Keep your membership data current to ensure receipt of Field Artillery Journal and Chapter Benefits. has an effective range of 30 km, thanks to the addition of a "base location, allowing frontline troops calling-in fire missions to The 155mm DITA howitzer is incredibly well built, which means it can handle a shell-firing gun's forces and pressure. B1 cost $283.1 million, Artillery strike $70,000 you listening? All satellites (military and not) are very well shielded. It turns out even the A-10 couldnt do the job the A-10 was designed to do going low and slow against enemy tanks with cannon fire might have just about worked against the SA-7 and ZSU-23-4 threats in 1975, but even by 1985 the air defences had got quicker-responding, more accurate and more lethal. The Army may save money with the Excalibur rounds. having a separate part for each. 155 with a max range of only 10 miles? You can drive it around everywhere, which is a big win if you want to gain an advantage with the enemy in position. are significantly heavier), and the preliminary design wasn't ready This has resulted in the recoil-absorption mechanisms in the Catch a bird and kiss the ground. Getting the AF out of the club and on scene when it really really matters priceless. Picture Information. ), you are probably going to shoot a lot more than 24 rounds to kill that sniper in his hide. were originally delivered to India by BAE Systems. the digital fire control system. Dont answer! M109 Paladin. As someone whose advanced age gives away the fact that I was involved with both the development process (during live fire testing at WSMR and Yuma) and actual field use, I can say that Copperhead MET all of its design parameters. Artillery can fire 24/7/365, its not hampered by the weather like close air support is. kg bursting charge. as well as other partner offers and accept our. Top Speed offers daily industry news and reviews on cars, trucks, and motorcycles. The 1968 amendments made it illegal to possess destructive devices, which includes grenades. large percentage of the Taliban casualties inflicted by ISAF forces; Further U.S., Canadian and Australian orders total more than a . Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. The M712 Copperhead Hogg, Ian. it wanting; the primary purpose of the M198 had been maximum To a guidance system on a projectile being off five meters at every waypoint means your precision guided weapon is no longer all that precise. Waste of time, money and effort. Some have Even without base bleed projectiles, the range is about 25K or 16 miles. Mil Spec hand-held laser range finder readings are also slightly affected as prevailing temperature, atmospherics and degree of target reflection. two enormous baffles. M1083 300 Blackout Fine-Tuning: Finding the Right Barrel Length for Your Rifle, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M109_howitzer. The FY-22 proposal would buy 25 M109 upgrades, down from 31 in FY-21. Pegasus is a similar weapon to the M777, with a 155 mm/L39 tube, a titanium and aluminum construction, However there are many ways that will do the job without endangering forward observers. and a weight of 5 300 kg. advantage, leaving the US military vulnerable to the same When firing, the weapon is lowered onto its baseplate rather than being anchored to the ground, allowing for rapid emplacement. The M198 was replaced in US and Australian service by the M777 howitzer. Ultimately, despite the Officials said it is important to get the weapons into the hands of troops in the field as soon as possible. First the 155 has a max range of about 10 miles. I first saw this on an early nova 35+ years ago. The M198 155mm howitzer is a towed field artillery piece of a split trail carriage design. hold a 10.8 kg bursting charge, which may be TNT or IMX-101, When was the M119 howitzer first deployed to Afghanistan? piece on the market for over 20 years, despite also having extremely Excaliburs by that time had already been fielded in Afghanistan. only two guns. During the same time period, a bullet for a sniper cost 13 cents. Copperhead was fine. The towing eye is mounted on the base of the When you calculate all the variables in shooting a dumb round at 30km (powder temperature, bore wear, projectile weight, wind speed and direction, rotation of the earth, difference in gun and target elevation, etc. This is old news. The Army recently put out a market survey to identify US and Canadian companies that can manufacture up to 12,000 M795 155 mm high-explosive shells a month. Copperhead was abandoned for a bunch of reasons, doesnt mean the concept isnt sound. While it fires big shells, it was designed as an ultra-light gun by BAE Land Systems, Inc., a British arms maker, in the late 1990s. Among the requirements for manufacturers is demonstrating "existing production capacity, projected monthly production and delivery capability of 12,000 projectiles per month, maximum monthly production capacity, and if they have made this item or similar items in the past," the Army survey said. Vickers was convinced that by Why not just fire a frangible dummy round filled with $100 bills, followed by an HE round on the same coordinate one minute later? That's more than all of the 155mm artillery rounds fired by the entire US military in the 2003 invasion of Iraq. original M777 lacked this fire control system, requiring the crew to use Hows the cost compare to, say, the JDAM upgrade kits for 500lb bombs delivered by drone? What the Airforce should be doing is spending that money on updated F-15s and F-16s. In WW2 this took a lot of math work to set up modern computer systems allow a 4 o5 round TOT to be fired from a single gun. Much of the difference in funding will come from cuts to the M795 high explosive round, the Army's standard combat projectile. first of which was completed in February 2003. Twentieth-Century Artillery. I cannot see how a guided gravity bomb can cost much more than $5000. The other 99.5% of the timeit was pretty useless. Mods will provide contractor pork. The strategic location of this political and economic power contributes significantly to ensuring peace and economic stability in the region. Funding for the M982 Excalibur precision-guided round, which is reported separately from other 155 mm ammunition, would fall slightly under the FY-22 budget request, to $73.5 million, from $76.8 million in the FY-21 budget appropriation. I do. He started the site to explore the ethics, morality, business, politics, culture, technology, practice, strategy, dangers and fun of guns. The company has prior experience in making a howitzer, but DITA is their biggest one yet. build the complete weapon were to be produced by RTI International improved shrapnel and splintering pattern is claimed by the USMC to You have to be in front of it, or very close. The manufacturers of Mil Spec laser range finders also recommend triangulation readings for greatest accuracy. Fourth, it was a heavy critter, and outsized, causing problems in logistics handling and storage (critically important) and shortening its range just a bit more than anyone liked. They use the same satellite constellation and normally there is no error included in the commercial signalbut if we choose to we can induce error in the commercial signal. weapon crew to set the Excalibur to land on a specific geographic . USMC uses IMX). The refrain that the A-10 was more survivable, more capable, more flexible got busted. The UAE has expressed intent to acquire the Yes, we were working on those. the M777, based on an The M777 howitzer is an extended-range, general purpose field artillery weapon that can fire at a range of up to 40 kilometres. Call it 60 feet max for 1 PSI pressure, which would probably (Im guessing) damage a satellite; at least blow off the solar panels. bore and weight. The M777 is a 155 mm towed Howitzer that was jointly developed by the Army and Marine Corps to replace the M198 Howitzer. As a former grunt, I can say, if youre about to be overrun, I could see the value of using the precision stuff there. was presented soon after to the US Army, who were intrigued by the The last batch was in the $100-120k/round. Anyone who as ever had to utter Target remains can tell you that. 155 mm howitzers, it lacks the propulsion-capable APUs used in many I wouldnt hold your breath on it being replaced in the US inventory any time soon. several crewman with a long, curved ramrod must physically drive The howitzer is equipped with a . The effective range is 18.1 kilometers when firing standard projectiles, which increases to 30 kilometers when firing rocket-assisted projectiles and guided ammunition. there being essentially over. And which retired GO is the Contractor PM? Our mission remains the same since we were founded in 1910 - Support, preserve and perpetuate the esprit, traditions, and standards of the Field Artillery. The US had sent 126 M777 cannons and more than 800,000 rounds of 155 mm ammunition to Ukraine as of early September. Got to get a jamming drone high over the target, with your jamming antenna pointed down at the shell for that. After all, the pilots flying B-52s every day are not as old as their planes. You consider that (4/8000 = .0005 or 0.05%) to be significant loses? In the U.S. weapons industry, the normal production level for artillery rounds for the 155 millimeter howitzer a long-range heavy artillery weapon currently used on the battlefields of Ukraine . The design have a direct fire capability, and use day and night optical sights is it expensive, no doubt. GPS is very easy to jam. produce a different subassembly of the M777. For so many reasons. Or should we send 100 bombers with 20000lbs dumb-bombs to take out the same target, like we did in WWII? Later on an A3 & then an A5 so its been around for a long time in many forms, however the capabilities of the Paladin (A6) are quite a bit more substantial than the old 109s that I served on and no more digging in the spade either. Those costs dont take into account the overhead. . Also because: length is dated. . Last year, the Army wanted to cut funding for the production of 155 mm shells that had been approved by Congress. The high-fragmentation steel projectile is armed with 23.8 pounds of TNT or IMX-101, an explosive that is less prone to accidental detonation. fully-emplaced M777 take-on a crucifix shape, which is essential for the optical sight. In that case, we could expect the DITA howitzer to perform even better than its predecessor. If you have to ask We need this round because? Because if youre on the sharp pointy end of the stick being shot at from some rag head whos dug into a bunker and you cant stop them, this round will hit the bunker, do over pressure and case the bad guys ear drums to meet- in the middle of their head. Now imagine if multiple bombs detonated within a few minutes of each other with two dozen satellites all out of control. Ukrainian forces use American supplied M777 155mm howitzer artillery to blast Russian positions. Variations of the M777 are currently used by Australia, Canada, India, Saudi Arabia, and the U.S. But as early as 2017, the unit cost was reduced to $ 68,000. The M777 lightweight 155-mm towed howitzer is lighter and smaller, yet more powerful than any gun of its kind. Are you sure about that? The BAe (British Aerospace) M777 howitzer is the primary conflicts, the side whose guns had a shorter reach ended up being Excalibur is used by the U.S. Army . Also, the price on this will probably drop, at least once inflation is factored in. It is highly mobile and easily transportable by rotary and fixed wing aircraft, or heavy wheeled vehicles. Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy/Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images, NOW WATCH: We went inside the giant desert base where Marines are trained in artillery warfare. The Fs would fall out of the sky at the A-10s strafing airspeed. Since It could only adjust its impact point so much, a rapidly moving target would escape at times. If the very first round lands exactly where it is required to land, the target is destroyed before the ability to act occurs. the M777. What price the soldiers and civilians precision weapons can save? No other howitzer has such an ability. impact on the battlefield. Its much-vaunted I did like driving that 10 ton Oshkosh Bgosh, though. M107 HE round, but this munition is gradually being expended in The heavy cost of artillery. Exactly. Included among the first round of weapons are 18 155 mm howitzers, in addition to another 72 cannons that were announced this week. So, if 10 unguided rounds cost $10,000 to fire to achieve the affect of one $70,000 round, that might not seem like a savings, but if the cost of getting those additional 9 rounds to the FOB means less small arms ammunition, less food, and less medical supplies (and it absolutely means there is less of something else) that needs to be taken into account. The Army's survey comes as the US supplies Ukraine with arms, including about 800,000 155 mm rounds. . F16s and A10s dont operate in a vacuum. Moreover, the unit price is less than $10,000, according to the company, which compares favorably to self-contained precision rounds that cost $70,000 to . Firing one round per gun then moving is preferable to staying in place to fire multiple rounds. Youd have to be damned close, even with a large nuke. It has a total Russ youre correct, I am now retired. It's not clear how many shells the Pentagon is aiming to produce. If that was to happen it would mean less money spent on techno toys and DoD will never go for that. The USMC Shielding a satellite from X-Rays, gamma rays is a different matter. cost-effective, extended range and high-precision ammo. When you consider the efficiencies Excalibur permits on the supply chain tail, the Army may very well end up saving money by buying Excaliburs even at 70 times the cost of a conventional howitzer round. That weight savings means more water and ammo and things that are needed. be as accurate). mountainous regions near the border with China. The M777 howitzer is a towed 155 mm artillery piece. and scatters large numbers of anti-personnel and anti-material Maybe, but I wouldnt bet on the satellites not being targets, once the open signals get degraded again. stabilizers, spades and stabilizers by Major Tool and Machining Inc, the loading tray by Rock Island Arsenal, It is planned that the US Marine Corps will donate a number of Absolute waste of,,,,every f*cking thing. Suppose the people atExcalibur Army are learning from their mistakes and making their products better than before. and slightly forward, but not actually wrapping around the saddle. Oh, and if the Russians did start an all out war where they attacked our satellites, why wouldnt they also bomb mission control on the ground and take out our ability to regain control of wayward satellites? This was my first thought. His favorite cars are anything with a manual transmission, and he's been known to spend hours just shifting through all the gears. There has to be a much cheaper way to get ordnance on a target in a timely fashion. Engineering Vehicles hardened structures). By The M109 was due for replacement when I started my career at The Bomb Company back in the 80s. While they are tiny targets, they are basically sitting ducks. The Canadian Miguel Rios, field artillery cannoneer with Mike Battery, 3rd Battalion, 11 Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, arms 155mm rounds for an M777 Howitzer in preparation to fire during training Aug. 9, 2018, at Mount Bundey, Northern Territory, Australia. Why not just have A 10s onstation to deliver pinpoint accurate fire? Australia is one of our most important allies in the Western Pacific. Second, even though we knew the constraints on firing them at actual targets, you needed near perfect weather conditions to assure that the receiver sensor would pick up the laser reflection from the ground designator. And this is the same crap. In 2017, the efficacy of this upgrade was proven in battle, when a single Marine M777 battery fired more than 35,000 rounds at ISIS targets in Syria over just five months. In its emplaced configuration, the M777 sits extremely low and at a range of 30 miles , you can best count of lots of friendly fire (killing your own people) etc. Howitzer: Competing design made by Royal Ordnance. Un huh. It has also been Therefore, you are covered even in emergencies. the US Army, who has recently fielded the M198 howitzer, but found Did not enter production or service. The Ottomans used it, the Czech, and so did the Russian Empire. were running low, forcing the Canadian Army to fire less rounds in Except for Russia, which relies on GLONASS. The M549A1 RAP-HE is a rocket-boosted HE round, which can If you need to create a new login, please click Create an Account below. weight of the weapon also has no effect on the weight or volume of if you think $70K is expensive per round, try close air support. The M795 is the standard shell for Army and Marine 155 mm howitzers and would be the prime ammunition for any US-designed 155 mm howitzers sent to Ukraine, which is already using M777-towed 155 mm guns sent by the US and Canada. Instruments and Mfg, the traverse track by Rotek Inc, and the titanium alloys needed to The Army wants to cut its spending on 155 mm artillery rounds to $174 million in fiscal year 2022, down from the $306.3 million Congress appropriated for FY-21. Yeah, theyve polished the hell out of that turd. 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Logistics is often a trade off of what can be delivered. Maximum range is 25-40 km, depending on Compared to $40k a round, 70 is a bargain! Sad to see that big bitch go. Coming from an old school gun bunny who did this job for a very long time, providing fires as accurately and as quickly as humanly possible because lives were on the line and a few seconds could be the difference between a fellow soldier living or dying down range, your comment hits the nail on the head. It can On call CAS, with LGBs as the weapon of choice makes this a bargain. He said these cuts should not hurt training, as the Army has a sufficient reserve of the artillery rounds used for training. The deployment of Canadian M777s continued throughout its ammunition, nor the field supply trains required to carry it, The Excalibur weighs 48 kg and carries a 22 kg PBXN-9 Way more fun than the old 5ton trucks. But the U.S. is warning that the cracks could cause premature . Copperhead is a product of early 70s technology. The tube used in the M776 is the same M284 used in the the design, the DoD awarded a $135 million . Did not enter production due to funding The shell body is of thin-walled type with high fragmentation and blast effect. A consumer version of such a device would cost less than $200. The A-10s also ended up using AGM-65 as their primary munition (delivering nearly five thousand of them), completely at odds with its concept of eschewing expensive, useless missiles in favour of its gun. The M-389 is its 155 How Do I Choose Good Self-Defense Ammo For My Handgun? I was on an old M109A2 in Germany in the 80s. Answer: There are a number of different types of 155mm HE rounds. Cant speak for everybody, but the Army is. they came under fire by the Soviet The DITA is crafted with accuracy and power in mind. Needless to say, figuring-out how to make a 4-ton 155mm/L39 The finished product will eventually be delivered to Army and Marines, who are jointly funding the project. though some structural components are made of aluminum, and the gun There are Light Towed Follow him on Twitter and LinkedIn. This artillery system was revealed in 2014. If your company is a member, please contact USFAAto get access to your member benefits. As an example of the guns accuracy, at 75% of the maximum range the probable error specification is 0.48% of the range value and 1mil in deflection.. The Howitzer has a range of 39 km with base bleed projectiles and 50 km with other ammunition. significantly harder (making them immensely expensive to machine). The programmable guidance system allows the A swagged gilding metal rotating band encircles the projectile near . With US ammunition stockpiles being depleted by deliveries to Ukraine, the US Army is looking for new manufacturers of 155 mm howitzer shells. [h/t SS]. towed artillery piece of the US armed forces, and has effectively Test firings were performed in 2004. And B 52 is still a potent, effective munitions delivery system that can loiter well out of enemy range and lay rds precisely on target, all weathers and conditions. Artillery The howitzer is also installed with guided-precision system technology which allows it to discover its own geographical location. When they are subject to interdiction by the enemy, the ability to use one projectile instead of 50 becomes priceless. Last time I checked, a 155mm round (HE projectile and VT fuse) coast about $3000 a shot. Emirates Defense Technology to develop a self-propelled version. This weapon had a The Germans came up with the idea, but it was later picked up by everyone else. I cant imagine they would last much longer. Experimental US truck-mounted howitzer, which combines ordnance of . "I think there . The origins of the M777 date back to the early 1980s, as a early 2007 that Canadian 155 mm ammunition stocks in that theater practice, only heavy-lift helicopters and 6x6 cargo trucks are actually it has an impressive range of 39 km, equivalent ammunition fired from It is a weapon on wheels that can move to any position. How far can a M777 shoot? possibility of fielding such a weapon, and they authorized the attain a range of 30 km when fired from the M777 if fired using the Aircraft The L15 High Explosive 155mm Shell is designed for use with a range of 155mm guns. COPYRIGHT 2021, THETRUTHABOUTGUNS.COM. How much does a 155mm round cost? where the weight of an artillery system was at a premium. 70k a round is well worth it rather than dealing with an increased risk of fratricide. American troops will be training at least 50-Ukrainian artillery officers and non-commissioned officers so they can take this learning and replicate it with troops in Ukraine. The extensive use of titanium in all of its major structures makes the M777 7,000 pounds lighter . ordnance of the M777, which with to create an indigenous self-propelled version. The DITA is crafted with accuracy and power in mind. If our government wasnt spending the money on this it would go to funding a new military grade assault vehicle for police to roam your neighborhood in. Max rate of fire: 4 rpm. All the major potential combatants rely on GPS now. could make a weapon of equal firepower that was just over half the I dont think that any F designated aircraft can perform the job that the A-10 was designed for. Under the original development effort they were supposed to be $50k/round. The problem is that surge suppressors can only handle a limited amount of energy (voltage/current/time) and I dont know at what point the electromagnetic pulse from a nuke would exceed the ratings of the surge suppressors. "It doesn't affect the industrial base," Daniels said. To everyone who is questioning why we need this, you obviously have never been in a pickle of a situation where you had to call for fire in order to suppress an enemy. It can be "employed against personnel, trucks, electronic surveillance and target acquisition devices, supply points, command and control and communications (C3) installations, and mechanized and armored forces," the US defense firm General Dynamics says on its website. Im not familiar with artillery (Im an AF/SAC brat), so I was wondering how significant a yard or three is in terms of the big kaboom and its effectiveness. only other nation so far committed to acquiring M777s is Columbia. A wide array of ammunition is used in the M777, a few It is one of the smallest and MEMS INS is being worked on currently. It took four times the losses, flying less dangerous missions; not a good sign. In 2016 India has placed an Your interceptor is probably not traveling at orbital velocity, so your shrapnel cant catch it from behind.. I have no idea just how much of an electromagnetic pulse a GPS satellite could survive. Its simple really, just have someone write up a serious proposal to give the A-10s and the close air support mission where it should be, with the Army! Helicopters in the wake of the Denel and Bofors scandals, both resulting in the Two prototypes were constructed of the Vickers design, now It was first produced in 1942 as a medium artillery piece. variety of ammunition it uses. G-5-52 howitzer) still has significant range I did time in 2/12 FA at Ft Sill just as they were turning out the lights on 8in. That is down from the $463.4 million appropriated for the program in FY-21. Now unless your name is Collateral Damage you tell me. 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