The Wheeled Cannon That Everyone Hates

Mobile Gun System in Afghanistan

Jun 28 by DAVID AXE

A taxonomy of armored vehicles, volume two—the Mobile Gun System

The U.S. occupation of Iraq is over. The Afghanistan war is winding down. Today America faces “emerging threats in an increasingly sophisticated technological environment,” according to Gen. John Campbell, the Army vice chief of staff.

For the U.S. ground combat branches that means a renewed emphasis on fast-moving armored warfare. The Army and Marines are dusting off heavy vehicles that played a minor role in Iraq and Afghanistan.

In this series, we spotlight some of the more obscure, and fearsome, armored behemoths. The battle wagons of a new era of warfare. The focus of this volume—the Army’s very troubled Mobile Gun System.

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