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To: sonofstrangelove
M109A6 Paladin, 155-mm self-propelled howitzer, a nasty piece of work:


2 posted on 01/26/2010 10:00:13 PM PST by FormerACLUmember (The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule. - H. L. Menken.)
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To: FormerACLUmember

It is
3 posted on 01/26/2010 10:03:14 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld ("I have learned to use the word "impossible" with the greatest caution."-Dr.Werner Von Braun)
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To: FormerACLUmember

I’ve decided I want one of those rather than a Tesla. Heads would REALLY turn.


5 posted on 01/26/2010 10:23:20 PM PST by FastCoyote (I am intolerant of the intolerable.)
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To: FormerACLUmember
It's all right for open space like Kansas and Nebraska.

It's too heavy for light or old infrastructure. It weighs in at over 70 tons.

8 posted on 01/27/2010 4:06:02 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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To: FormerACLUmember
OK where are we going to use it? This is just some slow moving target for a Predator drone.
I thought most future engagements would be asymmetric using special ops teams. Can't see this running around A’stan.
11 posted on 01/28/2010 2:52:37 AM PST by Jimmy Valentine's brother (Victory or Death)
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