[neverdem]

BOOM

[Darksheare]

FAMPL ping.
USHA, Artillery!

[Steel and Fire and Stone]

Pretty cool. Precision Guided Munitions - fire and forget. They correct in mid-flight. They do not miss. They are something on the order of like 100 times less expensive than a missile, easier to store and transport, there's no pilot at risk, and with UAV's to guide the gunners, we can rain hell down on them all day and night long, even in bad weather.

The bad guys best hope is for blind Marine and Army Recon guys.

[Rokke]

Great article. Artillery has made incredible advances in the last few years. There is no longer a requirement for spotting rounds, and their rate of fire is outstanding. I've flown close air support missions for almost 15 years, and now have to admit that artillery may be a better option in a lot of close air support scenarios. Between unmanned combat air vehicles and GPS guided artillery shells, I'm starting to feel a little redundant. But dammit, as long as we've got red blooded all American boys on the line, there is no such thing as too many ways to kill the enemy.

[AF68]

A 155 is pretty strong medicine for a little old pickup truck. I wouldn't want to be standing within a couple of hundred meters from one of those babies when they explode.

[denydenydeny]

Blakey said an Army recruiter persuaded him to be an artilleryman by describing the Paladin. "He told me it was the biggest gun in the military, and I said, 'I'll take it,' " he recalled.

This made me laugh for some reason.

[300winmag]

A few miles away, soldiers in the 1st Infantry Division's 1st Platoon, Alpha Battery trained their M109A6 Paladin, a self-propelled 155mm howitzer, on the truck.

I can remember when they were M109-A-nuthin' howitzers. Where did the time go? [sniff]

[CWOJackson]

"Every few stops, the driver threw dirt on the roof of the cab..."

Soon out boys will be throwing dirt on the driver.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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Battle of IA DRANG's Artillery Landing Zone Falcon =

The Blueprint for Supportive Fires


(Battle of IA DRANG-1965 Photos)
http://www.lzxray.com/guyer_collection.htm

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[x1stcav]

Shot Out!

Hooahh!

[Ben Chad]

Cannoncockers have steel balls!

[ExSoldier]

Infantry= The QUEEN of Battle

Artillery= The KING of Battle

You know the old story: The King puts it where the Queen wants it!

Armor: Combat Arm of Decision.

Speaking as a former Infantry captain and a former Armor captain aka "D.A.T." or Dumb A$$ Tanker, all I can say is that my Abrams could do more battlefield damage in 10 min than a grunt platoon could do all day!

[injin]

Over hill, over dale

As we hit the dusty trail,

And the Caissons go rolling along.

In and out, hear them shout,

Counter march and right about,

And the Caissons go rolling along.



Then it's hi! hi! hee!

In the field artillery,

Shout out your numbers loud and strong,

For where e'er you go,

You will always know

That the Caissons go rolling along.



In the storm, in the night,

Action left or action right

See those Caissons go rolling along



Limber front, limber rear,

Prepare to mount your cannoneer

And those Caissons go rolling along.



Then it's hi! hi! hee!

In the field artillery,

Shout out your numbers loud and strong,

For where e'er you go,

You will always know

That the Caissons go rolling along.



Was it high, was it low,

Where the hell did that one go?

As those Caissons go rolling along

Was it left, was it right,

Now we won't get home tonight

And those Caissons go rolling along.



Then it's hi! hi! hee!

In the field artillery,

Shout out your numbers loud and strong,

For where e'er you go,

You will always know

That the Caissons go rolling along.

[Pompah]

Oh Yeah, I still remember running Commo Wire up to an F.O.
Laying on my belly Listening to,and feeling the One Five-Five rounds going overhead with an awful sound (like a 55 Gal. Fuel Drum tumbleing end over end in the sky) The Impact,and the heat smacking you in the face 1000 yards away.

I wasn't real sure where it was that I wanted to be at that moment. But I was damn sure where I didn't want to be.

Life goes on at a frightful clip. But some things you never forget.

[nathanbedford]

U.S. Army observers watched as the white pickup truck sped from house to house in Fallujah on Wednesday morning, stopping more than 20 times to drop off armfuls of rocket-propelled grenades

I presume we also took out the twenty houses that this worker bee so obligingly pollinated for us.

[COBOL2Java]

My grandson's dad is a Marine, and this is his 2nd Iraq deployment. He's an artillery corporal, and we're damn proud of him. Here's a picture of his unit with their "toy":

Here's a night shot:

And a closer view of their weapon:

[Cannon6]

Ah, what sweet memories. Retired in '88 after 39 years Field Artillery I am long past what is happening in the current world, but I like what I see. After adjusting fire and going into fire-for-effect after several rounds, glad to see that we have first round hit capability

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

"God favors the side with the heavier artillery." - Napolean

Wow. A Washington Post reporter is glomming on to the idea that a mob of morons with RPGs is no match for a well equipped modern army.