HeavyArty
I saw pics of this from the Shizouka Hobby Show a while ago. The new parts look really good. I especially like the step ladders.
I saw pics of this from the Shizouka Hobby Show a while ago. The new parts look really good. I especially like the step ladders.
Last update before the MGS was canned in favor of the Dragoon.
In May 2021, the Army announced they would divest all Mobile Gun Systems by the end of 2022. The decision was made following an analysis that found its autoloader had become expensive to maintain and that the M1128 had not been upgraded with a Double V-Hull. It was more efficient to eliminate the platform and focus on firepower improvements such as equipping Strykers with 30 mm cannons and CROWS-J mounts, providing better distributed lethality capabilities that will not be lost from removing the MGS.
Yes, and YouTube videos said that it was VERY cramped for the crew too.
Also, the 105mm MGS’ armor was not improved or add-onto and there are no blast panels for the ammunition. Still, the extra kit parts do look really cool.
I’d try something else with the MGS hulls though if they have low miles…see if an autoloading mortar like Dragonfire or a UAV drone swarm launcher or a tactical and strategic Loitering Munition launcher can work from that open turret ring by adding a retracting roof…if the US Army has the experimentation money. If not, go for the StrykerX as a much better option.
The HERO-1250 strategic Loitering Munition is one huge munition that needs wheels and a chassis to transport…gut the autoloading revolver and reshape the open turret ring and viola…200+ KM and 10 hour flight endurance will give the US Army a strategic asset that they never had.
Yeah; its a shame, but I think it’s for the better. Though in it’s brief time in service, the MGS Strykers did a lot of good in Iraq and Afghanistan.
