I think it's a case of cost cutting which has gone waaaaaaay too far.
I don't know of a single Australian reserve artillery unit that's actually equipped with artillery any more either - all the 105's have been replaced with 81mm mortars!
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If it moves, shoot it, if not push it, if it still doesn't move, use explosives.
Nothing happens in isolation - it's called "the butterfly effect"
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