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                        Please identify this beast.

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                        tweety1
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: Alice Springs Australia
                        Please identify this beast.
                        Posted by tweety1 on Thursday, September 30, 2004 10:04 AM
                        Could someone please identify the beast in my sig generating the awesome muzzle blast?


                        Thanks
                        Sean
                        --Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???
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                        Cobrahistorian
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Aaaaah.... Alpha Apaches... A beautiful thing!
                        Posted by Cobrahistorian on Thursday, September 30, 2004 10:12 AM
                        That's the Crusader prototype. Too bad we ain't gettin em.
                        "1-6 is in hot"
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                        zokissima
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
                        Posted by zokissima on Thursday, September 30, 2004 12:16 PM
                        The what prototype?
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 30, 2004 1:14 PM
                        That would be the XM 2001 Crusader. Go to www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/index.html and you will find some more pix and computer animated stuff and even movies on it. Here is another pic of it firing.

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                        zokissima
                        • Member since
                          July 2003
                        • From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
                        Posted by zokissima on Thursday, September 30, 2004 1:57 PM
                        Very interesting. Too bad it isn't going forward. Looks like a very sophisticated piece of machinery. It'd be interesting to scratchbuild one with the resupply vehicle.
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                        Cobrahistorian
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Aaaaah.... Alpha Apaches... A beautiful thing!
                        Posted by Cobrahistorian on Thursday, September 30, 2004 2:19 PM
                        Yep, rather impressive piece of equipment. The capabilities were astounding, but costs were even more so. Too bad, it would have revolutionized field artillery.

                        "1-6 is in hot"
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, September 30, 2004 4:04 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Cobrahistorian

                        Yep, rather impressive piece of equipment. The capabilities were astounding, but costs were even more so. Too bad, it would have revolutionized field artillery.




                        Donald Rumsfeld doesn't like it because it represents Legacy thinking.

                        It didi have a rather unfortunate name for our current military operations, though. Maybe that's why they cancelled it. Smile [:)]
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                        wbill76
                        • Member since
                          July 2004
                        • From: Texas
                        Posted by wbill76 on Thursday, September 30, 2004 7:05 PM
                        An excellent platform designed to fight the type of warfare that we don't see (much) of any more...that and the per item cost killed it. Tough combination but not the first such weapons platform to meet such a fate.

                        BP Models

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                        South Aussie
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: South Australia
                        Posted by South Aussie on Thursday, September 30, 2004 8:50 PM
                        Whistling [:-^] Whistling [:-^]Whistling [:-^]Expensive, no one else interested in it !!!! Well tweety looks like you found another piece of military equipment that the ADO will seriously consider to provide the Aussie army with. Whistling [:-^]Whistling [:-^]Whistling [:-^]
                        Wayne I enjoy getting older, especially when I consider the alternative.
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                        kwags
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                          June 2004
                        • From: In Bengal Country
                        Posted by kwags on Thursday, September 30, 2004 9:50 PM
                        I see that this would replace the M109 Paladin. Is there a Paladin model out there?
                        "I love the smell of paint fumes in the morning, it smells like I fell asleep at the workbench, again!"
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                        HeavyArty
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Valrico, FL
                        Posted by HeavyArty on Thursday, September 30, 2004 10:21 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by kwags

                        I see that this would replace the M109 Paladin. Is there a Paladin model out there?


                        Yes, Italeri does an excellent model of the M109A6 Paladin in 1/35 scale.

                        You can get it on sale now at http://www.greatmodels.com/cgi/display.cgi?item_num=it372

                        Gino P. Quintiliani - Field Artillery - The KING of BATTLE!!!

                        Check out my Gallery: https://app.photobucket.com/u/HeavyArty

                        "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." -- George Orwell

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                        tweety1
                        • Member since
                          August 2003
                        • From: Alice Springs Australia
                        Posted by tweety1 on Friday, October 1, 2004 5:25 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by South Aussie

                        Whistling [:-^] Whistling [:-^]Whistling [:-^]Expensive, no one else interested in it !!!! Well tweety looks like you found another piece of military equipment that the ADO will seriously consider to provide the Aussie army with. Whistling [:-^]Whistling [:-^]Whistling [:-^]


                        Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]Laugh [(-D]
                        Aint that the truth Southy!!
                        Mind you, they would have to rename it to something like Collins Class 3.

                        Just to stick with tradition and allWink [;)]Sad [:(]

                        Thanks for your help guys, muchly appreciatedSmile [:)]
                        --Sean-- If you are driving at the speed of light and you turn on the headlights, what happens???
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