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To: CodeToad

There was an article on FR years ago with a howitzer company that also did not speak English


If it was a Marine company, your worries are over - the Top Marine got rid of Marine artillery along with tanks and amphibs - turning Marines into just another part of the US Army.


29 posted on 02/22/2022 6:01:06 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: PIF

Cannon fodder infantry.


35 posted on 02/22/2022 6:08:25 AM PST by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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To: PIF

Yeah, that looks bad until you look deeper into it.

The Commandant wants the Marines to return to their roots as naval infantry, with special emphasis on island warfare and getting across the beach. Essentially, prepare it for potential war against China on Pacific islands.

To that end, you have ships offshore to provide artillery support - don’t need to bring along anything bigger than a mortar for that.

The US Abrams tank is not capable of swimming to the beach and it is only capable of being transported to the beach by the giant LCAC hovercraft. The problem is that the Abrams is now so heavy that only one Abrams can be transported per LCAC and the needed upgrades to keep it alive in a modern combat environment will soon make it too heavy to even do that.

The Marines are scrapping some amphibious armor but only the oldest. They are buying new, upgrading others and looking to get some completely new systems as well.

Looked at that way it starts to make more sense.


49 posted on 02/22/2022 7:13:33 AM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: PIF
If it was a Marine company, your worries are over - the Top Marine got rid of Marine artillery along with tanks and amphibs - turning Marines into just another part of the US Army.

Marines are just Navy infantry, so it really doesn't make sense for them to get rid of some of that required infantry support...
74 posted on 02/25/2022 6:48:53 AM PST by Svartalfiar
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