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Originally Posted by Panther Al
Urm, I meant the automatic cannon would be the same, the large calibre cannon would be 105.  |
I know, I was just picturing a former Warthog pilot in the office next door rolling in hot with his 30mm and an evil tanker grinning back, setting his 105mm to "HIGH RATE"....he tells me about all of the tanks he destroyed in Desert Storm and I remind him that the Air Force considers hitting the ground to be an accomplishment.
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I agree that it is unlikely to say the least to see significant changes, but one can hope. I mean for crying out loud, for the price of 1, maybe 2, F35's, we could rearm all the branches, active, reserve, and guard. And I also agree, that the units shouldn't have to be out of the LOC, but there has to be the ability to run with minimal to none for short times, remember, the enemy is the enemy because he does things you don't want him to.
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But you have to have the spirit, not to mention the courage, to make that kind of decision. And that's something that I see lacking in the DoD. Yup the Air Force could do without a couple of F-35s and does the Navy really need another Aegis Destroyer? Face it, the Army is the least "sexy" of all the branches...that's why we always get hind tit when it comes time to dish out money for the various programs. Its been known that we need decent ADA ever since the Sergeant York disaster (and that one was the fault of certain congressmen and their corporate buddys), still soldering on with the M-741 ehhh! OH WAIT! We get the Avenger...a hummer with a turret that breaks down moreoften than not with a four pack of stingers and a ma deuce...
We need better body armor and helmets...and it takes retired officers and NCOs to badger Congress and DoD into doing something...I still chuckle remembering when they started sending helmets to GIs in Iraq....DEAR GAWD!!!! DON'T CNN OR FOX FIND OUT!!!!!
We had a good platform with the M-8 MGS...till it was killed off so that the navy could but a couple of Burke-class destroyers....considering that the US Navy is now capable of taking on all the next ten largest navies at the same time? Guess we had to worry about ole number eleven!
Don't know what the requirement for an ACR is nowdays (is there even an ACR left?) But the 2ACR was always loaded with enough supplies for 72-hours of independent operations...when we had our truck company. Beyond that, then the trucks start to outnumber the tanks/CFVs, just how much operating time is needed?
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Basically though the point of the exercise is to figure out a "sandbox" formation and equipment schedule if you was king and could do as you will.
(Can just see it... "Today, I just signed Executive Order 42276, ordering the procurement department to pull their collective heads out of....")
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WHAT!!!!!! Our current President ordering the Pentagon to just drop 60 years of bad habits!!!!!!!!!!!!
