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2005-04-08 Iraq-Jordan

CROWS arrive in Iraq to keep gunners out of sight

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Posted by Chuck Simmins 2005-04-08 10:09:35 AM|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 "The CROWS be peckin' at your flesh, and you got no control o'the situation."

--Ted Nugent

Posted by Mike 2005-04-08 10:45:33 AM|| 2005-04-08 10:45:33 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Very nice system, but both expensive and heavy. Note that they will not be able to put this on many vehicles because of these traits. The weight is a significant issue for already overloaded rolling stock, especially HMMWV's.

There is an alternative that is about 1/3 the price and less than 1/3 the weight. It doesn't have all the features of the CROWS, but it is still very capable and enables the same value-add of getting the gunner down from the turret. If the Army is smart, they will add these smaller units as a complement to the CROWS so that the majority of the vehicle fleet, including logistics vehicles, have a remote weapon station on them.

Posted by Remoteman 2005-04-08 2:43:46 PM|| 2005-04-08 2:43:46 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 With Dubya, Cheney, and Rummy, etal. working to make GMD, METAL STORM, and US SATWAR/SPAWAR dominance a LT permanent reality, as per UAV's the next logical step is to dev rifle-mounted, HE/VHE, "smart" or "brilliant", fire-and-forget standoff micro-missles [smart bullets/grenades
/rockets] for the Marine and Army grunts, powerful enough to take out pillboxes, light to medium armor, and low-flying helos. The Grunts just shoots it, the TacLasers and overhead Satellites guide it to target. *DARTH VADER - "Stay on the Leader...I have You now". In the 1980's the Dem Congress shot down a similar concept, out of fear of provoking the Soviets and escalating the arms race.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2005-04-08 9:06:04 PM|| [http://n/a] 2005-04-08 9:06:04 PM|| Front Page Top

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