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Originally Posted by edslunch
ADATS was a specific system for air defence and anti-tank used only by Canada and Thailand according to Google. Is the concept of multi-role air/tank defence used by other countries or is that concept unique to ADATS?
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I don't think so there's a huge theoretical issue with the concept of a combined force missile.
The deployment and utilization of the weapon is different in each case.
For air defense you want it in a high ground area because of the use of the radar system, it has to have a fairly unencumbered view of the sky.
As an anti-tank device you want to use it in ambush, so low down, hidden in tree lines etc.
Also in the modern battlefield where you're facing combined arms threats, it would tend to overwhelm the commander and crew in terms of figuring out priorities. What is your primary mission?
Also at the same time the ADATS was really expensive for the time. I think each vehicle cost about 18 million dollars when Canada bought it. Even as a dedicated anti-air platform, that's really expensive and the missiles were also rally expensive.
When you multi-purpose a weapon, you usually get something that's pretty poor in both roles.