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The Archer artillery system, or Archer – FH77BW L52, or Artillerisystem 08, is a Swedish self-propelled howitzer system. [3] [4] The main piece of the system is a fully automated 155 mm L52 (52-calibre-long) gun-howitzer and a M151 Protector remote-controlled weapon station mounted on a modified 6×6 chassis of the Volvo A30D all-terrain articulated hauler.
The howitzer has a semi-automatic ... Rate of Fire: 3 rpm for 30 minutes ... 155 mm SpGH EVA – Slovak 155 mm self-propelled howitzer; Archer Artillery System ...
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 ...
Watch a live firing of the British Army’s new Archer Mobile Howitzer gun close to Russia border. British soldiers fired the new artillery gun for the first time on a tactical exercise in Finland ...
The FH77 was the first field howitzer featuring an auxiliary power unit to make it self-propelled for tactical movement. The rate of fire was, at the time, exceptionally high for a 155 mm howitzer. The FH77A (which uses semi-fixed ammunition) could fire 4 rounds in 9 seconds, or 6 rounds in 25 seconds. In a sustained firing role, it could fire ...
Undesignated Hanwha howitzer South Korea 155 mm L/52: 8×8 truck In development [1] [2] 0 K105HT South Korea 105 mm L/23: 6×6 truck 2017 850 SU-12 Soviet Union 76 mm L/16.4: 6×6 truck Retired 299 GHY-02 Khalifa Sudan 122 mm L/38: 6×6 truck Prototype 0 Archer – FH77BW Sweden 155 mm L/52: 6×6 articulated hauler, 8×8 or 10×10 truck 2016 48
A howitzer is a short cannon, placed at a steep angle of descent, used to fire at relatively high trajectories. The cannons can fire up to four rounds per minute, according to the U.S. Army.
The AS-90 ("Artillery System for the 1990s"), known officially as Gun Equipment 155 mm L131, is an armoured self-propelled artillery used by the British Army.. It can fire standard charges up to 24.7 km (15.3 mi) using 39-calibre long barrel and 30 km (19 mi) with 52-caliber long barrel. [2]