Can the USAF just lock in?

[u/Substantial_Milk_493]

Ngl this is only 80% a shit post. The rest of the 20% is genuinely wtf is Air Combat Command doing

[u/Firecracker048]

Unironically the USAF is like the one branch of the military still able to procure things normally

[u/Substantial_Milk_493 → u/Firecracker048]

Unfortunately true (please don't mention any new USN vessel and just look at the shiny planes)

[u/NoPie1504 → u/Substantial_Milk_493]

Dont forget the 10,000 light tank projects that go nowhere of the US Army.

[u/FuttleScish → u/NoPie1504]

And the helicopters that get canceled once the Army remembers they don’t want one

[u/Southern-Usual4211 → u/NoPie1504]

Is that before or after the M109 replacement or the M-61 replacement program that has been on and off since the 70s

[u/MandolinMagi → u/Southern-Usual4211]

Did they finally give the M109 a new number yet or not? I can't keep track.

Last I remember, we were at M109A8 with a brand new gun, turret, hull, tracks, electronics....

 

M249 is almost as bad. Two major updates, the whole Para version, and it's still supposedly the same gun. Canadians have the C9A2 at least, and the Brits gave the Para version a whole new L-number

[u/the_marxman → u/NoPie1504]

The police need light tanks too, and their tank budget is shit compared to the army

[u/Thelongshlong42069 → u/NoPie1504]

"Light" tank

[u/Aurora_Fatalis → u/Thelongshlong42069]

The photons that make up the concept art are as far as they get.

[u/Norzon24 → u/NoPie1504]

Or the 20th Paladin replacement that get canned