Why doesn't the U.S super size HIMARS? longer range and bigger boom. Don't tell me C-130 small payload is holding this back
Why doesn't the U.S super size HIMARS? longer range and bigger boom.
Why doesn't the U.S super size HIMARS? longer range and bigger boom. Don't tell me C-130 small payload is holding this back
>super size HIMARS
That's what ATACAMS is
You morons are like half a decade out of date
It's called PrSM and it outranges your bottle rocket kim
>PrSM
Not entirely online yet.
it's called ATACMS, you moron.
they're called attack 'ems moron.
Attack they/thems, bigot
Erm it's akshually Ack!-ems
Correct.
"Attack Thems"
And OSINT is pronounced as:
"I SEENT it tho"
PrSM is no longer range capped, unfortunately this also means there is no handy dandy public treaty the army can point to so the real range is a big 'ol question mark.
>Don't tell me C-130 small payload is holding this back
That's exactly the case. The US always assumes that it's fighting a far away war and sizes its vehicles appropriately.
The large size of the KN-25 is a side effect of it being too inaccurate to reliably hit it's intended target. I compensates for this high CEP by trowing a 3,000kg warhead. American systems are more accurate and don't require larger warheads. Also, until 2019, the range of US SSMs was limited to 500km by the INF Treaty.
America doesn't want or need a KN-25 sized launcher.
They have, it's called MA-CAULQ
The best part of the HIMARS system is logistics. It was designed so it can fit on the back of a normal truckbed and can replace it's missiles quickly by itself without the need of a special crane engineering It's size also means it can traverse roads quickly like a normal car (M270 can't do that). Making it bigger literally negates all of these benefits
>HIMARS on the back of a truck bed
Hold on a fricking second. Wouldn't the Ukrainians be able to use modified slightly oversized trucks to hide these things?
Probably yes, but they'd need to do all the electronics work themselves.
It can be done, but not in a hurry and without the original blueprints.
No, I mean hiding the things on the back of trucks for strategic transport. Have a slightly oversized box truck, put it inside, drive that around and any agents/informants/morons with cameras can't just betray the movement of a HIMARS launcher.
This sounds like a solution the Russians would come up with. Also have fun shoot-and-scooting on muddy Ukrainians off-roads with a fricking big rig
>he still thinks I'm talking about USING the HIMARS on the back of a truck
Are you fricking dense, anon? I'm referring to using them to transport HIMARS in a sneaky way between fronts.
Well they already do transport it on the back of trucks, hence
where it has a flat tire. Pretty sure once it gets far back enough where big wheelers can drive Russians can't really hit it anymore. Don't think they're able to hit a moving target that far away from the front
Obligatory pic of 1st HIMARS kill in the 5,000 Russia has destroyed since 72 hours before the US even sent any.
SHUT IT DOWN
HIMARS is smaller than an 18-wheeler. It is a large box truck with a cab over. It is already tiny and most flatbed trucks could carry one pod of missiles or more.
HIMARS launcher itself could only be made a little smaller.
>Why doesn't the U.S super size HIMARS? longer range and bigger boom.
When I was serving in a HIMARS battalion someone mentioned something about the range limitation on ATACMS being the result of a ballistic missile treaty, not because of any physical limitations.
Reagan killed this.
He got a good trade for it, though. At least until Putin started flat-out ignoring the treaty.
And now the Marines are bringing it back, but instead just slapping it onto a Jeep instead of even a fricking real truck to really humiliate whoever gets killed by this dumb looking thing.
can we put it on a golfcart? for science
Depends how much off road power you need. Will also be top heavy and not much room for the driver. Need to lower jackstand legs to fire anyways.
HIMARS could be built like a towed artillery piece.
Yeah, the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty banned ground-based missiles with ranges between 500-5500km. The US withdrew from the treaty in 2019 because the Russians weren't adhering to it. Now we get to have all sorts of nice things.
Because the US Army is an extension of the US Air Force.