M197 was a niche solution for a niche problem. Not sure how relevant it will be in a blue water fight. I'm sure some folks could dream up a reason to keep it because it's a fun toy.
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Should I stay or should I go? Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying And Love HSC.
- Thread starter Wareal
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Pretty much my career goal.
Plus, having a 1Lt that knows how to make jalapeño corn properly is worth their weight in gold.
Gentleman O-5 in a flying squadron, and someone has a problem with that? Talk about military aviation first world problems . . .
Reality of life with a family. Hiss family is happy where they are and don't want to move back to NM while he deploys.
Ah. Didn’t realize Clovis was involved.
So he’s been presented with the reality of life as a non-screened O-5?
I mean, if he doesn’t want to move he can always resign...
This picture is very HSC - squadron didn’t have the gun yet, had no idea how to use it, but wanted to look cool in a photo op. That’s how you end up with a gun on the wrong side of the aircraft.
There was at least 2 pages discussing this from earlier in the week.
I was going to ask for clarification on that pic to see if someone had made a right hand gun. But I guess not.
Well...I’m no Chester Nimitz, but I’ve never heard of a fight where someone said “We brought too many guns!” If we end up fighting a war against people who build islands out of dredged up sand don’t most of you imagine there will be plenty of “niche” shooting to do?
Not if the dredged up island is full of IADS.
That's generally true but there are better ways to spend money on weapons systems for the -60. Without a good sighting system and stuck on the stub wing of a helicopter like that, that gun kinda sprays, like trying to accurately shoot an AK-47 from the hip. The volume of fire is certainly one of the positives (I'm not being sarcastic by saying this).
(And not that I think the navalized Hellfire would be that much more accurate in real world engagements against a swarm of small boats... just my opinion.)
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I don’t disagree...I just imagine that there will be plenty to shoot. It strikes me that it iis easier to say “Go down to the weapons section and grab the -197” than it is to say “Go back to North Island and grab the -197.”