[Robert A Cook PE]

that's what I mean!

Direct fire with antipersonnel rounds (fleshettes, (or canister rounds any more, shotgun-style balls ?) isn't really possible over the troops heads against somebody assaulting the perimeter.

Direct fire seems advertised with this thing. And it's needed. Sometimes.

Sure, our recent wars have been "chases" across deserts inside trucks and APC's/M-2's against a retreating enemy.

The Vietnamese did use direct assault though, and just because no recent enemy has been good enough to attack camps and trenches doesn't mean we won't be attacked in the future.

[XJarhead]

Direct fire seems advertised with this thing. And it's needed. Sometimes. Sure, our recent wars have been "chases" across deserts inside trucks and APC's/M-2's against a retreating enemy.

My battery in the Gulf War got in a direct fire shootout with some Iraqi armored cars and MLRS, so its not entire out of fashion yet.