Arsalan
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It is an excellent platform no doubt. However, not a contender as it is not being considered. We are currently looking at wheeled SPH and only looking at Nora and T5 having looked and considered SH1 previously. G6 was not in the picture. Next step, whenever it comes, will be tracked SPH and for that M109s will be top priority i guess.Your post about G-6 suggest it can be good contender to be part of strike units of PA.
As for G6, again, it is great. At time of its introduction it was considered the market leader in wheeled platforms. Very mobile and very tough. Mobile is what we are looking for when we are considering wheeled SPH and tough is what we need. It is reported to have survived MULTIPLE anti-tank mine blasts during trials and have a very decent mine resistant body. Have very high speed (90km/hr) and long range (600 km) and have the shoot and scoot ability as it can be put into firing position, fire and then be made ready to move and change position again, all in around 2 min only, avoiding any anti-battery fire. Have a 6 rounds MRSI mode which for me is the technology that is keeping artillery not only relevant but also very lethal in modern warfare. It can fire these rounds and move away, all rounds will hit the target TOGETHER. Consider a battery of 10 or 12 guns firing at an advancing enemy column in MRSI mode. The enemy will be rained upon by 60 - 72 rounds, all at once. This will be extremely efficient, the best part is the guns can run away after firing these rounds and change position to avoid enemy counter fire and live to engage them again in similar manner. The firing range is also massive with some special V-LAP rounds reported to have hit targets as far as 65km.
All said, the T5-52 that we are evaluating is also a pretty decent platform. While it lacks the anti-mine protection of G6 it is also very mobile, have similar top speed and range, firing range, response time is same if not better, can also fire in MRSI mode so overall T5-52 will be a good choice as well. Same for Nora B52.