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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 ...
Cold War / Modern 82 BzK vzor 59 Czechoslovakia: Cold War 82 B-10 Soviet Union: Cold War 82 M-60 Yugoslavia: Cold War 84 M3 Carl Gustav Sweden: Cold War / Modern 84 AT4 Sweden: Modern 88 55 S 55 Finland: Cold War: 88 RCL 3.45 inch Gun United Kingdom: World War II: 90 Pvpj 1110 Sweden: Cold War / Modern 90 M67 United States: Cold War 94 RCL 3.7 ...
The M982 Excalibur (previously XM982) is a 155 mm extended-range guided artillery shell developed in a collaborative effort between the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and the United States Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC). [5]
World War II, 1980s, modern 155: 155 mm gun M1, M2, M59, Long Tom United States: World War II, Cold War, modern 155: FH70 howitzer Germany, Italy, United Kingdom: Cold War, modern 155: Obusier de 155 mm Modèle 50 France: Cold War: 155: Fälthaubits 77 Sweden: Cold War, modern 155: FH-88 howitzer Singapore: Modern 155: FH-2000 howitzer ...
M982 Excalibur guided artillery shell. Modern artillery is most obviously distinguished by its long range, firing an explosive shell or rocket and a mobile carriage for firing and transport. However, its most important characteristic is the use of indirect fire, whereby the firing equipment is aimed without seeing the target through its sights.
It's the longest-range non-rocket artillery system in the North Korean arsenal, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies' Missile Threat project.
Yet feared red lines with Putin – arming Ukraine with Abrams tanks, long-range rocket artillery and F-16 fighter jets – have been crossed without sparking a wider war.
This was the longest operational shot in the history of the M777 howitzer, and the longest operational barrel artillery shot in history for the Marine Corps. [28] Usually a barrel on a modern artillery system, like the M777, must be replaced after firing up to 2,500 shells. [29]