XM2001 Crusader 155mm SPH (Self Propelled Howitzer)

[isayyo2]

Crusader ... It’s Not Your Dad’s Combat Vehicle
June 2001 (post weight-reduction)

Defense Technical Information Center

apps.dtic.mil

 

[Cpr_Hicks]

Crusader ... It’s Not Your Dad’s Combat Vehicle
June 2001 (post weight-reduction)

Defense Technical Information Center

apps.dtic.mil

The link seems to be broken... Doesn't want to download the file completely.

 

[Arjen]

Works for me, all 16 of 16 pages of the pdf. Click on View the full text of this report in the top left corner of issayo2's link.
Pdf itself says it contains 15 pages. No page numbers on first two pages, consecutive page numbers from 2 (on third page of pdf) through 11, then a page without a a page number, followed by page numbers 13, 14, 15.

 

[jsport]

Brimstone Guided Missile - Think Defence

Brimstone is a potent and precision-guided anti-armour missile that arms RAF Typhoons and Protectors

www.thinkdefence.co.uk

The parachute deploys and the projectile spun in a so-called ‘nutation mode’ that allows the sensor to seek out targets on its descent, before firing the EFP at the top of any vehicles in the zone of view.

Need to bring back the Damocles concept

https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA322530.pdf

pg7
HIMARS/SADARM: Multipurpose launcher with a 6-MLRS(multiple-launch rocket system) rocket pod; each rocket contains six sense-and-destroy armor, a multimode sensor, and shoot-to-kill smart munitions

HIMARS/Damocles: Multipurpose launcher with 6-MLRS rocket pod; each rocket contains three advanced concept, large footprint hit-to-kill smart munitions with target recognition capability

View: https://youtu.be/F2BS17pXKGk?t=3

 

[Cjc]

What information do we have on the liquid propellant gun that was originally supposed to arm the cursader? I have seen that it would allow the cursader to have multiple rounds on target capabilitie but I have also seen that capabilitiy on material that came long after the lpg was discontinued. So what did the cursader have to give up when the lpg was discontinued (in terms of less rang less ammunition ect.)

 

[Bruno Anthony]

What information do we have on the liquid propellant gun that was originally supposed to arm the cursader? I have seen that it would allow the cursader to have multiple rounds on target capabilitie but I have also seen that capabilitiy on material that came long after the lpg was discontinued. So what did the cursader have to give up when the lpg was discontinued (in terms of less rang less ammunition ect.)

Off the top, I don’t think it gave up much if any in terms of RoF or mag capacity. Probably more of a loss in safety and barrel wear.

 

[Eagle2009]

Got a chance to see the one & only XM2001 Crusader prototype at Fort Sill's Field Artillery Museum (which has an incredible collection from pre-Revolutionary War to the present). Plus I got a shot of that nice promotional poster, though it's not exactly in the most prestigious location inside..