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Old 11-24-2007, 22:27 PM   #30 (permalink)
Gun Grape
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Originally Posted by Blademaster View Post
The Crusader was the finest SPARTY ever created and Dummy Rumfeild killed Crusader.
It depends on what version. If you mean the original idea, and what was being worked on back in 1994, then I agree. The liquid propellent, light enough for 2 systems to be carried in a C-17, long range (due to tube design/PL use) howitzer would have been the cats meow.

But if you mean the overweight POS that it turned into by 2002, I disagree.
Rumsfield was right to cancel it.

There were not enough things that the gun did that were better than the M109A6 to justify the cost. All of the range and accuracy bennies were projectile projects not related to the tube. Most transferable to the much easier deployed and maintained M-109.

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Originally Posted by el_guapo
US hasn't even bothered with a dedicated mortar vehicle
Wow, I can think of at least 4 dedicated mortar vehicles in US service right now.
The USMC LAV and AAV7 both have dedicated mortar variants. The Stryker and M113 have Mortar variants in the US Army.

And we did the 105mm SP back in the old days. Google up the M-108.

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