D&S 2015: Thailand explores fast attack
With Thai soldiers regularly using motorcycles to patrol the insurgent-plagued southern provinces of their country, the military is exploring the use of a lightly armoured fast attack vehicle to give troops greater protection.
Polsart Lertprasert, of the faculty of engineering at King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, explained to Shephard at Defence & Security 2015 in Bangkok that soldiers need transport with high mobility and armour protection for counterinsurgency operations in jungles or areas with narrow roads.
The Fast Attack Vehicle (FAV) project, which is also called a Light Armed Tactical Patrol Vehicle in university literature, commenced in 2012 with
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