...is not like the others.
For those of you who aren't current in your Threat Recognition classes, or are accessing the site on your 'lectronic toys with 2-inch screens, here's a hint.
For those of you who aren't current in your Threat Recognition classes, or are accessing the site on your 'lectronic toys with 2-inch screens, here's a hint.
Looks like the Strykers are gettin' a mite ornery... :)
Yup -- that's the famous Mobile Gun System.
I asked if they'd solved the problem of blowing out the driver's viewports when firing straight ahead and got a dirty look, so I didn't press the issue...
Gun, Honking Big ???
Almost as good as the hover tank eh?
Quiet knowledge except when they were in the inside when the gun went off.
Then it was otherwise.
Ya learn interesting things when Uncle sends you places to be Mr. Fixit for his broken toys...
I likes me some 105mm. Although, to be honest, I might be a mite reluctant to shoot the M900 105mm sabot round out of something as light as the MGS. Given that it's got damn near identical downrange ballistics to the 120mm sabot, the M900 might have excessive recoil loads. I expect that mostly what they are shooting out of the MGS is HEAT and beehive.
Yup, probably in 2003. Right before they did the airmobility exercise out of McChord and discovered the C-130 loadmasters would only let them put *one* on board, rather than the *two* that the planners had decreed. Seems someone finally crunched the numbers and realized putting two of the beasts on a Herky would hoist the nose wheel three inches off the runway.
Not good for directional control on takeoff. Also not good for getting the nose level *after* takeoff.
Spiff
And the Bradley was supposed to be RPG-proof. And the OH-58D was supposed to be able to fly for 2.5 hours with a 20-minute reserve. And the DD-21 was supposed to be able to drop six GPS-guided 5-inch shells on a point target 120 miles away and have them all impact simultaneously. And the F-35 was supposed to be cheaper than the F-22. And I was supposed to have educational benefits and free health care after I retired. And John was supposed to have married a gaw-juss Lady who would make him happy for
Oh, wait -- that last one *did* happen...
[Great Farkin' Boot of Doom withdraws]
Which is z e r o - z i l c h.
Which would you prefer, an "e" or one of the "z"s?
A little online research indicates that the MGS is compatible with NATO-standard 105mm SABOT, HEAT, HEP, and APERS ammunition.