Reply With QuoteVolvo cars is owned by Chinese, not Volvo AB.Originally Posted by tercio67
And Volvo belongs to Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, so that makes it Chinese?Which belongs along with MACK to Volvo.
Volvo cars is owned by Chinese, not Volvo AB.
Renault is the biggest shareholder in Volvo AB, making it somewhat french again?
17,7% of votes isnt 51%.
The US armed forces have some tradition in recruiting European royals.
For example, take a look at this retired Marine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ilyinsky
Oh, looks like the Hawkeye is only the weapon system itself, without the truck. Interesting concept. Have they tried it on a Humvee and / or M-ATV utility carrier?
The platform it is mounted on needs to fall within certain parameters in order to maintain the 360 degree firing capability, in a pinch side struts could evercome that problem but it would then loose some of it's shoot and scoot feature.
On and off that thing every 10 seconds? With loading? Those guys would look like a Keystone Komedy!
It would make the energizer bunny look pokey.
Mind you, that recoil is minimal. But 10 rounds a minute? Sustained? Who are we kidding?
Don't confuse the footage of live fire testing with its intended operational use.
And it is 6 rounds per minute for sustained fire.
Pick a better title...made me think one of Napoleon's descendants was in the US Army
I was going to suggest we claim the French throne
At 1:04, why does the muzzle moves forward right before the "recoil" ?
One was Secretary of the Navy
Judged by the range it is not much better than a 120mm mortar....
Dragon fire system is a better option..
So it has an M102 Howitzer Breech and Tube modified for truck mounting
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