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From: "Vern Humphrey" 
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To: seanmbrook{at}aol.com [mailto:seanmbrook{at}aol.com]
> > >
> > VH> The Air Force often identifies targets from the air.  That's how
> > mistakes
> > get made.  The ground troops identify artillery targets, and
> call for fire.
> > The guns don't roam around on their own looking for something to shoot.
> >
>  Iow, ground troops make fewer mistakes choosing
>  targets.  Because of having more time than a pilot
>  in a rapidly moving jet?

Because they're on the ground, and they ARE the troops being supported.  A
man in an aircraft is more likely to misidentify you as the enemy than you
are to misidentify yourself.
>
> >
>  Very impressive.  Esp. firing 8 different rounds at
>  different speeds AND having them impact at the
>  same time.
>
>  The part about "cool cannon" technology reminded
>  me of how past artillery often had to cease firing at
>  times to allow the guns to cool off.

One thing we did in battle simulations was to form task forces built around
the Crusader.  Tanks and Infantry would escort the Crusaders into the
Security Zone (forward of the FEBA) and position them to react rapidly.  We
would put COLTs (Combat Observer Laser Teams) well forward on avenues of a
approach.

When the enemy was identified as coming down a particular Avenue of
Approach, we would move to pre-planned firing positons and fire a battalion
MRSI mission -- but with each round independently targeted on the
centerline of the road, spaced 100 meters apart.

The ammunition used was SADARM (Searcn And Destroy Armor), which dispenses
two sub-munition that search for targets in a spiral pattern as they
descend, and fire Self-Forging Fragment warheads through the top of tanks.

This gave us 288 SADARMs, evenly spaced over some 14 kilometers of road --
or enough to kill a regiment in one volley.

Can you imagine an enemy division commander losing a third of his strength
in less than a second, while they're still in march column?
>
> > VH> One gun can equal a battery (6 guns) of Paladin.  It also has much
> > greater
> > range and accuracy.
> >
>  Is it too simple to conclude a battery of Crusaders
>  can take on 36 enemy guns?

Quite easily -- particularly because of our superior intelligence and
target-acquisition systems.
>
> > VH> It has tactical applications that no other artillery system
> in the world
> > has -- it is, to put it mildly, revolutionary.
> >
>  I think I can see that!  Enough to strike fear into the
>  hearts of the Iranian military.  At least those who keep
>  abreast of military technology.
>
Absolutely!

This thing is a revolutionary development.


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