To: sonofstrangelove
M109A6 Paladin, 155-mm self-propelled howitzer, a nasty piece of work:
![](http://www.military-today.com/artillery/m109a6_paladin.jpg)
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.)
To: FormerACLUmember
![](http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z235/newbie_bucket/14851.jpg)
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)
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.)
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)
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.
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