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Originally Posted by Homer
The cannon re-equipping of the 278th was always a bit confusing. I appreciate that it gave an early model of the hodge-podge nature of the the military as a whole after two and a half years of “broken-backed” warfare and allowed for the introduction of a variety of esoteric vehicles.
That said, the Army had a variety of light cavalry and motorized infantry organization models using the hmmwv or jeep, up to the OTL ACR(L). With production of TOW, small arms, hmmwv, and potentially M198 howitzers presumably ramped up for the war in China, material may be available in quantity. This equipment is easily transported, supports existing doctrine, and uses existing logistics stockpiles,
I wonder what the chain of events is that sees the 278th requipped with nonstandard material prior to the nuclear strikes?
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i think that they are a good way to get fire support HMMWVs into production.
you could say that its made at Corp Maintenace depots out of spare parts. they have the base Hmmwv (from MP units. you can replace them with armored SUVs or police cars made in Germany), 25mm from a m2/3 and an early gen CROWS.