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HIMARS Shooting and Scooting Like it Always Does
Published 1 years ago
Video of a HIMARS from about 50 meters away shows how quickly the system can fire and then displace. The launch system is stowed within 20 seconds of firing, and the vehicle is ready to take off. Since a very proficient counter battery fire team takes approximately 90 seconds to get a fire mission to the guns, the HIMARS would be long gone when the artillery shells land where the system used to be.
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Mark Hanson
Mark is a US army veteran who served as a Field Artillery Firefinder Radar operator, with 2-3 FA with the 1st Armored Div. and then as a Military Police officer as a reservist with the 302nd MP co. Mark also has experience in non-military law enforcement. He has one deployment to a conflict zone in Saudi Arabia. He is the newest member of Funker530, starting to write for the website in March 2023.