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The RCH 155 (Remote Controlled Howitzer 155 mm) is a wheeled self-propelled howitzer developed by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (now known as KNDS Deutschland), a German defence company. The RCH 155 Module takes the firepower and the range of the PzH 2000 by using its gun ( 155 mm L/52) , and combines it with an automated and remotely controlled gun ...
155 mm gun M1. The 155 mm gun M1 was a 155 millimeter caliber field gun developed and used by the United States military. Nicknamed "Long Tom" (an appellation with a long and storied history in U.S. field and naval artillery), it was produced in M1 and M2 variants, later known as the M59. Developed to replace the Canon de 155mm GPF, the gun was ...
The complete projectile weighs 43.2 kg (95 lb), is 800 mm (31 in) long and contains 15.8% explosive by weight. It is a separate-loading projectile— propellant bags or modular artillery charge system (MACS) charges are loaded separately. The M107 can be fired more than 10 miles (16 km) and on detonation it produces approximately 1,950 fragments.
The 155 mm (6.1 in) caliber originated in France after the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871). A French artillery committee met on 2 February 1874 to discuss new models for French fortress and siege artillery, among which there was a weapon in the 14–16 cm (5.5–6.3 in) caliber range (later it became known as the De Bange 155 mm cannon ...
Maximum firing range. 14,600 m (16,000 yd) The M114 is a towed howitzer developed and used by the United States Army. It was first produced in 1942 as a medium artillery piece under the designation of 155 mm Howitzer M1. It saw service with the US Army during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War, before being replaced by the M198 ...
Timed Fuze. The M110 155 mm projectile is an artillery shell used by the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps. The M110 was originally designed as a chemical artillery round to deliver blister agents via howitzer as a replacement for the World War I-era 75 mm chemical projectiles. [5] The design was later repurposed as a white phosphorus smoke round ...
Janes [ 1 ] The M1156 Precision Guidance Kit (PGK), formerly XM1156, is a U.S. Army -designed precision guidance system to turn existing 155 mm artillery shells into smart weapons. [ 2 ] The prime contractor was Alliant Techsystems – later merging with Orbital Sciences Corporation to form Orbital ATK, in turn being taken over by Northrop ...
M. M104 155 mm projectile. M107 projectile. M795 projectile. M110 155 mm projectile. M121 155 mm projectile. M687 155 mm projectile. M712 Copperhead. M982 Excalibur.