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gunnut · 09-14-2007, 02:36 AM

A lot has been said about naval gun fire support, or the lack thereof by the US Navy right now. The USN is working on the AGS, a new 6" gun of extreme complexity and price tag to equip the DDX for the NGFS role.

Instead of spending billions of dollars on a new destroyer and a new gun system, why not just adapt the army's 155mm howitzer for this role?

Is it possible to create a mission module or 2 for this system to be carried on the LCS to perform the gun fire support role?

A gun is a gun, right? The 155mm howitzer is pretty good at lobbing shells. Why create the AGS to fulfill this single role?

09-14-2007, 02:36 AM	#1 (permalink)
gunnut *Senior Contributor* Join Date: 01-27-06 Location: DPRK, Democratik People's Republik of Kalifornia Posts: 10,274 Country:	About NGFS A lot has been said about naval gun fire support, or the lack thereof by the US Navy right now. The USN is working on the AGS, a new 6" gun of extreme complexity and price tag to equip the DDX for the NGFS role. Instead of spending billions of dollars on a new destroyer and a new gun system, why not just adapt the army's 155mm howitzer for this role? Is it possible to create a mission module or 2 for this system to be carried on the LCS to perform the gun fire support role? A gun is a gun, right? The 155mm howitzer is pretty good at lobbing shells. Why create the AGS to fulfill this single role? __________________ "Only Nixon can go to China." -- Old Vulcan proverb.