I really feel like an as now that I forgot to use
DID with all it's built refs.
It made me rethink my web search I believe we got somewhere to a better place with the below.Alright one at a time.
M109A7/START JAN/JUN 2020/END DATE EXPECTED 2050+/BRADLEY COMPONENTS/UPARMORED//
https://www.defenseindustrydaily.com...nership-04039/
(
NOTE: Look at
MAY 19/14 USA INDUCTS/STARTS LOW RATE Production./JUN 7/11 NOTES BRADLEY.)
http://web.archive.org/web/201307210...sh2013/226.pdf
(
DOD-101 ARMY Doc. OVERVIEW/NOTE: Second Para middle
BRADLEY again/
Read it carefully it says also they're built
to keep up with the
ABRAMS and
BRADLEY. No
SPEED given
it must be pretty fast. As my last post Refs. showed they had more powerful engines
progressively from the
A109A5/A5+. Recommend
SPEED adjusted accordingly but I
wouldn't say as fast as the
ABRAMS OR BRADLEY but maybe
faster then we think.)
https://www.army.mil/article/146200/...witzer_system/
https://www.baesystems.com/en-us/product/m109a7
Work in Progress...
M109A6 PALADIN/START JUN 1993/STILL IN SERVICE/END DATE 2030+/SPEED INCREASE MIGHT BE NEEDED PER Refs. BELOW/THE CHASSIS IS A MODIFIED EXTENDED UPARMORED ONE USED ON THE FAASV/WAIT/READY/THE FAASV IS BUILT FROM THE ORIGNAL M109 CHASSIS.//
https://www.globalsecurity.org/milit...und/m109a6.htm
https://www.globalsecurity.org/milit...09a6-specs.htm
http://www.military-today.com/artill...a6_paladin.htm
(You have to be careful they
tend to use initial production dates for START not
FOC.)
http://www.deagel.com/Artillery-Syst...000544001.aspx
(Expected service to at least
2030.)
https://asc.army.mil/web/portfolio-i...ph-m992a3-cat/
(Conversion of M109A6
to M109A7 to have started in
OCT 2017.)
https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/docs/bnE043AA.htm
(The
ARMY Plan.)
When you look at pictures of the FAASV and M109 you can see the resemblance especially with the now I forgot which, either M109A5/A5+ or M109A6 which had the chassis extended. Sad thing is when I posted on these not quite 10yrs. ago I believe, I mentioned that about the chassis
Don hope this helped I'm sure my
EDIT CLOCK is running low. Does this mean I can have my
M109A5/A5+ now!?! Yup right up to the end!!
Regards,
Pat