“The accuracy is unbelievable, before we relied on our iron sights for the most part to keep us accurate. Now it’s all digital, it’s all GPS, it’s an amazing system,” Hall said. Another interesting thing about these canons — they’re about half the weight of older canons. That means soldiers can fit two in a cargo plane or move one at a time with a helicopter. “Right now I’m sitting at a 10-man crew, I have a two-man ammo section that also gets included in the fire mission, so every guy here has a mission and a place, so we’re able to shoot pretty quick and accurate,” said Minnesota National Guard Sgt. Eric Brunsvold. The soldiers not only learned how to use the weapon but how the weather can affect how the gun works. “Every hour we get what is called a meteorological update. What that does is tells us the barometric pressure, the temperature,” said Hall. “Our rounds are in the air sometimes over a minute and while they are up in the air, the earth is spinning, so we need to account for that as well.”
Geez, where to start with all of this.
There are five conditions to accurate Artillery Fires. 1. Gun location (yada yada, it has gps..so does the Batery XO) 2. Accurate target location (that's the FO's job, no increase in technology here). 3. Common Survey (Again no gain with this system). 4. Accurate MET (Meteorological date, i.e. wind speed and direction. Artillery types already get this data hourly, or whenever the MET section sends it). 5. Accurate Muzzle velocity (no improvement cited).
They already fir 2 in a cargo plane and the can be sling loaded under a blackhawk.
$2million? We are getting ripped off. All of our systems can already do all of this!.
Oh, and I forgot. A 10 man crew, with a 2 man ammo section?
Currently it is a 10 man crew (ammo section included with the 10 men).
Waste of money.