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Despite superficially appearing to be inferior based on a simple comparison of round diameters, when firing conventional ammunition the smaller, 4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun is comparable to the standard 155 mm (6.1 in) gun-howitzer of the British Army. The standard shell from a 4.5 inch Mark 8 naval gun has the same, if not better, range.
The 155 mm L45 CALA 30 Gun (Argentine Army denomination: Cañón 155 mm L 45 CALA 30) is an Argentinian long-range field artillery system developed for and in limited service with the Argentine Army. Development
A XM1113 extended range artillery round, shown here at a range demonstration, uses a rocket-assist motor. The M1299 was armed with a new 155 mm L/58 caliber long, 9.1 m gun tube, XM907 gun, designed by Benét Laboratories to fire the XM1113 rocket-assisted round. This would give a range of over 70 km (43 mi) – much greater than the 38 km (24 ...
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.
The conclusion of the board vis-a-vis corps (heavy field) artillery was that an ideal heavy howitzer should have range of at least 16,000 yards (15 km) and allow the elevation of 65° [2] (as opposed to the existing World War I-era M-1918 155 mm howitzers, a license-built French Canon de 155 C modèle 1917 Schneider, 11.5 km and +42° 20 ...
The Scranton Army Ammunition Plant cuts and forges 2,000-pound (907-kilogram) bars of steel into 155 mm howitzer rounds that are then shipped to Iowa to.
EVA 155 mm on 8x8 truck chassis. Created as a shared project between Konstrukta Defense and ZTS Special, using technology developed for SpGH Zuzana 2. Utilizes a 155 mm gun, 52-caliber, achieving a range of up to 41 km (25 mi) using specialized ERFB-BB munition. Firing rate is stated as up to 5 rounds in the first minute, and 13 rounds in 3 ...
The AMX-30 AuF1 is a French self-propelled gun vehicle currently in use by the armies of France and Saudi Arabia.It replaced the former Mk F3 155mm in French Army service. The AuF1 primary advantage is that it incorporates full armor and nuclear-biological-chemical protection for its crew of four, while the former Mk F3 155mm offered no protection and could carry only two of its four crew members.