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Did you not read the article? One of his major points is that a mortar is significantly cheaper and faster.
by Nicook 1y ago
Did you not read the article? One of his major points is that a mortar is significantly cheaper and faster.
- UncleEntity 1y agoAssuming you have good gun bunnies (term of affection, I assure you) and a spotter on the ground or in the air. The mortar guys in my old company could put a round into a trashcan with line-of-sight but when someone else is calling in fire then they are more of an area weapon. Assuming that a fire mission is going to involve more than one or two rounds to bracket the target now you're talking more dollars and the people on the ground probably aren't going to stand there and wonder how long it's going to take to hit them. The way I (and most other people I've heard talk about it) see it is drones are an area denial weapon.
- ahartmetz 1y ago> people on the ground probably aren't going to stand there and wonder how long it's going to take to hit them Lesson learned in WW1 and apparently forgotten multiple times since then: the first few shells have by far the most damage potential and they better be precise.
- ponector 1y agoMortar is cheaper and faster, but it is about 80mm, not a 155mm. Good luck to hunt moving individuals with mortars, though.
- euroderf 1y agoIs the typical mortar heavy enough that it would benefit from having an agile robo-dog hauling it around ?