RE: Arty

On Fri, 3 Dec 1999, Scott Uecker wrote:

> Not sure what you mean by obsolete.  The US Marines used them during
the
> Gulf.  They were and still would be more accurate than any other
artillery
> piece we had/have (including the M198).  Good piece of gear.	The only
> reasons we got rid of them was the cost of maintaining SP's and their
sheer
> weight made them difficult to embark/deploy.

It was also the choice means of delivering the Artillery launched nuke 
rounds in US use. Not that we ever used them. 

Also note that during Vietnam we had a 175mm sp gun 3 variants of the 
M110 203mm and several 105mm guns sp and towed. 

> or 1 Marine by hand....

You Jar^h^h^hMarines always doing things by hand when an auto loader 
could do it.  Not that we civies would ever pay for the Marines to have 
an autolading SP gun...:< Damn politicoes. Still you guys do a bang up 
job with what you get. 

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