C3 Howitzer Replacement

[Kirkhill]

I understand the need for a armored engineering vehicle for quick breeching, digging etc. We could always repurpose things like Dozers, trenchers, cable layers, excavators backhoes into a Military purpose. Something like this thing would work good at making an initial defensive line . View attachment 76617

This project hasn't been showing much movement - on the books since at least 2015 - but the priority may have ticked up.

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[Colin Parkinson]

Did someone say SHORAD?

 

[childs56]

Just add an excavator arm to this:

And maybe arm it with the L9/M135 165mm demolition gun.

Or add a trencher arm to it. A excavator attachment takes to long to build a quickly needed trench line. Plus doesn't look scary.

 

[KevinB]

Or add a trencher arm to it. A excavator attachment takes to long to build a quickly needed trench line. Plus doesn't look scary.

It’s a giant chainsaw of course it’s scary

 

[childs56]

It’s a giant chainsaw of course it’s scary

Could you imagine here comes the grave digger aka AEV 3 Kodiak with a trencher arm.

 

[KevinB]

Could you imagine here comes the grave digger aka AEV 3 Kodiak with a trencher arm.

Trench cleaning

 

[GK .Dundas]

Trench cleaning

Cleaning or clearing ?

 

[KevinB]

Cleaning or clearing ?

Just like new, I’d call that cleaning

 

[GR66]

Just like new, I’d call that cleaning

I don't think the trench would be very "clean" after going through with that!

 

[KevinB]

I don't think the trench would be very "clean" after going through with that!

The bloody pile behind it no, the trench yes

 

[daftandbarmy]

Some FOO porn....

I don't care how big the bullet is as long as it can achieve this effect

https://twitter.com/x/status/1630953208561426432

 

[FormerHorseGuard]

The 'Bulldozer Assault' of Desert Storm Saw the US Army Opt Out of Trench Warfare

Just because the enemy creates a World War I-style defense doesn't mean you have to attack them that way.

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this is how to clear trenches

like the final line
""I know burying people like that sounds pretty nasty," Col. Lon Maggart told Seattle Times reporter Patrick J. Sloyan, "but it would be even nastier if we had to put our troops in the trenches and clean them out with bayonets.""

 

[Kirkhill]

Did someone say SHORAD?

Well, there goes the entire Southern Alberta Militia District's annual allocation of SAA.

 

[daftandbarmy]

The 'Bulldozer Assault' of Desert Storm Saw the US Army Opt Out of Trench Warfare

Just because the enemy creates a World War I-style defense doesn't mean you have to attack them that way.

www.military.com

this is how to clear trenches

like the final line
""I know burying people like that sounds pretty nasty," Col. Lon Maggart told Seattle Times reporter Patrick J. Sloyan, "but it would be even nastier if we had to put our troops in the trenches and clean them out with bayonets.""

 

[KevinB]

The 'Bulldozer Assault' of Desert Storm Saw the US Army Opt Out of Trench Warfare

Just because the enemy creates a World War I-style defense doesn't mean you have to attack them that way.

www.military.com

this is how to clear trenches

like the final line
""I know burying people like that sounds pretty nasty," Col. Lon Maggart told Seattle Times reporter Patrick J. Sloyan, "but it would be even nastier if we had to put our troops in the trenches and clean them out with bayonets.""

There is a lot more to that story - as that Iraqi unit had faked a surrender earlier and so 25mm HEI and pushing the earth back over then was the reward.

 

[suffolkowner]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1631235839924793344

not exactly a replacement for a 105mm but simple truck and big boom

 

[FormerHorseGuard]

There is a lot more to that story - as that Iraqi unit had faked a surrender earlier and so 25mm HEI and pushing the earth back over then was the reward.

I kind of agree with the use of equipment over the use of troops and close quarter combat

The job of the command is bring their troops home using everything and anything to do that

It was a public relations nightmare till the officer spoke up

 

[suffolkowner]

Elbit Systems Awarded ATMOS and PULS Contracts | Joint Forces News

Elbit Systems awarded two contracts in an aggregate amount of $252 million to supply ATMOS and PULS artillery systems to a NATO country.

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as much as I think we should have American stuff, this seems cheap doesnt it?

PULS (multiple rocket launcher) - Wikipedia

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[Eaglelord17]

I kind of agree with the use of equipment over the use of troops and close quarter combat

The job of the command is bring their troops home using everything and anything to do that

It was a public relations nightmare till the officer spoke up

Same argument some Americans use to attempt to justify dropping two atomic bombs on a bunch of civilians. At least with that example it was a legitimate military target.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

When your talking a couple of million casualties on both side.......