[mhking]

I'd buy that for a dollar!

Y'think Saddam would like us to use this?

[eureka!]

How cool. You gotta click & enlarge the photos too. And I do hope Saddam gets to see it in action...

[bribriagain]

I want one.

[Norman Conquest]

The name Crusader will offend our Moslem allies in the war against terror. But that's just gravy.

[Cogadh na Sith]

It's a dead program.

UDLP, the manufacturer, has mismanaged it and only a prototype exists after 18 billion $ and another 16 b$ to put it into production.

Rummy is going to kill it in the next defense bill.

[Faraday]

One Crusader vehicle can fire up to 8 rounds to strike a single target at the same time.

That has got to hurt!

[BOBTHENAILER]

How does this compare to S. Afrika's most advanced artillery piece. In range, weight, accuracy and most important of all, transportability. I understand only one Crusader will fit in the largest transport aircraft. Not very efficient way to get to the battle.

[1Old Pro]

I believe it needs a field test to make sure it works right, especially in hot, sandy conditions.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

A great system, for the last war, but what are the advantages over airstrikes from UMA, B52s, B-1s, Tomahawk and cruise mnissles, etc. Once you consider the costs of the Crusader and at least one, sometimes more, resupply vehicles I see no operational cost advantage. This would have been real cool in WII, Korea, and maybe Vietnam (maybe not) but technology has already made it obsolete. I see why Rumsfield wants to kill it.

[LetsRok]

I think I saw something about this concept a few years ago. The cannon actually has multiple rounds in the tube at the same time and they are fired simultaneously.

[Semper Paratus]

That could really put a dent in your day.

[wattsmag2]

One Crusader vehicle can fire up to 8 rounds to strike a single target at the same time. The digital fire control system calculates separate firing solutions for each of the 8 projectiles.

If it works like this, I am impressed. Talk about a BFG!

[null and void]

Anything named "Crusader" can't be all bad.
(remember the F-8?)...

[Mr. Lucky]

Sounds like a great weopon to use against Nazi Germany in 1944. Trouble is, that's probably not the war we'll fight next.

How many bidges or roadways in the 3rd world will support a 70 ton vehicle? Rummy thinks these are a boondogle. I thinks rummy knows what he's doing.

[b4its2late]

Imagine the unmanned drones hovering overhead finding targets for these guns....... Oooooh baby!

[LibWhacker]

. . .Crusader. . .

Any bets on how long it'll be before the PC nazis make them change the name?

[flying Elvis]

It comes with movement planning decision aids

Maps. lol

I wonder how many extra millions that addition cost? lol

[Psalm 73]

Nice post. Unfortunately they are working with a Defense budget that is WAY too small for peacetime, never mind a protracted war like we are in now.
Slash domestic social spending by 50% across the board, and order more of EVERYTHING!
We have never worried about deficit spending during wartime, nor should we.
Spend the money, get the job done, then worry about the state of social programs,
(they might even find that many of them didn't matter, after all).

[Almondjoy]

Wow.. talk about taking artillery to a whole new level. Biggest innovation in artillery since those monster railcar pieces they used in WWII I bet. I noticed one funny part though.. it said the people were protected from chemical bio and nukes in the safety of the vechile.. i was thinking.. nuke? Well sure if they were on the edge of the zone.. you know where you can do the hokey pokey. Put your right foot in put your right foot out put your right foot in and watch it fall off do the hokey pokey then you turn yourself around that's what a nuke is all about!

[Young Werther]

What a waste of time and energy. Who needs artillery where a properly equipped 21st Century foot soldier can get close and control more firepower on an enemy than this device which is laying down fire from miles away. what is the rationale for hitting a target with 8 shells when one should suffice?

[El Sordo]

A darn fine use of parabolas if you ask me.