Every Preppers Garage should have one!
Posted on 03/27/2014 10:13:01 AM PDT by Rebelbase
Youtube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y042UlZRxEo
The Hawkeye 105mm Weapon System is a lightweight, modular, high-performance howitzer designed to be integrated with many types of combat transportation. By utilizing emerging technologies, it will set the standard for light artillery in the areas of firepower, tactical mobility, strategic deployability and command and control. The Hawkeye will be a superior alternative to existing weapon systems such as the 106mm Recoilless Rifle, 120mm Mortar, and other 105mm artillery systems due to its low cost precision strike capability.
The Hawkeye has incorporated a groundbreaking modular design. Due to its lightweight and low recoil forces it can be mounted to many types of military vehicles including wheeled, tracked, rail, watercraft, aircraft and towed systems. This means that a performance based 105mm artillery system can be deployed to the land, sea, and air in ways that were never before possible. Additionally, the Hawkeye has been designed to accommodate a full spectrum of barrel lengths if range is a primary requirement.
The Hawkeye's modular, compact, and lightweight characteristics are attributed to the incorporation of soft recoil technology in its design. Soft recoil technology provides reduced carriage loads allowing carriage structures to be up to 50% lighter than conventional recoil systems. It provides an ergonomic advantage by keeping the breech rear of the carriage structure in all elevations and traversing conditions allowing for easy loading and firing of standard NATO 105mm Cartridges.
Automated digital fire control and semi-fixed 105mm cartridges allow rapid emplacement and minimal time to first round fire. Additionally, the Hawkeye Weapon System offers a 360 degree field of fire while mounted on very light weight tactical vehicles. The Hawkeye's battle logistics requirements are much less demanding when compared to conventional 105mm artillery. This is due to the simplicity of the system's design that reduces crew size and decreases maintenance times.
The Hawkeye is a game changing weapon system. Never before has a 105mm howitzer been able to offer the kind of firepower and mobility that the Hawkeye does while remaining lightweight and modular. Incorporate the Hawkeye into your order of battle and unlock your force's
Oops. Wrong link for article. Here’s the correct link: http://www.mandusgroup.com/artillery_solutions/hawkeye_105mm.php
This would be excellent retribution for the ghetto wannabees that blast the thumping music in traffic!
You want some thumping? I’ll give you a thumping!
BOOOOM!
Them chukar are gonna pay. At last.
Looks great. I’ll check with Sen Yee, see if he can get me a deal.
So many toys, so little time.
Doesn’t a .50 BMG do the job for you?
Yup. Since the links are to isl-amish groups, ain’t that kinda bordering on, oh say, TREASON? Noose time.
Here is an idea - take out the 30 mm cannon in the nose of the A-10 Warthog and replace it with this system. Put an auto loader and ammo behind the pilot. Upgrade the fire control so that it can send to the pilot angle and direction for the aircraft.
Now you have a long range highly mobile artillery system that has shells to defeat just about any threat.
It works funny: the barrel moves forward before discharging. I wonder if it affects accuracy.
The M40 105mm recoilless rifle has been around since the Korean conflict. Nice to see it getting an re-newed life with modern upgrades!
I’ll restrain my enthusiasm. It’s mobile, it’s lightweight, and it’s supportable but it is an “out of battery” firing system - it runs forward on its carriage, fires, then recoils back to battery (like the old XM-203). These weapons have trouble with accuracy, since who knows where the dang thing is pointing once it it gets there, thanks to vehicle suspension motion and looseness of the carriage rails. Watch the video to see what I’m talking about.
105mm is OK but the frag patterns are less than optimum and not a lot of HE fill compared to mortars.
The big selling point is supposed to be direct fire but as Murphy’s Law for combat holds “ if the enemy is in range, so are you”. Anybody standing exposed on that platform is toast if they’re shooting back.
see it in action!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y042UlZRxEo
Much better system:
Friends of mine had alot of fun cruising the beaches of Nam in these well armed sports cars.
Bfl
who has the unenviable job of reloading that thing (in full view of enemy fire)?
Michael Dunn has NOTHIN' on you, baby!
A seriously motivated Marine. The self-same Devil Dog that got to fire the bloody thing...
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