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What would the "high-energy cannon system" be? Rh130 samples for testing?

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What would the "high-energy cannon system" be? Rh130 samples for testing?

Yeah, all three crew members are in a capsule at the front of the hull - it's not like the PzH2000 where a loader is still needed inside the turret to manually load propellant charge(s). That autoloader arm swings 90° downwards to fetch the shell (positioned vertically on the centerline by a robotic cradle that collects rounds from the left- and right-side hull vertical carousels), aligns itself with the breech, rams the shell into the chamber then shifts downwards so that the MACS propellant charge(s) can be rammed in, too.
 
On the XM2001, the 26 or so storage tubes in the turret bustle contained 208 MACS propellant charges, i.e. 8 per tube. Those could be robotically resupplied by the feeding boom of the XM2002 RSV, which connected to a hatch built into the back of the turret and fed the ammo through it without the need for a crewmember to step out for assistance and/or supervision. All of that could be done with both vehicle crews buttoned down.

Yeah, all three crew members are in a capsule at the front of the hull - it's not like the PzH2000 where a loader is still needed inside the turret to manually load propellant charge(s). That autoloader arm swings 90° downwards to fetch the shell (positioned vertically on the centerline by a robotic cradle that collects rounds from the left- and right-side hull vertical carousels), aligns itself with the breech, rams the shell into the chamber then shifts downwards so that the MACS propellant charge(s) can be rammed in, too.
 
On the XM2001, the 26 or so storage tubes in the turret bustle contained 208 MACS propellant charges, i.e. 8 per tube. Those could be robotically resupplied by the feeding boom of the XM2002 RSV, which connected to a hatch built into the back of the turret and fed the ammo through it without the need for a crewmember to step out for assistance and/or supervision. All of that could be done with both vehicle crews buttoned down.

Eyyy, finally!
 
 

Eyyy, finally!
 
 

Still waiting for a peek at that M10-derived MWRV that's supposedly at Booth 6027, possibly in the form of a small model/mockup...
 
 
 
For the Army’s homecoming, GDLS comes out of the huddle with the StrykerQB
 

Army’s upcoming artillery strategy has ‘a big menu’ to choose from
 
 
 
A few interesting things of note. It's not exactly a coincidence there's a L52 M109 at AUSA, given the revelations earlier this year that L58 ERCA had wear and tear issues. Someone smelled blood in the water...
 
That said, I don't think the M109L52 has an autoloader, has it? Just manual loading?

At least, it looks cleaner than the Bradley-based M-SHORAD aberration from 2017:
 

 
A lot of robotics this year:
 
 

Army’s upcoming artillery strategy has ‘a big menu’ to choose from
 
 
 
A few interesting things of note. It's not exactly a coincidence there's a L52 M109 at AUSA, given the revelations earlier this year that L58 ERCA had wear and tear issues. Someone smelled blood in the water...
 
That said, I don't think the M109L52 has an autoloader, has it? Just manual loading?

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Doesn't sound like it does.

This is what Nicholas "The Chieftain" Moran said about it on tanknet:
 
One possibility is that that fiberglass portion of the hull was pulled out to make a separate exhibit showing the interior of the (optionally manned) crew capsule.
Not too fond of a Thunderbird 2-like, swappable fuselage/hull module concept, though. It's a promissory note for structural headaches.
 
 

This is what Nicholas "The Chieftain" Moran said about it on tanknet:
 
One possibility is that that fiberglass portion of the hull was pulled out to make a separate exhibit showing the interior of the (optionally manned) crew capsule.
Not too fond of a Thunderbird 2-like, swappable fuselage/hull module concept, though. It's a promissory note for structural headaches.
 
 

Sure looks like it's based on a Bradley.

RCV-H Mock-up 
 

One more, from the Michigan Army ROTC Facebook page. Looks suspiciously like hatches on the hull front.