For 250 years, US troops could tow their cannons around the battlefield. The war in Ukraine shows they won't have that

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

luxury in the future.

As the Ukraine war has proven, the effectiveness of artillery rests on more than its range or the destructive power of its shells.

The mobility of a howitzer — its capacity to "shoot and scoot" — can make the difference between living to fight another day and being destroyed by the enemy. That's why the US Army is pondering whether hauling guns by truck is still a viable option.

For towed artillery, "10- or 15-minute displacement time is not going to work against a good enemy," Gen. James Rainey, head of US Army Futures Command, told reporters at the Association of the United States Army's annual conference, held this month in Washington DC.

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The increasing spread and sophistication of anti-artillery systems will feed the long-running debate over the value of towed and self-propelled guns. For most of history — ever since cannon first appeared in the Middle Ages — the big guns were hauled by horses or oxen, which limited their mobility. By the time of the World Wars, trucks could more swiftly tow cannon around the battlefield, though the guns still required time to set up.

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[mitch96]

1. the "counter battery fire" of the Ukrainian Army is taking out 20-25 artillary units per day.. Then again, ruzzia has

thousands of 152 mm cannons. It's running out of shells so it is asking China and N Korea for shells.. uff
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