RajitO wrote:
From sole advantage you have now gone to sole USP. A Unique Selling Proposition by definition is "sole". The M777's USP is light weight but its sole advantage is not light weight. There are multiple advantages.
How do I know? Because I did some homework not involving brochures (hence the term brochure-ware), as have some other posters...who have posted information here for everyone's benefit!
As for posts made half in jest, with the word serious discussion in it, yeah that can get a little confusing.
Note: Edited for further clarity
You have nothing that shows the M 777 as superior to the FH 77. Where I concede that its sole advantage Or USP to be its weight (making it air transportable). But that is not a game changer when contrasted with the Fh 77 and its established capabilities. As people seem to have discounted air transportability post one of the posts on this forum, made subsequent to a discussions with a service man.
When it comes to being towed to the firing position, where ever M 777 can be towed the fh 77 be towed as well. The FH 77 can do whatever job the M 777 can be tasked to do.
So why buy a weapon system that brings no unique advantages to the table. Just because it is available?
When one is responding to man portable Prahar and Iron man. I can see your confusion and don't really blame you for that.
On a serious note, why remain wedded to a long metal tube, whether weighing 4 tons or 10tons. When you can have man portable Prahar and Iron man.