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Originally Posted by Officer of Engineers
Towed pieces still have their place, especially in mountain warfare and air insert forces. A good towed battery can be set up in 10 minutes and their trucks can carry far more ordnance, less maintenance, and uses less fuel than an equivalent SPH battery. Most certainly, I do not want to support SPHs in a fire support base. That's way too much digging.
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I agree!
'Towed pieces still have their place, especially in mountain warfare and air insert forces'.
I also think that our army does not need anything the
size or
weight of the likes of the German, British or American tracked SPH designs.
I personally like the idea of a wheeled systems on offer, like the French 'Caesar' 155mm SPH, and the South African G-6 (ideal - but still very heavy!) due to the fact it can be air transported by the likes of the RAAF's C-130's (and not tying up their 3 x C-17's).
Also the geographic distances of Australia, would allow for easier self deployment, without the need of truck-transport-trailers and a giant logistic train.
Well thats my thoughts!!
Regards
Pioneer