Artillery the likes of large SP 155mm seem to be going the way of the dinosaur at least in the U.S army. It seems many Arty Bats are being transformed into light inf units. The army in official statements along with statements of soldiers I have talked to are saying that fixed wing aircraft and gunships are being used more and more in place of heavy arty. The ability for a Fixed wing aircraft to bring to bare 500lbs and new 250lbs JDAMs with in minutes of a call for fire and the use of the new thermo-hellfire is becoming much more effective than anything the U.S arty bats can provide. In discussions with some members of TRADOC it appears that many arty Bats may be permanently removed. On the flip side the navy seems to be more and more interested in GPS guided naval battery fire for use against land targets as far as 50 miles inland…..cheers ute