I agree with this, but most don't really want them. PNG, doesn't have a large military and can't really operate the vehicle, and NZ, seems happy with the assets they currently have. If NZ is going to replace their ASLAV's it would likely be in favour of the Boxer CRV. Fiji, would be similar to Papua New Guinea, although they do operate 24 Bushmasters. The issue is that, we just don't really have any allies that want these vehicles, or can properly operate them.
counter argument, China :D with China in the indo pacific becoming more and more aggressive, we see more and more need to hold older machines in reserve, the m1a1 aim, aslav, and m113s would be beneficial to hold onto incase of an all out war, the Hawkeye, we have reasons why we haven't sent it to Ukraine even though it would be an amazing testing grounds (its the breaks, they are faulty) Ukraine is a new ally but sits way on the other side of the world, while we got problems here in Australia's backyard, with a far more potent threat which is China, we cant afford to give away too much equipment like what Nato can, china has satellites and know alot about our army and capabilities, they send warships to moniter each year talismen sabre, if they see a weakness with australia, knowing we are one of the big contenders in the indo pacific, they could exploit that, giving away equipment might not be in our national interest, doing so could potentially leave us in dead water, with our new IFVs and Abrams years away from being on australian soil, aswell as our replacement attack helicopters, transport helicopters, new submarines, and any new capability we are trying to acquire still far away, giving away old stuff might bite us in the ass while we have large strategic gaps
We haven't used the M113 in Afghanistan because it was deemed under protected, and not well enough equipped for the environment. That was against terrorists driving jeeps with .50 cal mgs on the back, not a near-peer adversary, with modern tanks, IFVs and drone type systems. The ASLAV, will be replaced by the Boxer, which is mass produced here in Australia, and given the new interest from Germany, it seems that the production of it will be boosted significantly, which would allow us to replace it if any number are lost, and build more during a war. In fact, I was planning on doing a whole segment on discussing if we could outright sell or, give Boxers to Ukraine.
@@TheMuddleHeadedAnalyst firstly, yes, m1113 wasnt used in afghanistan, because they was deemed inadequate to even low intensity combat areas, that why we heavily relied on aslavs in afghanistan...but in a fullout war with china we would use them heavily like ukraine has, as ambulances, m113s arent fit for front line fighting but rear line work they still perform well, and in an all out war with china id prefer to be in a m113 over a ute in rear line duties secondly the aslav, yes, we are starting to produce boxers here in australia, even selling them to germany, about 100 of them, but... that being said, its never a bad idea to keep older vehicles around, boxers are suburb, amazing even, but, in an all out war against China we cant afford to give away ifv and apc (you will see i heavily rely on the china argument) and there is no guarantee that we can build boxers faster than we can replace them in a critical scenario, especially considering how china is learning about fpv drones and making more anti armor weapons, learning alot from the war in ukraine. btw please do old friend, i think a whole video on selling or gifting boxers to ukraine would be interesting + more jobs created in australia to produce and maintain a factory to produce the boxer
I think we should be offering surplus equipment to NZ, Fiji, and other close allies in our own backyard
I agree with this, but most don't really want them. PNG, doesn't have a large military and can't really operate the vehicle, and NZ, seems happy with the assets they currently have. If NZ is going to replace their ASLAV's it would likely be in favour of the Boxer CRV.
Fiji, would be similar to Papua New Guinea, although they do operate 24 Bushmasters. The issue is that, we just don't really have any allies that want these vehicles, or can properly operate them.
counter argument, China :D with China in the indo pacific becoming more and more aggressive, we see more and more need to hold older machines in reserve, the m1a1 aim, aslav, and m113s would be beneficial to hold onto incase of an all out war, the Hawkeye, we have reasons why we haven't sent it to Ukraine even though it would be an amazing testing grounds (its the breaks, they are faulty) Ukraine is a new ally but sits way on the other side of the world, while we got problems here in Australia's backyard, with a far more potent threat which is China, we cant afford to give away too much equipment like what Nato can, china has satellites and know alot about our army and capabilities, they send warships to moniter each year talismen sabre, if they see a weakness with australia, knowing we are one of the big contenders in the indo pacific, they could exploit that, giving away equipment might not be in our national interest, doing so could potentially leave us in dead water, with our new IFVs and Abrams years away from being on australian soil, aswell as our replacement attack helicopters, transport helicopters, new submarines, and any new capability we are trying to acquire still far away, giving away old stuff might bite us in the ass while we have large strategic gaps
We haven't used the M113 in Afghanistan because it was deemed under protected, and not well enough equipped for the environment. That was against terrorists driving jeeps with .50 cal mgs on the back, not a near-peer adversary, with modern tanks, IFVs and drone type systems.
The ASLAV, will be replaced by the Boxer, which is mass produced here in Australia, and given the new interest from Germany, it seems that the production of it will be boosted significantly, which would allow us to replace it if any number are lost, and build more during a war.
In fact, I was planning on doing a whole segment on discussing if we could outright sell or, give Boxers to Ukraine.
@@TheMuddleHeadedAnalyst firstly, yes, m1113 wasnt used in afghanistan, because they was deemed inadequate to even low intensity combat areas, that why we heavily relied on aslavs in afghanistan...but in a fullout war with china we would use them heavily like ukraine has, as ambulances, m113s arent fit for front line fighting but rear line work they still perform well, and in an all out war with china id prefer to be in a m113 over a ute in rear line duties
secondly the aslav, yes, we are starting to produce boxers here in australia, even selling them to germany, about 100 of them, but... that being said, its never a bad idea to keep older vehicles around, boxers are suburb, amazing even, but, in an all out war against China we cant afford to give away ifv and apc (you will see i heavily rely on the china argument) and there is no guarantee that we can build boxers faster than we can replace them in a critical scenario, especially considering how china is learning about fpv drones and making more anti armor weapons, learning alot from the war in ukraine.
btw please do old friend, i think a whole video on selling or gifting boxers to ukraine would be interesting + more jobs created in australia to produce and maintain a factory to produce the boxer
@@Jungle_Studio I definitely will do a video on that. I think it would be an interesting video to work on...