C3 Howitzer Replacement

markppcli · 2024-07-30T21:23:35-0300

Colin Parkinson said:
Well I bet we could get these cheap

https://twitter.com/x/status/1818243854216151144

We could probably also get some F86s or M48s cheap, doesn’t mean they’d be a good use of money

Colin Parkinson · 2024-07-30T21:52:09-0300

KevinB said:
And why? It was determined years ago that the C1 wasn’t effective anymore, and that is basically just a C1 (without muzzle swell).

Sheesh lighten up. Ironic that Vietnam has the equivalent of about our entire stock of C3 in one shed.

markppcli · 2024-07-30T21:54:52-0300

Colin Parkinson said:
Sheesh lighten up. Ironic that Vietnam has the equivalent of about our entire stock of C3 in one shed.

well they got them pretty cheap…

dapaterson · 2024-07-30T21:59:30-0300

markppcli said:
well they got them pretty cheap…

Military and civilian deaths for the North, the South and the VC combined estimated as up to 1.8 million does not sound cheap.

markppcli · 2024-07-30T22:12:22-0300

dapaterson said:
Military and civilian deaths for the North, the South and the VC combined estimated as up to 1.8 million does not sound cheap.

While true that civil war was going to happen regardless of if they got to keep a large stock of US equipment.