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  1. Iconoclast

    NATO Military News

    Fairly common, actually. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-explosive_squash_head I can’t find the vid or the file right now, but I actually modeled it, years ago, with the actual dimensions for everything. The gun did fit. However, the resulting vehicle was closer to 20 tons, and the...
  2. Iconoclast

    NATO Military News

    But the M10 is openly described as being intended for taking down fortifications. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M10_Booker https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a44189312/army-mobile-assault-gun-m10-booker/ Sounds to me like they wanted a bunker remover. They have a range of...
  3. Iconoclast

    NATO Military News

    My own proposition, back then, was a UGV based on the BAE Black Knight but with an autoloading 165mm demolition gun lobbing HESH shells to obliterate tough stone and mudbrick/adobe structures. I got the idea from watching footage of the Hell Cannon improvised spigot mortars in Syria. Those...
  4. Iconoclast

    NATO Military News

    The M10 Booker is hilarious to me. I feel so vindicated, it’s not even funny. I distinctly recall getting into an argument with SBers once about the necessity of an assault gun for the Army to remove enemy fortifications, and so on. I couldn’t help but notice, from combat footage from Iraq...
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