emery@aries.mitre.org (David Emery) (04/10/90)
From: emery@aries.mitre.org (David Emery) >From: wesommer@athena.mit.edu (William Sommerfeld) >Might these have been self-propelled howitzers (along with some >auxiliary vehicles/ammo haulers?) Award yourself a prize! I think you're right, and I think they're the 2S1 122mm SP Howitzer. The 2S1 is close to a clone of our M109A1 in terms of SP design, and has their battle-proven cannon from the D-30. What was interesting about that is that I understood that the 2S1 was mostly confined to the Level-1 units in East Germany. According to Isby (2nd ed), there are 2 Level-2 Tank Divisions in the Baltic Military District, and either the 2S1 has been fielded to these (Level 2) Tank Divisions, or they've been moved there from a Level-1 unit somewhere. (For those of you not familiar with Soviet doctrine, they have 3 Levels of unit readiness. Level-1 is "go to war", and is the level of units in East Germany, for instance. Level 2 is about 80% fill, and Level 3 is cadre, about 20% fill, of both men and equipment.) dave emery CPT, FA, NHARNG emery@aries.mitre.org p.s. I wonder how many people in my Guard unit would get the ID right?
woody@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Wayne Wood) (04/11/90)
From: eos!woody@eos.arc.nasa.gov (Wayne Wood) In article <15386@cbnews.ATT.COM> emery@aries.mitre.org (David Emery) writes: > > dave emery > CPT, FA, NHARNG > emery@aries.mitre.org >p.s. I wonder how many people in my Guard unit would get the ID >right? hopefully your FO's would... or don't they train in target surveillance/ acquisition and battlefield intelligence anymore? /*** woody **************************************************************** *** ...tongue tied and twisted, just an earth bound misfit, I... *** *** -- David Gilmour, Pink Floyd *** ****** woody@eos.arc.nasa.gov *** my opinions, like my mind, are my own ******/
chamber@ee.udel.edu (04/11/90)
From: chamber@ee.udel.edu "The 2S1 is close to a clone of our M109A1 in terms of SP design, and has their battle-proven cannon from the D-30." I think you mean the 2S3 152mm Howitzer. It is similar to the M109A1+ both visually and in caliber. Sam Chamberlain