tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post6557729681953516125..comments2024-03-27T20:37:08.065+01:00Comments on Defence and Freedom: The overlap between artillery, battlefield air defence and C-RAMUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-59602935491012282152020-09-07T09:16:41.387+02:002020-09-07T09:16:41.387+02:00Looks like it's beginning to happen https://ww...Looks like it's beginning to happen https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2020/09/06/sci-fi-awesome-a-us-army-howitzer-just-shot-down-a-cruise-missile/amp/David Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-66069045324681504432015-12-03T05:27:47.549+01:002015-12-03T05:27:47.549+01:00Hasn't the U.S.Army one journal for both arty ...Hasn't the U.S.Army one journal for both arty and AD? That's a fine basid for shaping opinions this way.<br />I don't think it will innovate like this because it wouldn't be able to pull off the development and introduction into service, though. Its procurement bureaucrats haven't brought a single all-new tank. IFV, SPG or helo into service in three decades. Upgrades are all they can complete ever since.S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-7919678599165143602015-12-01T05:42:52.786+01:002015-12-01T05:42:52.786+01:00One factor that might make the US FA branch uncomf...One factor that might make the US FA branch uncomfortable with resuming the AAA role is that PGMs and smaller expeditionary organizations (i.e. losing the artillery that the US Army, for example, tended to stockpile at echelons above the division level) have tended to reduce the number of cannon. Fewer cannon mean fewer overall rounds available, and then that number is lowered by having to include AAA rounds in the unit's basic load.<br /><br />I can think of several ways around this...but would the redlegs want to really look hard at them? I've never seen a solid constituency within the US FA, anyway, that is excited about returning to the era of the dual-purpose 90mm gun.<br /><br />So while I think the technology's there I also think that there'd have to be an external push to get the FA - at least, the US FA - to move significantly in this direction... FDChiefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10607785969510234092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-91850659310082194562015-11-29T16:22:26.996+01:002015-11-29T16:22:26.996+01:006.3 kg shells weigh little more than 81.4 mm morta...6.3 kg shells weigh little more than 81.4 mm mortar bombs, and the propellant charge is fixed. This is very restrictive especially in mountainous terrain. <br />I know but one 75/76 mm artillery piece developed post-WW2 for indirect fires on land.S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-23673064081526441092015-11-29T14:19:28.524+01:002015-11-29T14:19:28.524+01:00Is the 76mm really that underpowered now artillery...Is the 76mm really that underpowered now artillery being less of an area beat tool? WW2 field artillery had a lot of 75mm pieces, with the Russian 76mm being the most famous one. While inferior to 105mm, it wasn't unusable. madnernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-22338751647389213612015-11-28T23:31:57.082+01:002015-11-28T23:31:57.082+01:00I see bigger changes with sensors. Software defin...I see bigger changes with sensors. Software defined radio gives huge flexibility. Why have different radars for different jobs? I also see the dominance of passive networked sensors which use ambient radiation. Sure, the amount of digital signal processing will be immense, but is what Moore's law is all about. Very soon now, all flying chunks of metal (whether aircraft, missile or mortar bomb will all be tracked by a unified sensor and communications network..Aelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788190394672505925noreply@blogger.com