I think the main reason was getting rid of the Bradly chassis, those were maintenance pigs. The commonality of the Himars with an LMTV makes a lot of sense logistically. But overall I think the MLRS was better. lower profile for getting in a hide, better mobility over rough terrain, and ofc twice the pods.
Or a himars. Or a smerch. Or a Grad.
But yeah any sort of MLRS.
For when you really want to express "fuck you", but you don't want to deal with the side effects of glassing them.
Oh yea, I forgot we ditched the tracked MLRS for the HIMARS
Yup. Trading 12 tubes of boomy goodness for just six now.
Normally I'd be disappointed, but given that our glorious leaders may be pointing those same tubes at us soon I'm not so disappointed.
I think the main reason was getting rid of the Bradly chassis, those were maintenance pigs. The commonality of the Himars with an LMTV makes a lot of sense logistically. But overall I think the MLRS was better. lower profile for getting in a hide, better mobility over rough terrain, and ofc twice the pods.