2S22 Bohdana Ukrainian 155mm wheeled self-propelled howitzer

[yeetmahboi]

To be exact, it should've been for any maneuver SPG since the end of cold war - arguably, per Ukraine experience, it's far more important than /52 gun. Heavy splinter/light HEAT 360deg, and roof HEAT protection.

That's an entirely hindsight driven opinion. When the SU fell, CBAT was still new and nowhere close to todays multi DBF AESA systems, let alone the softwares to drive them.
And who were the enemies? Only third world nations fighting each others and the occasional "imperialist"/payback for terrorism turf. Global trade ensured no supapowahs are didding with each others and drag the whole party down.
L/52 and Excalibur, optional, would have been golden with hasty developing nations threatened by extremists: dig in, UAV spot and kaboom, against a threat of minor fleets of Hilux with .30 balls and the occasional duct taped together twin linked RPGs. HEAT? Russia was selling K1 bricks, en masse, to anyone with cash, not even a baby's piggy bank could escape their salesmanship.

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So the new standard for SPG armoring is .50cal, 14.5mm, or really 155mm shell splinters at 10m.

You are better off seeking a double tier force with portees lugging around B-kits for RKG, micro-munitions and .30 ball protection, and an appreciable fleet of super armour FCS MGV howitzers for the PenDivs. The latter former s doable right now and can use more material tech, latter is something like close in 30mm APFSDS protection and sub 10m bursts of heavyweight mines, 152/5mms PFF and SDBs. That probably needs more overpressure protection over frag, something to be learned from the Soviet strategic railroad force. IIRC they trained for near bursts of SRAMs on max dial or something.

 

[Scott Kenny]

That is not going to be practical. In fact if anything, SP artillery seems to be going the other way: lighter and on wheels, to simply leave the AO altogether as quickly and efficiently as possible.

Disagree. Like Yeetmahboi said, 2-tier system with negligibly-armored portees and some units with heavy armor.

Or maybe a 3-tier system, since the US Army has Strykers. Leg Infantry has towed guns. Strykers get the portees, and armored gets the armored guns.

 

[Josh_TN]

Disagree. Like Yeetmahboi said, 2-tier system with negligibly-armored portees and some units with heavy armor.

Or maybe a 3-tier system, since the US Army has Strykers. Leg Infantry has towed guns. Strykers get the portees, and armored gets the armored guns.

It might happen, but it doesn’t seem to be where things are going yet. My impression is that ERCA failed not just for barrel life but also operational mobility.

Not every war is going to be a static one.