I love South African vehicles. Their unique take on maneuver warfare has produced some pretty awesome armoured vehicles. These vehicles are purposeful designed to provide heavy fire support in some of the harshest terrain in the world. The kind of terrain that absolutely hates tracks
The basic M109 platform is over 50 years old from the Vietnam era. The Paladin just adds GPS and onboard digital fire direction. There was a project called Crusader that put out some prototypes in the early 2000s, and most recently the NLOS(Non-Line Of Sight) was being developed. But there are a lot of politics involved, and the competition(Close Air Support, Rocket Artillery) for who will provide fire support has left US Army tube artillery in the past.
Those Palladin howitzers look like they've got extremely narrow tracks for the size of the vehicle. Hoever it does look like there is room for wider tracks. Can anyone verify this for me?
Jamison, not sure I understand the question. The design of the tracks is optimized for mobility based on the weight of the vehicle. Heavier vehicles require wider tracks, but there is no benefit to adding wider tracks than required. That would actually add weight to the vehicle unnecessarily. Agree that it looks a little weird when compared to a tank. Think about it this way: M1 Abrams weighs about 70 tons (depending on variant), Paladin weighs about 30 tons (again, depending on variant). From the math, you would assume the Paladin track would be roughly half as wide as the Abrams. Over simplification for sure, but that’s the basic concept.
@@armyofshea7941 Narrow tracks or even wheels are ok for hard packed desert (like South Africa) but for swampy or muddy conditions (like spring/fall/winter in Russia) you need wider tracks. The weight of the vehicle is largely irrelevant in light of the preceding.
@@jamisonmaguire4398 weight matters a lot when determining the size of tracks, as the tracks are there to distribute the weight of the vehicle onto a wider area so it doesn't sink into the ground.
I saw that demo where that Swede self-propelled gun shot off three rounds from different angles and they all landed at the exact same time on a stack of Swedish pancakes at 1200 meters. We were snacking on chunks of pancakes from quite a radius.
I wouldn't say it hasn't made a dent, I mean most of the top dogs around at the time of 9/11 have been killed. Besides, you surely realize that fighting the Taliban is unconventional warfare, in which conventional weapons such as artillery are only going to be of limited use.
Part of that problem is being stuck in an endless cycle of guerrilla warfare, where there's no definitive opposing force and a war that's technically unwinnable.
Considering how quickly we dismantled the Iraqi military I think we are doing well. As already stated Guerrilla warfare is more difficult to deal with.
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I love South African vehicles. Their unique take on maneuver warfare has produced some pretty awesome armoured vehicles. These vehicles are purposeful designed to provide heavy fire support in some of the harshest terrain in the world. The kind of terrain that absolutely hates tracks
The basic M109 platform is over 50 years old from the Vietnam era. The Paladin just adds GPS and onboard digital fire direction. There was a project called Crusader that put out some prototypes in the early 2000s, and most recently the NLOS(Non-Line Of Sight) was being developed. But there are a lot of politics involved, and the competition(Close Air Support, Rocket Artillery) for who will provide fire support has left US Army tube artillery in the past.
The South African Rhino G6 gave the Cubans and Russsians nightmares in Angola.
interesting doco! July 2020
Quer de Costa Antiaerea ou de Campanha eu Domino no Mar no Céu na Terra Quer no Forte no Campo ou na Montanha Vibra mais no Canhão a Voz da Guerra
Narrator we shoot move and communicate .M109a3 and M109a2
Those Palladin howitzers look like they've got extremely narrow tracks for the size of the vehicle. Hoever it does look like there is room for wider tracks. Can anyone verify this for me?
Jamison, not sure I understand the question. The design of the tracks is optimized for mobility based on the weight of the vehicle. Heavier vehicles require wider tracks, but there is no benefit to adding wider tracks than required. That would actually add weight to the vehicle unnecessarily. Agree that it looks a little weird when compared to a tank. Think about it this way: M1 Abrams weighs about 70 tons (depending on variant), Paladin weighs about 30 tons (again, depending on variant). From the math, you would assume the Paladin track would be roughly half as wide as the Abrams. Over simplification for sure, but that’s the basic concept.
@@armyofshea7941 Narrow tracks or even wheels are ok for hard packed desert (like South Africa) but for swampy or muddy conditions (like spring/fall/winter in Russia) you need wider tracks. The weight of the vehicle is largely irrelevant in light of the preceding.
@@jamisonmaguire4398 weight matters a lot when determining the size of tracks, as the tracks are there to distribute the weight of the vehicle onto a wider area so it doesn't sink into the ground.
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Thanks gentleman’s for inventing EFPs … not like the technology would ever be turned against friendlies.
me in 2022: why don't they just whip out google maps? * doh * lol
pity they didnt cover the swedish arty ... that sucker is the best of the worlds of arty ...
I saw that demo where that Swede self-propelled gun shot off three rounds from different angles and they all landed at the exact same time on a stack of Swedish pancakes at 1200 meters. We were snacking on chunks of pancakes from quite a radius.
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Yes gotta hurry up before the enemy respawns.... Dont wanna be the spawn camper! FailFish 3:35
101st Airborne 3/320th Field Artillery Rakkasan! 2003-2008
Saudações Antiaéreas Guerreiro Feliz Ano Novo 💣💣💣💣💣💣🪓🪓🪓🪓🪓
Pallidin is not a big gun. Where is the big guns?
all seems a case of let the tech' win for you
what happens when all the tech' becomes jammable or prone to EMP's?
It aint gonna work!.....
Well that's potentially been the case for years now but I'm assuming it's never been a realistic issue.
@@FlyboyHelosim remember the maginot line or Fortress Eben Emel
However; all this fire power has not created a dent on the Taliban (Alqeda)...
I wouldn't say it hasn't made a dent, I mean most of the top dogs around at the time of 9/11 have been killed. Besides, you surely realize that fighting the Taliban is unconventional warfare, in which conventional weapons such as artillery are only going to be of limited use.
ITS A DAMN SHAME THEY CANT WIN ANY WAR SINCE 1946....just saying,.....usa 76-79
Part of that problem is being stuck in an endless cycle of guerrilla warfare, where there's no definitive opposing force and a war that's technically unwinnable.
Considering how quickly we dismantled the Iraqi military I think we are doing well. As already stated Guerrilla warfare is more difficult to deal with.