DD(X) 155mm AGS from 2008 onwards for USMC?

[MarkSheppard]

Is this going to be in the next patch?

Sorry if I'm being a bit pedantic; but this is a key point in the USNs/USMCs future plans for amphibious or over the horizon forced landings. It's a quite interesting system, in that this is NOT your normal 155mm shell. It may have a bore diameter of 155mm, but the designers made the shell significantly LONGER, making it perform like an 8" shell:

155 mm/62 (6.1") AGS
260 lb shell weight, with 23.8 lbs burster charge

8"/55 (20.3 cm) Marks 12 and 15
260 lb shell weight, with 21.3 lbs burster charge

So it hits with the force of an 8" shell.

What's also interesting is that the AGS will have 100% guided shells; the purely ballistic shell was cancelled a while back.

Thanks in advance for your attention, Don and Andy, and sorry if this is a bit too close to the patch release date, I understand.