Posted on 02/27/2020 6:03:03 AM PST by C19fan
Leaked images of the U.S. Army’s new super gun have emerged on social media, showing for the first time the mysterious new weapon with a claimed range of over 1,000 miles. The Strategic Long Range Cannon (SLRC) is designed to be transported by truck, handled by a crew of eight, and rain shells down on enemy positions across continents and oceans.
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155mm?
Battleships will never come back, no matter what gets developed. Air power is the more deadly.
But wasn’t it necessary for the men to get close to the cave openings in order to blast ‘em with flame throwers; whereas, with high powered guns, a safe distance could be maintained?
There were openings where tanks couldn't reach. Those did require infantry assaults. Artillery was always available to the troops; however, plunging fire wouldn't go into the openings.
Daisy cutters are today's answer to caves; and, they are way too big for cannons. Air power is the most effective weapon by a long shot.
“.... Air power is the more deadly.”
Only when air superiority has been acheived.
You can’t leave artillery pieces out in the open until you do, either.
Your response proves his point. Think about it.
M114 155 mm howitzer
Most used howitzer around. I was just using that as a base size for whatever round the US Army decide to fire.
And you can’t have air operations from a field being pounded by artillery projectiles.
What is the point of a long barrel if the munition is self-guided?
They are speculating the “shell” is ramjet-powered. Ramjets are more fuel-efficient than rockets, since they use air instead of carrying their own oxidizer, but need to be going above Mach 1 to work. They speculate the gun gets the shell up to speed, and the engine takes over.
So the gun is really a launcher for a ramjet missile.
Tony Buzbee, a veteran and multimillionaire attorney who ran for Mayor of Houston (but was defeated by Slick Slyvester Turner) bought a WWII tank, and parked it in front of his house in the River Oaks area (ritzy neighborhood).
The HOA was apoplectic. But, the HPD guys said there’s nothing they could do, it wasn’t damaging property, and while folks did drive by to take pictures with it, Mr. Buzbee finally moved it to his ranch in the country.
https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-daily-post/complete-story-river-oaks-tank/
https://jalopnik.com/homeowner-s-association-is-very-upset-about-man-s-wwii-1819054382
Frankly, I want to be rich enough to say “F Off” to the HOA. That’s serious money there!
Lets assume the following:
- airfield is in Washington, DC
- these 1,000 mile range guns are at the southern tip of Florida (Homestead Air base, south of Miami)
- F-35 fighter armed with the AGM stand off missle (both in current inventory
Without refueling, the Aircraft and missile are unable to attach targets further south than Jacksonville, Fl. This would require a bomber or an AC130 type aircraft in order to have the operational range to strike the artillery.
Both could easily destroy the other. The difference is in the operational cost. I would postulate that it is a whole lot less expensive to build 12 artillery guns than to build 12 AC130’s.
The counter argument is that the long range shells are estimated at $800k ... that is a lot (40) of JDAMs priced at $20K each
So it is the old trade off - expensive delivery and inexpensive ordnance -or- inexpensive delivery and expensive ordinance.
Ultimately I see these shells occupying the space currently held by the tomahawk cruise missile at about half the cost.
“And had we not won that war, this would be a completely different country, now we celebrate our freedoms and our right to speak, and our right to have a tank on our front yards.”
I love history...especially when it’s parked in front of the house!
Because the projectile is self-propelled it can actually fit the definition of a missile, regardless of the military calling the equipment a cannon. Maybe the only real difference is that the missiles are “fired” from a device as opposed to “launched” from a platform.
Didn’t the flame-thrower guy usually have a life expectancy expressed in minutes on the battlefield?
I like the description of the FAE bombs near the caves... It would create a vacuum that would suck the air out of the cave with incredible force, and everything in the cave with it.
That would be fun to watch.
Interesting. Thanks.
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