And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I think so. Looks like the gun is built to absorb a lot of the recoil in itself, rather than transferring all of it to the vehicle. Pretty common these days.
Recoil devices have been standard issue on artillery since WW I (at least for the Germans). But the full momentum of the round, dp, is transferred to the hull:
F = dp/dt
What the recoil mechanism does is spread out the time over which the momentum is applied to the hull, bigger dt, so the force is reduced.
All these small tanks are seriously over-gunned. The Stryker's gun (105 mm) has no armor around the auto loader, and the loader is easily disabled.
Not a tank - self-propelled artillery - a French effort at being an M-109, or the like. It's meant for an indirect fire roll though if it had to some of these types can engage in a direct fire mode. The Striker is a wheeled infantry fighting vehicle that sometimes mount a 105 but it's not a tank, isn't supposed to be used as one, and it would be unfortunate to find yourself in one as a substitute for the reason you mentioned, among many.
That's a pretty big gun to fire crosswise to the body. Will it stay upright?
ReplyDeleteit will have to do. looks like the driver has identified and acted upon his egress route
DeleteI think so. Looks like the gun is built to absorb a lot of the recoil in itself, rather than transferring all of it to the vehicle. Pretty common these days.
DeleteOnce it extends its "feet" for a wide, firm, stance, yes it will. The gun absorbs a lot, too.
DeleteWith an M2HB for self defense!
ReplyDeleteLooks like it's in the about to dump ammo and flee position.
ReplyDeleteThe switch on the far left side of the commander's console has a label "AS". Auto Surrender.
ReplyDeleteWhere's the obligatory white flag.,.
ReplyDeleteThose are amazing. 7 speeds - 1 forward, 6 in reverse.
ReplyDeleteBeat me to it.
DeleteAnd the gun also elevates to 1600 mils, for use to fly the obligatory white flag.
Since Dan asked. ;)
Recoil devices have been standard issue on artillery since WW I (at least for the Germans). But the full momentum of the round, dp, is transferred to the hull:
ReplyDeleteF = dp/dt
What the recoil mechanism does is spread out the time over which the momentum is applied to the hull, bigger dt, so the force is reduced.
All these small tanks are seriously over-gunned. The Stryker's gun (105 mm) has no armor around the auto loader, and the loader is easily disabled.
Not a tank - self-propelled artillery - a French effort at being an M-109, or the like. It's meant for an indirect fire roll though if it had to some of these types can engage in a direct fire mode. The Striker is a wheeled infantry fighting vehicle that sometimes mount a 105 but it's not a tank, isn't supposed to be used as one, and it would be unfortunate to find yourself in one as a substitute for the reason you mentioned, among many.
DeleteActually, not meant for indirect fire at all.
DeleteThe Stryker mounts a gun, not a howitzer.
Which is what makes it a third-rate AFV, with a short life expectancy against even a T-55, or anything mounting serious weaponry larger than 12.7mm.
A Stryker that does mount a DP 105mm howitzer would be rather handy for a host of DF/IDF applications, not including gunning at actual tanks.
The canister round vs. infantry in the open from the MGS, however, is an absolute widowmaker.
Who doesn't want a 6-inch bore shotgun?