[sauropod]

It's a good idea. Kinda like the AGS system (that was never fielded).

Crusader had a range of 40 klicks (50 assisted) IIRC. My major bitch about the system was that it was unnecessarily complicated (having maintenance TMs "online") and the poor engine choice that resulted from the contractor being given a free hand to choose the engine. They chose the cheapest one to get the job done (and it still required a substantial amount of modification). The LV100 was the far better choice, but TARDEC was kept out of the decision process for the engine.

[Darksheare]

Yeah, the engine and the TM's were stupid.
That was done more to cowtow to some idiot's pipe dreams somewhere.
As well as win brownie points with someone that they thought held the power to either kill the programor keep it alive.
*Snort*
ironic in a way.