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Originally Posted by kato13
In the T2k forum there recently was a post on the NATO rapid reaction force. They used a 105mm Pack howitzer until 1975.
OTO Melara Mod 56
The facts that they were retired at a perfect time for the project, and that they can be broken into 12 ~125kg parts makes them really promising as an option for my project.
The project just needs to buy them as scrap metal, perhaps manufacturing only the barrel (as I expect it would be tapped and replacements would be desired post oops).
I also had my project buy retired manufacturing equipment (as those jobs moved overseas) as scrap metal so that part of the cover story would match up nicely. |
I like it. Probably for the MARS teams that have the Rocky Mtns, Sierra Nevada Mtns, and Cascade Mtns.
One civilian application of howitzers is avalanche control using HE to shake snow loose when you want it to fall.