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Originally Posted by Gun Grape
I believe that proved to be a unrealistic standard. Especially since they want all the new toys to have autoloaders.
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MRSI figures I quoted in post #20 were demonstrated with a vanilla M198 during test-firings at Aberdeen Proving Ground (in 1998 or 1999).
A cycle time of 10 seconds is not a problem with autoloaders (e.g. the defunct G6-52L ROF is 9 rounds in the first minute).
The problem is at the *extremes*. E.g. in the low range band (less than 15 km), the impact tolerance of 2 seconds isn't enough to achieve a significant MRSI capability (typically 2 rounds based on the assumptions of post #26).
Combined with a typical PEr of ~0.5% for unguided projectiles, the low number of rounds means limited effect (if any at all) is produced, even against soft targets. Limited effect produced means that soft target would become a hard target. So in the end MRSI fails to produce the specific benefit that was researched initially.