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The '''Mobile Gun System''' is the name used by the nations that own derivatives of the [[Mowag Piranha]] for yet another derivative of that vehicle that would mount a large, high-velocity cannon.<ref name=CasrMobileGunSystem> | The '''Mobile Gun System''' is the name used by the nations that own derivatives of the [[Mowag Piranha]] for yet another derivative of that vehicle that would mount a large, high-velocity cannon.<ref name=CasrMobileGunSystem> | ||
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Following the end of the [[Cold War]] some theorists believed that the existing suite of US Armoured vehicles, designed largely to fight [[Soviet]] tank divisions in Europe, were not well suited to the lower intensity missions US Armed forces would be tasked with. | Following the end of the [[Cold War]] some theorists believed that the existing suite of US Armoured vehicles, designed largely to fight [[Soviet]] tank divisions in Europe, were not well suited to the lower intensity missions US Armed forces would be tasked with.<ref name=MgsUnvieled20060509> | ||
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| url=http://www4.army.mil/news/article.php?story=8979 | |||
| title=Stryker ramps up to unveil Mobile Gun System | |||
| publisher=[[United States Army]] | |||
| author=[[Annette Fournier]] | |||
| date=[[May 9]] [[2006]] | |||
| accessdate=2007-10-27 | |||
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This wheeled vehicle would mount a cannon like the 105 mm cannon used in the previous generation of NATO tanks, like the [[M60 Patton]], [[Chieftain tank|Chieftain]], and the [[Leopard MBT|Leopard]].<ref name=CasrMobileGunSystem/> | This wheeled vehicle would mount a cannon like the 105 mm cannon used in the previous generation of NATO tanks, like the [[M60 Patton]], [[Chieftain tank|Chieftain]], and the [[Leopard MBT|Leopard]].<ref name=CasrMobileGunSystem/><ref name=MgsUnvieled20060509/><ref name=GlobalSecurityM1128> | ||
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| url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/iav-mgs.htm | |||
| title=M1128 Stryker Mobile Gun System | |||
| publisher=[[Global Security]] | |||
| accessdate=2007-10-27 | |||
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But, while it would take on some of the roles that have fallen to tanks, it is not a tank replacement. Its armour, for instance, not be designed to defend against the kinetic kill rounds of modern tanks. But, in the kinds of conflicts likely today, it would be uncommon for it to encounter many modern tanks. | But, while it would take on some of the roles that have fallen to tanks, it is not a tank replacement. Its armour, for instance, not be designed to defend against the kinetic kill rounds of modern tanks. But, in the kinds of conflicts likely today, it would be uncommon for it to encounter many modern tanks. | ||
Revision as of 00:13, 27 October 2007
The Mobile Gun System is the name used by the nations that own derivatives of the Mowag Piranha for yet another derivative of that vehicle that would mount a large, high-velocity cannon.[1]
Following the end of the Cold War some theorists believed that the existing suite of US Armoured vehicles, designed largely to fight Soviet tank divisions in Europe, were not well suited to the lower intensity missions US Armed forces would be tasked with.[2]
This wheeled vehicle would mount a cannon like the 105 mm cannon used in the previous generation of NATO tanks, like the M60 Patton, Chieftain, and the Leopard.[1][2][3] But, while it would take on some of the roles that have fallen to tanks, it is not a tank replacement. Its armour, for instance, not be designed to defend against the kinetic kill rounds of modern tanks. But, in the kinds of conflicts likely today, it would be uncommon for it to encounter many modern tanks.
The most important derivative of the Piranha is probaby the US Army's Stryker vehicles. The Stryker is more lightly armed than other derivatives, mounting only a machine gun in a remotely controlled turret. The variants used by the US Marine Corps, and other nations, like Canada, mount more powerful armament, like the 25 mm bushmaster autocannon. But those vehicles are too tall to drive on and drive off a C-130 with their turrets mounted. They can't drive straight off the C-130, right into combat.
Because it used the same chassis as other Piranha derivatives, it would have the same mobility, and could be rescued or salvaged by a Piranha derived recovery vehicle. But without a radical redesign it too would require some re-assembly before it could drive into combat, after being delivered by a C-130.
The turrets proposed for these vehicles have been low profile, remotely controlled, with an autoloader.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Background — Canadian Forces Mobile Gun System (MGS) Project, Canadian American Strategic Review. Retrieved on 2007-10-27.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Annette Fournier. Stryker ramps up to unveil Mobile Gun System, United States Army, May 9 2006. Retrieved on 2007-10-27.
- ↑ http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/iav-mgs.htm M1128 Stryker Mobile Gun System, Global Security. Retrieved on 2007-10-27.