The Army’s 1,000-Mile Long Range Cannon Is Coming Together

Popular Mechanics ^ | 10/16/19 | Kyle Mizokami

[Jim Noble]

The long range gun would give the Army an unprecedented ability to hit long range targets without calling on other services, particularly the U.S. Air Force, to engage them

Oh, well then.

By all means, let's not call on other services.

[Yo-Yo]

Kind of reminds me of "Atomic Annie" in terms of practicality.

[eartick]

I am sure our leakers have given plans to China. This is amazing.

[Truth29]

Didn’t the Germans already try their version of this? This seems like an idea to make consultants a lot of money for an idea that will never see reality.

[wally_bert]

The army should buy it’s own cruise missiles.

[wally_bert]

The Harbor Freight version will do half the range and maybe work a couple of times.

[Libloather]

Put it on a tank.

[2ndDivisionVet]

A bunch of Chinese generals and staff officers just crapped their pants. My Lord that’s an unbelievable range!

[Vaquero]

Didn’t mention Bulls work for the US where they built a 16” naval gun with extended barrel lengths attached and were able to send a sabot encased projectile into space to low earth orbit altitudes but not fast enough to actually stay in orbit.
An underground nuclear test sent a manhole cover into space so fast as to achieve escape velocity out of earth orbit and far past the moons orbit.

[xp38]

[Vaquero]

My son calls Harbor Freight … Horrible Freight

[usconservative]

The army should buy it’s own cruise missiles.

That's along the lines of what I was thinking: how is this a cannon and not a missile launcher?

[ealgeone]

Isn’t this called an IRBM?

[wally_bert]

Maybe the brass have watched too many 80s GI Joe cartoons.

[AmericanCheeseFood]

Put it on a transport/passenger aircraft . . .backwards of course!

1,000+mile , low CO2 emission flights! Certain to get the approval of climate alarmists.

[puppypusher]

”Kind of reminds me of “Atomic Annie” in terms of practicality.”

Or the German Railway guns.These weapons may sound good on paper but they become very vulnerable as soon as that first shot is fired.

Does the Army believe they are only capable of counter battery fire?

I’m sure this artillery piece will follow the last one tha the Congress got smart about and refused to fund.

[VietVet876]

I remember in the run-up to Desert Storm reading that Saddam Hussein was working on a huge cannon with a nasty range. The barrel was about as long as I can hit a pitching wedge off a level fairway lie.

[mastertex]

Where will tye test fire this thing???

[lurk]

A 1000 mi arty piece. I believe they call that a Tomahawk.