Only ten percent of these truck-mounted guns have been destroyed

Thursday, August 8th, 2024

The fighting in Ukraine has made it clear that the French concept of mounting 155mm guns on trucks, so they can rapidly fire a few rounds, then move to avoid return (counterbattery) fire, is effective:

So far, only ten percent of these truck-mounted guns have been destroyed in Ukraine compared to a third of the conventional 155mm guns carried in an armored, tracked vehicle. The getaway speed of the truck-mounted systems made the difference and other countries are taking note.

(Hat tip to Coolbert. RIP.)

Comments

  1. Allen says:

    Who is surprised that the French came up with this?

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