RunningStrong wrote: ↑06 May 2022, 11:24
don't agree that a mortar heavy mortar would be something the artillery want or need. It would be an mech infantry capability.
Yep
RunningStrong wrote: ↑06 May 2022, 19:58
MRVP Pt 1 vehicles (JLTV) with limited armour, so probably as Artillery tractor vehicles and with vehicle-pedestal or RWS missile systems.
for Light Forces, yep
RunningStrong wrote: ↑07 May 2022, 08:40
There's nothing light about the wheeled 155 options. The Boxer is a huge vehicle (circa 35t), the MAN 10x10 is massive (dimensionally). Which means your engineering and support equipment grows massively in size too.
Any light force would be using towed Artillery piece or a new 105 SPG.
Yep
Tempest414 wrote: ↑07 May 2022, 13:29
Light
16 AA and FCF = Light vehicles , 105 gun , Exactor
For me the Heavy formations should deploy as full BCT's with the Medium deploying as Battalion Battle Groups ( BBG's )
Agree with that one too (more Exactors needed, though)
sol wrote: ↑07 May 2022, 14:56
With just two AS-90, or whatever 155mm system will replace it, either armoured brigades or deep fire brigade will have them. By "Future Soldier" Army structure, both regiments should be under deep recce, which leave both armoured brigades without organic artillery.
Impeccable logic , and the 'beef' can only be saved by deploying only one heavy BCT and the Recce/ Deep Strike BCT with it... and then going Even_stevens with the field mobile arty pieces
... sounds laughable, but both from the readiness cycles and deployment logs point of view... that could be it. For starters.
RunningStrong wrote: ↑15 May 2022, 17:00
What's so good about a manually loaded 155mm L55 with 18 roads and very limited protection?
Works in Sahel, may be in the Congo and/or Rwanda, too {SORRY, a bit of a cheap shot... but you get my POV on the use of these pieces)
Timmymagic wrote: ↑23 May 2022, 10:39
using legacy sights supplied by New Zealand. Also suggests that we're sending 40 guns...which is 1/3rd of the UK total...
I wonder how that would break down over:
Regular/ Supporting Light Formations/ Reserves (some movement to rocketry there)/ and held in storage?
... I mean the total, from which the third is calculated
Ever-lasting truths: Multi-year budgets/ planning by necessity have to address the painful questions; more often than not the Either-Or prevails over Both-And.
If everyone is thinking the same, then someone is not thinking (attributed to Patton)