2nd Cav tries out new Mobile Gun System

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2nd Cav tries out new Mobile Gun System
By Seth Robson, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Saturday, December 5, 2009

GRAFENWÖHR, Germany — The 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment will have a powerful new weapon when it deploys to Afghanistan next summer.

On Thursday, 2nd Cav soldiers put the M1128 Mobile Gun System vehicle to the test at Grafenwöhr Training Area, firing rounds into range targets representing Taliban compounds.

The MGS — as it’s known — can fire four types of ammunition, depending on the situation, to take out walls, bunkers, vehicles or enemy ground forces.

In combat, the MGS is part of a platoon with three ordinary Strykers carrying infantry soldiers. The MGS sits back, keeping a lookout for enemy movement or activity, said Staff Sgt. Donald Phillips, a master gunner in the unit.

“It can be called forward to engage enemy dismounts or vehicles,” he said Thursday as the unit was showing off the new weapon to a delegation from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. “It can also provide a passage in a wall for infantry to move through.”


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