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From: hsu@eng.umd.edu (Dagwood splits the Atom)
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Subject: Re: Armored Gun System
Message-ID: <1991Mar22.042327.20659@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 22 Mar 91 04:23:27 GMT
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From: hsu@eng.umd.edu (Dagwood splits the Atom)
In article <1991Mar20.031541.27802@cbnews.att.com> drn@pinet.aip.org (donald_newcomb) writes:
>The requirement for the use of the standard 105 mm round seems to
>have been logistically driven and side steps R&D done with 75 mm
>guns for light armor systems. The AAI built Rapid Deployment Force-
>Light Tank 75mm (RDF-LT75) relied heavily on the XM274 75mm auto-
>loading cannon (2). This system now seems out of the running.

Could you fill me in a bit more on the RDF-LT's 75mm system?  Was this
the gun supposed to be capable of 50 rounds/min and 70 degrees elevation?

-dave

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