Replacement of Outdated LAV25 Armored Vehicle

Replacement of Outdated LAV25 Armored Vehicle

1. Proposal:

The Saudi Arabian National Guard uses many armored personnel carriers LAV-Ⅲ, Al-Fahd, Piranha Ⅱ, LAV-25, LAV, Cadillac Gage Commando, EE-11 Urutu, and Al-Naif. Some are outdated, more so the LAV-25, are almost 40 years old and their history of service highlights some ineffectiveness against a mechanized force. In 2014 Saudi Arabia has entered a Saudi- Canadian arms deal that will see Canada sell light shatterproof automobiles to Saudi Arabia.

The pact, which was signed in February 2014, involves the most recent light armored vehicles popularly identified as the LAV 6. This will strengthen the National Guard’s standing force and enable it to avert internal dangers aimed at the royal family. (Trajkovski, et al.2018). Comment by Johnson, Jason L MIL USARMY CAC (USA):

In your BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front), you also need to put what domains of DOTMLPF-P you are suggesting to use as an approach to providing a new capability. Also, I would start your paper with something like “The Saudi Arabian National Guard requires a replacement for its aging LAV-25. I propose… I will utilize the following domains to suggest possible approaches to filling this capability gap” or something to that effect. Does this make sense to you?

If not, come see me. Comment by Johnson, Jason L MIL USARMY CAC (USA): I’m not sure if you’re doing your citations correctly (example: Trajkovski and Feickert). Reference the student manual (Leader Communication) ST22-2 that you can find on Blackboard. Link (cut and paste in your web browser):

https://cgsc.blackboard.com/webapps/blackboard/content/listContent.jsp?course_id=_2164_1&content_id=_192981_1, I think you’re going to have a bibliography on the final paper. I can shoot you the Turabian Style Parenthetical Citation (PDF) if you want. Just let me know on email.

2. Issue:

The Saudi Army as a whole is a key ally of many states. This has enabled them to rely on equipment, training, and service support for decades. One of the most fundamental bits of equipment was light armored vehicles. The army possess a variety of American vehicles, such as LAV-25 and Cadillac Gage Commando; Canadian-made LAV-III and LAV II. (Feickert, July 2020). Comment by Johnson, Jason L MIL USARMY CAC (USA): You are showing the “NEED” part of the needs analysis in this section as it fits into your security and doctrine.

It would be unfair to compare LAV-III and LAV- 25 because the former outmatches the latter in terms of effectiveness as it is power-driven by a Caterpillar 3126 diesel engine and it has the capability of reaching velocity exceeding 100 kilometers per hour. It is also fixed with a modern anti-locking system. It features digital electronic design with augmented electrical production and situational responsiveness, improving torrent human dynamics and upgrading prospect systems.

While the LAV-25 has supported the National Guard’s mission on the battlefield, its life cycle is set to expire by 2035. The Saudi National Guard faces eponymous problems in reducing operating hours and training of the antique LAV 25. It has become a daunting task to obtain spare parts of it because the rest of the world is shifting away from this type of light armored vehicle.

This has led to cannibalizing of some of the vehicles to use them as spare parts, which has proved to be a very cumbersome and impractical resolution. Additionally, the LAV-25 lags in terms of modern technology due to its lightness, sluggishness, complications in use, manual control, poor implementation during night operations, poor striking abilities, and the overall weakness of its engine.

All these inconsistencies make it almost incapable of managing the enormous everyday development in anti-tank armaments. Comment by Johnson, Jason L MIL USARMY CAC (USA): This section is showing the “GAP” you are looking at for the future.

Another major problem resulting from LAV-25 is changing the crews operating them. Case in point, it is almost impossible to commission a soldier operating this vehicle to work on an advanced vehicle like the Stryker due to differences in training, advancement technology, and the need for more than one combat training center.

Comment by Johnson, Jason L MIL USARMY CAC (USA): This could be your major domain #2 (Training). Materiel is your obvious #1. With new equipment comes the challenge of getting soldiers trained on the equipment which could roll into other domains, such as: Training – (see above) Doctrine – Does this new piece of equipment change the way you fight?

Organization – Is it filling the gap with a one for one basis; is this changing the structure of the unit; will you need more or less soldiers to provide maintenance or sustainment for these systems? Personnel – Does this new piece of equipment require more or less soldiers? Facilities – Would this new equipment require more space, more maintenance facilities, etc.

A challenge facing Saudi Arabia is the imminent threats from some of its unstable neighbors. Case in point, Iran has engaged with Saudi Arabia in the conflict in several areas due to the fact of Saudi’s fight against the Houthis in Yemen who Iran considers as allies.

Saudi oil facilities and tanks have been attacked many times by Iraq and its proxies; the same applies to the disruption of maritime activity. Iran has the largest arsenal in the Middle East of cruise missiles, surface-to-surface missiles, and unmanned Ariel vehicles that cover all the Saudi territories.

Another major threat from Yemen is an Ariel threat, mirrored in an ongoing high-trajectory fire over the years towards cities and towns at the border regions and towards targets in the area includes airports, oil facilities, and national symbols.

Despite the huge amount of money invested in Saudi defense systems, Riyadh has had difficulty coping with heavy barrages and would certainly have difficulty thwarting a simultaneous large-scale attack from several fronts. This raises concern with the kingdom’s ability to the provision sufficient security to its citizens.

These threats necessitate the need of the Saudi National Guard to change tact and improve its arsenal by disposing of outdated weaponry. Comment by Johnson, Jason L MIL USARMY CAC (USA): This is kind of your BLUF that should be in the first paragraph (PROPOSAL) regarding the LAV-25 replacement.

Saudi Arabia recognizes that despite doubts regarding its preparedness against these threats, with the changes in laws and economic growth, it is no longer challenging to persuade the Crown Prince to increase the volume of military expenditure directed at the development of the National Guard in terms of acquiring quality arms cache to combat this emerging trends.

This, coupled with Canada’s good relations in military cooperation, stalked from its devotion in stabilizing the Middle East region will support in the replacement of the obsolete American LAV-25 armored vehicles to meet prospect necessities.

The replacement must go hand in hand with the development of technology currently used and expected to use in long term by providing the armored vehicle with the ability to work in all topographies with high keenness, outfitted with all hi-tech means to face a noticeable revolution in cyber-attack operations and command and control through the global positioning system and satellite.

3. Possible approaches: Comment by Johnson, Jason L MIL USARMY CAC (USA): Remember: This paragraph (#3) is where you are laying out your COAs and identify possible solutions (paragraph 4 is where you talk about your recommended COA and how to solve it using the domains you listed in paragraph 1. Per the F100CWritersGuide

Change and development are some of the most unavoidable aspects that need to be instilled in the army about combating threats, so the following two approaches can be implemented. The first one is an organizational solution based on assessing the border trends of the threat to Saudi national security.

Therefore, acquiring new and advanced LAV 6 comes with all the required features in combating threats. The second approach is abiding by the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 and manufacture new and advanced vehicles. Simultaneously, modifying the old and outdated vehicles and modernizing them with recent technologies. Comment by Johnson, Jason L MIL USARMY CAC (USA):

Good job on your two COAs: Purchase the newer LAV 6 from the Gov’t Off the Shelf (GOTS) or Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) deal between nations, or produce the new and advanced vehicles Please realize that when you start your 4th paragraph, you are going with your recommended COA in order to describe the best solution for the required capability you need.

You’ll describe what it must do, should do, and could do. In Paragraph 5, you’ll talk about the other possible impacts (Training, Doctrine, Organization, Personnel, Facilities). You don’t have to do all of them, but you have to think about the second and third order of impacts to a new piece of equipment. Comment by Johnson, Jason L MIL USARMY CAC (USA): You could cite these references where you’ve pulled some of this information (i.e., Kingdom’s Vision 2030).

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