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http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/news/a16817/the-ground-shaking-power-of-the-m777a2-howitzer/

Not exactly new but the Excalibur upgrade is just amazing. In afghanistan HIMARS were reclassified as DF weapons because of their incredible accuracy. With this new technology the most basic form of IDF may very well be reclassified as DF as well. btw these definitions have less to do with their ballistic trajectory and more to do with their inherent accuracy.

Needs a caption that says "Hey you've got a spot there, let me help you with that."

Dangit marine, lift with your knees not your back! Don't think I don't see you using improper lifting techniques on that shell! (how heavy are modern artillery rounds anyway...)

depends which round, but basically right around 100lbs, I think the excal rounds are heavier but yeah.

Yeah definitely wanna be lifting with the knees

Infantry wins firefights
Tanks win Battles
Artillery wins wars.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Infantry wins firefights
Tanks win Battles
Artillery wins wars.

And strategic bombing can win a war on its own.

Wait a second...

...cough, cough... Monte Cassino...cough, cough...

 SilverMK2 wrote:

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Infantry wins firefights
Tanks win Battles
Artillery wins wars.

And strategic bombing can win a war on its own.

Wait a second...

Except for the Serbia war, which did. America (HURR!), Britain and NATO delivered freedom to the Kosovans from 35,000 feet.

 Frazzled wrote:

 SilverMK2 wrote:

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Infantry wins firefights
Tanks win Battles
Artillery wins wars.

And strategic bombing can win a war on its own.

Wait a second...

Except for the Serbia war, which did. America (HURR!), Britain and NATO delivered freedom to the Kosovans from 35,000 feet.

Brings them to the table to talk.
Besides how else Putin got ahold of a F117


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But the real selling point of the M777? The "Lightweight" part. It weighs just 9,800 pounds, meaning it can be towed into the battlefield via a variety of helicopters, from the MV-22 Osprey to the larger CH-47 Chinook, and can be set up for firing within 3 minutes. Contrast this to the M198, which came in at 15,772 ​pounds, could only be moved by the lumbering CH-47 Chinook​, and took almost 10 minutes to be ready for action.

Gun Raid capable. Anyone familiar with that concept? If so this upscale the scales heavily scaling towards our side.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Infantry wins firefights
Tanks win Battles
Artillery wins wars.

Intelligence tells everyone where to point their shooty sticks (lmao, riiiiiiight)


And no one goes nowhere and does nothing without supply and logistics!


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 Jihadin wrote:
If so this upscale the scales heavily scaling towards our side.

What the hell does that even mean???

Sorry. Antivan was kicking in
meant was
Tip the scales to our side of things

 Jihadin wrote:
Gun Raid capable. Anyone familiar with that concept? If so this upscale the scales heavily scaling towards our side.

Not familiar with that concept, but I would like to know more.

I am at work so I don't want to Google "Gun Raid" as that will likely result in a trip to HR.

You have like a half dozen examples of wars that were won in the air and you picked Kosovo?

Bro, have you ever even heard of the first Gulf War? There were Iraqi divisions that *literally* surrendered to B-52s flying overhead.

 DarkTraveler777 wrote:

 Jihadin wrote:
Gun Raid capable. Anyone familiar with that concept? If so this upscale the scales heavily scaling towards our side.

Not familiar with that concept, but I would like to know more.

I am at work so I don't want to Google "Gun Raid" as that will likely result in a trip to HR.

This like a boring video of it




What happens is a Battery (six tubes) is sling loaded into an area and under three minutes the Battery is up and firing. Under 15 minutes redo all the sling loads and repeat the process somewhere else. Its a "Gun Raid".

it means that if you have air superiority you can put artillery batteries around the AO and drop ordinance onto enemy positions without having to put your aircraft at risk of Anti-aircraft fire. And if the position becomes untenable you can quickly pack it up and off you go to a new position. Your basically out maneuvering your enemy with what used to be considered one of the least mobile elements of an army.