Quote Originally Posted by COMMAR View Post
Agree w/what.. that if you slug it out btwn an SP & a Towed How. the SP wins; of course. But what we were talking about was its place in Combined Arms Team.

Its like this convo is being held in a vacuum, devoid of any Integrated Air Assets, its bonkers. An SP would be a sitting duck b/c if it pokes its head out a C-A Teams it'll get ripped to shreds by a combination of CA Airpower, HENCE COMBINED ARMS.
Bonkers perhaps in the USMC, but certainly not for the US Army - the USAF has its own priorities.
Budget cuts will see to it that airpower isn't something that the Army will be able to count on (does anyone still believe that 2,500 Joint Strike Fighters will be procured???)

Besides, that is the whole point of artillery - fire support that is just so CHEAP (even SP) compared to air power - cheap enough that every ground unit can have its very own fire support, instantly available.