[Fee]

The Army has not abandoned the artillery gun. They just need less because we can call for fire much quicker and more accurately than the past. Today a foward observer on the move can locate his own position via GPS, laze the enemy with a laser rangefinder that gives distance, and direction from his own established position, and the information is instantaneously sorted out on his computer radio. The observer selects the mission he wants and the call for fire report is sent to artillery unit which is already preparing to fire. New artillery units can fire one round (two at most) to hit designated target. During Vietnam our troops did not have all these precision navigation and rangefinding tools that can correlate all this info into a call for fire report instantly. The observer had to estimate, lateral the info by voice over a radio to artillery fire control who in turn lateral by voice to the gun crew. By the time the round left the gun, the designated target has moved, thus forcing the foward observer to adjust fire several times, before the target is neutralized. Normally several guns are used on one target to scatter the rounds a bit to cover any changes between the time the observer called for fire and the rounds left the battery.

[CasearianDaoist]

Also, If the New FCS implemented it will have a quite nice 150mm tube that is quite mobile and may even be able to fire on the move. It will have similar technology to the crusader abut will wright slightly over 20 tons and be capable of a average 40 mph with 60mph bursts.

This is pushiong mobile, combined arms down to the lowest echelon. They have not abandoned arty, just rethought it.