General artillery, SPGs, MLRS and long range ATGMs thread.

[LoooSeR]

Best Korean NLOS ATGM carrier

 

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Now it have little brother on tiny wheels

 

And their LOS ATGM vehicle

[LoooSeR]

On 8/29/2020 at 2:56 PM, LoooSeR said:

   PTKM-1R top attack anti-tank mine. Mock up of this thing i posted few years ago.

   It uses EFP warhead in launch unit. This mine is stored and launched in container. System is equipped with 4 sound sensors and 2 seismic sensors to detect AFV on the move. When possible target detected, a "mast" section of system rotates towards source of disturbance, and when in range it launches attack module with speed of 30 m/s. Module flies to height of 30 m and search for IR signature, module is equipped with pulse jet engine and some sort of radar detector/sensor. When target found, it attacks it with EFP. Max range of attack of this mine from is about 60 meters from "mast".

 

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In Ukraine

[Stimpy75]

 Serbian Artillery

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[ZloyKrolik]

What caliber of guns? 122? 1552? 155?

[Stimpy75]

the smaller ones 122mm....the big boy 155mm

the big boy has been exported to Bangladesh already

 

[Beer]

The prototype of the Ukrainean 155 mm SpH Bohdana allegedly in action in Donbas. 

 

[Alzoc]

Cutaway of the future MAST-F (future air to ground tactical missile) which should equip the (French) Tiger MkIII (and maybe the Eurodrone) :

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The MAST-F will be a derivative from the MMP with a range of 8km and will replace the Hellfire II while being 20% lighter (extending the operational time/range of the Tiger). The helicopter will be able to carry up to 8 missiles.

 

For now only France is slated to use this missile (since Germany didn't joined the Tiger MkIII program for now and Spain is using the Spike as it's main ATGM).

 

https://www.forcesoperations.com/du-neuf-sur-le-programme-mast-f/

[Alzoc]

A family of laser guided ammunition from Thales. I found very little information on the net, but as far as I understand it, around 2017 Thales proposed a family of laser-guided ammunition (gravity bomb, 70 mm rockets, mortar rounds) based on common components. At least some test with inert ammunition took place as seen in the video.

 

 

[SH_MM]

The 70 mm laser-guided missile is made by Forges de Zeebrugge (FZ), a Belgian company 100% owned by Thales. It is designated FZ275 LGR (laser guided rocket).

 

https://fz.be/laser-guided-rocket?lang=en

 

Rheinmetall partnered with FZ to market the system to the German Army, they developed a new "smart" launcher for the Tiger. The Bundeswehr has issued (or planned to issue) a requirement for 70 mm guided rockets, but given the current status of the UHT Tiger, it may not end up being adopted.

[Beer]

LPR D-20 had it enough...

 

[Alzoc]

1 minute ago, Beer said:

LPR D-20 had it enough...

 

 

Put some perspectives on how many shells are being fired if even a relatively low pressure gun blew up.

[Beer]

Ukrainean Bureviy MLRS in the field. It's basically digitalized Uragan on armoured Tatra 815-7 chassis. Clearly it's not the previously known prototype because the chassis is different. 

 

[LoooSeR]

 

[LoooSeR]

And new Spike

 

[Beer]

New Morana SPH on a censored picture from CSG facebook. The premiere will be tomorrow. The turret seems to be similar to that one of Dita demonstrator (on the poster there) but it's moved to the back of the chassis, probably to shorten the overall vehicle length which would be crazy with 52 caliber gun placed in the middle (that's an issue with Slovak Zuzana 2).

 

[Alzoc]

Nexter propose a new artillery shell LU 220 :

 

https://www.forcesoperations.com/eurosatory-lobus-lu-220-de-nexter-arrowtech-un-coup-de-punch-pour-lartillerie-de-155-mm/

 

Almost the same than the LU 211 :

• Improved range by working on the aerodynamics (44 km compared to 40 km previously)
• More explosive mass (11 kg compared to 8,8 kg previously)
• Improved lethality (double effective area claimed)

Nexter Arrowtech is now working on the LU 320 with a goal of a 1000 m/s muzzle velocity for a range of 50 km and course correction

[Alzoc]

Arquus, Thales and NTGS proposing a Sherpa Light carrying a 120 mm (or 81 mm) mortar :

 

 

https://www.forcesoperations.com/eurosatory-2022-un-trio-franco-espagnol-pour-un-sherpa-shoot-and-scoot/

• 30s to enter or leave battery
• 4 to 6 shells fired within 2 minutes with a range of 13 km
• Automatic gun laying and calculations
• Firing sequence under armor except for loading (only one person outside?)
• 40 120 mm shells onboard (more in the 81 mm version)

Goal is obviously to minimize exposure time and risks of counter battery.

Will probably be marketed to Romania.

First demonstration expected around September.

[Alzoc]

Lithuania's defence minister will sign a letter of intention for the acquisition of an unspecified number of Caesar SPG.

 

http://www.opex360.com/2022/06/13/la-lituanie-a-lintention-dequiper-un-bataillon-dartillerie-avec-des-caesar-acquis-aupres-de-nexter/

 

Lithuanian press also report a possible adhesion to the Caesar NG modernization program.

According to the Lithuanian chief of staff, it would be for equipping the entirety of the general Motiejus Pečiulionis brigade (actually using 54 105 mm M101 transferred from Danemark in 2002).

The chief of staff also hope for a deployment of French Caesar (within the frame of a NATO deployement) in Lithuania in order to start preparing Lithuanian soldiers to use the system.

 

As a reminder Lithuania also operate 21 PzH 2000.

[Alzoc]

Caesar NG render:

 

A basic 6x6 Caesar with improved cabin protection and improved motorisation in order to compensate for the increased weight.

Unlike the Caesar 8x8 it doesn't feature the improved loading mechanism, nor does it carry the amount of ammo the 8x8 can.

All Caesar 6x6 in the French army will likely be retrofitted to the NG standard in the future.

[Beer]

Morana SPGH from Excalibur Army has its web out now. 

https://morana.excaliburarmy.cz/

 

 

Some info:

- gun module can be placed on various platforms 

- 155 mm L52 gun (AFAIK same with Zuzana 2)

- range 41,5 km

- gun traverse +/-60°

- fully automated (all crew sits in the front cabin during the mission) with APU for the gun module 

- crew of 3 (driver, commander and gunner), the cabin has 4th seat for potential additional crew member/specialist

- 6 RPM, MRSI possible 

- manual aiming possible if needed/in emergency

- direct fire possible with claimed effective range 5 km in daylight and 3 km at night

- time to first shot from stopping 40 seconds

- 45 rounds carried

- integrated retractable RCWS with 12,7 mm HMG for self defence (should be part of the turret)

- the Tatra vehicle is 8x8 with all four axles steerable (!), 600 Hp, automatic gearbox, 90 km/h, tyre pressure regulation

- STANAG level 2 protection

 

The vehicle is a demonstrator at this moment and will probably change in some ways before entering production. 

[Beer]

The retractable RCWS is visible here (it's retractable for bettter strategic mobility)

Photo taken from here.

[Beer]

Ukrainean heavy MLRS Bureviy (modification of Uragan on armoured Tatra chassis) in combat. 

 

[Stimpy75]

Algerian 1L260 Zoopark counter battery radar

[Beer]

Rapid fire from inside PzH 2000 in Ukraine. That's around 8 rounds per minute in basically one-man action. 

 

[Ramlaen]