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To: sukhoi-30mki

An interesting gun. I wish The US forces had such a gun. Tracks are so heavy on maintenance requirements.


5 posted on 05/13/2013 3:54:58 PM PDT by batterycommander (a little more rubble, a lot less trouble)
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To: batterycommander
While I was working on Marine Corps artillery development, we had the opportunity to watch the Caesar perform in France and later in the States. The Marine Corps Combat Development folks didn't care (they were fixated on the "lightweight" towed 155mm M777) and the Army was still swooning over the poor soon-to-be discontinued 50 ton Crusader. The Caesar seems to be an excellent solution for better mobility and flexibility for the 155mm medium general support gun (it's nor really a howitzer).

I spent a number of years working on a fully-automated 120mm mortar and later developing a precision fire on the move capability for that weapon on an LAV. No luck with anyone getting interested in that either.

The artillery community seems to believe in self-obsolescence, so who are we to get in their way..?

10 posted on 05/13/2013 4:10:37 PM PDT by Chainmail (A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
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