cal..
23mm as RCWS is good, Besides the work of IFV is fight Infantry 23mm is good enough to for soft skin and light armored vehicles..
That if you are not opposing armour with better armament, like BMP-1 / 2 / 3
Why if you can actualy afford aquiring better weapons, for instance from Israelis. I am pretty sure it won't be a problem for the Israelis to sell some higher calibre firing systems, after all there is no export ban from their side and US should have also lifted their ban on us allready.
Double-Post, Sorry
Last edited by WhiteGeorge; 02-27-2012 at 07:19 PM.
What vest are they using here? Pic is from 2008
Unprotected tactical assault vest. Don't know from where. Maybe local, maybe foreign.
Anyhow, it seems Georgia IS constructing UAV's now on the basis of foreign technological experience as it more and more comes to light, what some of the quiet Russo-Israeli talks resulted into, as far as you want to trust the cables.
BTW, is Delta actually also working on these, or is this just some fun job of bored soldiers .... ?
This is heck of a good idea actually. Why is nobody thinking about it lol ?
Equiping our Humvees with RCWP can save the lifes of soldiers + the dushka is a fine replacement for the weaker PK.
Last edited by WhiteGeorge; 02-28-2012 at 10:39 AM.
Georgian land forces Cpl. Gia Khutsishvili, with the 23rd Infantry Battalion, provides security during a tactical halt while conducting a close air support training mission at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) in Hohenfels, Germany, Feb. 8, 2012. The JMRC, working with U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe as part of the Georgia Deployment Program-International Security Assistance Force, conducted mission rehearsal exercises for Georgian infantry battalions to assist them in preparing to deploy for operations in Afghanistan.
Did actualy anyone else notice, that on the photos, the Lazika has seats for 9 passengers and not 7 .... ?
I presume 2 are for crew?
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