[ArmySGT.]

Originally Posted by Gelrir

You might want to go with the 5-ton truck; the V150 shares a lot of drivetrain components with those -- handy for post-apocalyptic logistics. Or the HEMMT -- some versions come with a handy cargo crane.

http://olive-drab.com/idphoto/id_photos_m54.php
http://olive-drab.com/idphoto/id_photos_hemtt_m977.php
http://olive-drab.com/idphoto/id_photos_hemtt_m985.php

7 people with an M102 leaves no more than one person to operate an FDC, act as a radio operator, and as a forward observer. And the unit still has no innate security when it's emplaced and ready to fire.

Instead of the ancient Priest, how about something newer:

http://olive-drab.com/idphoto/id_pho...8_howitzer.php

For that matter, if this a one-of-a-kind thing, why not just make a custom vehicle, suited to the Morrow Project?

Or: variations on the M113A3 'Gavin' APC. The proposed M8 'Buford' AGS (armored gun system) had a 105mm autoloading gun, woot. And there's been discussion of a hybrid electric drive version, which would make a Morrow Project conversion as simple as plugging in your fusion pack.

http://www.combatreform.org/hybridelectricdrive.htm

(note that the author of the "combatreforms" pages can get mighty worked up about his favorite topics, one of which is the M113)

Imagine a hybrid-drive version of the M8. The Project could just snap them up and roll them right into a bolthole.

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/m8-ags.htm

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Michael B.

Sparky and his website is universally despised on this website. The M113 series has no name in U.S. Military designations. Gavin is something sparky made up.

A FDC doesn't have a Forward Observer. The FDC recieves calls for fire from a FO and processes them as a Fire Mission.

In this case that would be another MARS team or Recon Team from the Combined Group.

I could go with a 5 ton truck but, as yet the stats have not been written for them. The 2 1/2 has been stated and appears in Project File 11 "Fall Back".

This unit isn't manned to provide it's own security when emplaced. It is intended to be part of a Combined Group. The other units of the Combined group provide the security, combat engineering, logistics, and FO.