XM8 AGS

SGTGunn · #1 March 10th, 2006, 12:39 AM

Hi,

Has anyone created an icon for the XM8 AGS or the Stingray?

Adrian

pdoktar · #2 March 10th, 2006, 07:25 AM

Check out SE Asian oobs (Thailand etc.) I remember seeing exported Stingrays there.

Randy · #3 March 11th, 2006, 06:58 PM

Just think if you have a platoon of them in your game, you'll probably have more than the Army has in real life! Its a shame the Army threw this weapon away!

SGTGunn · #4 March 11th, 2006, 09:05 PM

It looks like the M8 might be resurrected. The US Army had taken interest in the project again, to include developing a 120mm armed version, and a hybrid diesel-electric drive version.

One can always hope.

Adrian

Randy · #5 March 13th, 2006, 02:48 AM

WOW! A 120mm on something that small! Thats quite a punch. I really think the Army should go ahead with this, since I don't have much hope for the Future Combat System. I recently read that the Brits may be scaling their version down. I guess the technology is too expensive right now. I think I also read that the Stryker 105mm MGS is still having problems. Anyone have info on this?

PlasmaKrab · #6 March 13th, 2006, 05:09 AM

Some people have been implying that the Stryker MGS was bound to problems in firing at high azimuth angles (3 and 9 o'clock) due to its high gravity center.
But considering the relative amounts of rant and truth that is currently expressed on that still heated matter, I have no idea whom you can trust about the Stryker.

Still, a 120mm on the M8 doesn't sound too weird, provided you don't expect M256-like punch. Remember that low-recoil 50-cal 120mm guns have been fitted on Leopard1s and Swiss Pz68s, and consider the Russian 2S25 on an extended BMD-3 chassis.

Besides, it would make sense from a logistical POV, meaning the whole US Army would get rid of the 105mm M68 caliber. Now the effect on rounds on board and field logistics is another matter...