Has anyone seen a comparison of the new Eitan AFV with the Boxer, Striker, or any other 8-wheeled AFV
I know it will be forever before a kit comes out, but the wheel spacing and suspension is close enough to other similar 8-wheeled AFV’s to be a base to start from.
Just using the “mk 1 eyball” the VBCI, the CM-32, & the Boxer have suspension, wheel spacing, and hull layout that might work.
Anyone out there thinking about doing an Eitan
Michael
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Speaking of Eitans…Oshkosh Defense to Produce Hundreds of Eitan Armored Vehicles for Israel - Defense Update:
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I can assume that Oshkosh Defense , who also makes the Stryker ICV for the US Army, will build the hulls, the. Ship them to Israel, so the important bits are added by Elbit Systems, in order to have the vehicles fielded and ready to go.
So the Eitan is a joint US/Israel/Germany Collab.
The US provide the basic hulls, Germany provides the MTU engines (US also provides the Allison transmissions), and Israel adds the rest.
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