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Old 29-09-05, 05:06
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the M-6 linebacker is a big POS that i was on for more than 7 years. it will be phased out by this time next year. the ADATS system that was tested in its final phase and is still on display at FT Bliss was on a M2. thats the same with the SGT York, improved duster, roland I and II, fast forward heavy, non-line of sight weapon, FOG-M, improved svinger vehicle, wheeled shap, avenger, STUNAR, excalabur, sentunal, I-vulcan, PIVADS, shapfire, and other systems tested in the 1980s. all in all more than 6 billion was wasted by the ADA branch on just SHORAD systems in about 10 years with NOTHING to show for it. but the early and mid versions were on the M-113. I was at ft bliss and in ADA at the time of testing. it was the price that killed the system and part of the way to get some of the money back was to dump it on the canadian service. since then it has been for sale and offered to the greek army, the saudi arabian military and others. but once someone sees how much the price tag is for the support and ammo everyone says no thanks (check out the proposed sale to the greek army on the net). the current canadian army ADATS are in storage and will probably only see the light of day again if sold as scrap or moved to a museum.
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