Military Guns and Ammunition
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Mobile Protected Firepower; 105mm still relevant? Army Guns 20+mm
From: stancrist
13-Jan
The MPF is an entirely new armored fighting vehicle recently selected for introduction into service. I walk around the vehicle with the MPF product manager L...
From: stancrist
14-Jan
graylion said:well, this thread is about 105mm...
Not exactly. This thread is about the MPF, which has a different 105mm gun than the AMX-10, and fires a family of higher velocity ammo.
From: stancrist
24-Jan
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From: graylion
6-Feb
Thinking about the light tank/FSV concept. Is there any reason why these things should have 120mm? They shouldn't slug it out with a tank anyway? And a smaller gun would give space for other things like maybe a periscope mast, ESM and a drone or 2?
From: schnuersi
6-Feb
graylion said:Thinking about the light tank/FSV concept. Is there any reason why these things should have 120mm? They shouldn't slug it out with a tank anyway? And a smaller gun would give space for other things like maybe a periscope mast, ESM and a drone or 2
THis has come up serveral times in this threat.
The answer is not for fire support and anti AFV use except MBTs a 120 or 105 mm gun is not needed. A 90 mm or 75/3" will do just fine. Or as alternative a good AC with ATGMs as backup.
But i really do not see the need to put a mast periscope or drones onto a light tank or FCV. The mission doesn't require these.
From: graylion
7-Feb
schnuersi said:But i really do not see the need to put a mast periscope or drones onto a light tank or FCV. The mission doesn't require these.
I was thinking giving it a secondary mission as recce vehicle