Well put. No long term thinking - Your latest articles on Quwa hit the nail on the head of the malaise.
It's an equipment to make sure all the guns are given the same data , pointing towards the same target.
Too bad for you
Maybe PLZ-45, Hanwha K-9 / Turkish clone T-155 Firtina, OR change in doctrine and MLRS + wheeled howitzers?
I doubt that time will be soon since most modern SPs offer too less improvements as compared to our M109s so they are not worth the dollars. Also we have atleast parity if not an edge as far as artillery is concerned and hence it is not in our priority list
PLZ-45 is quite similar to m109s while the K9s have already been procured by IA so I think we won't go for it. BTW won't it be better to upgrade our M109s to A7 or similar level.
What about our southern Punjab and Sindh areas since that is where most of our tracked SP is depl and wheeled might not be that suitable for the soft sands. Thus wheeled SPs might be procured only in limited numbers for northern punjab are.
True
There is a limit to how much they can be upgraded, and despite overhauls, old eqpt becomes maintenance intensive.
Technology has improved alot, wheeled SPH's are nearly there. The biggest advantage is their rapid mobility.
Yes, I meant that by the time Our M109A5s are ready to be replaced, the current options on the market will also be 10-15 years old, so we will likely go for a system that hasn’t been developed yet. I’m hoping for a local one too. locally upgrading our M109s with Italian or Turkish support is also an option, the K9 and T-155 don’t stray too far from the same basic design of the M109. Turkey made its T-155 based off the K-9s, which were in turn based off older M109s, Pakistan can pursue something similar a few years down the line especially if our industry keeps improving, there’s already work being done on artillery guns at HIT if MoDP yearbooks are to be believed.
