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Denel demonstrates truck-mounted T5-52 gun
Denel Land Systems (DLS) took the opportunity to demonstrate its truck-mounted 155 mm T5-52 artillery system during an event held at South Africa's Overberg Test Range in April.
The company wanted to highlight the system's superior range when firing rocket-assisted projectiles (54.8 km at sea level), rate of fire (six rounds in the first minute, with a sustained rate of fire of 2 per minute), and its ability to fire six rounds that land simultaneously on the same target.
The gun can also be elevated from 3° to +72°, allowing it to be used in the direct fire role: a capability that was demonstrated when it put two rounds into the same impact point at 1,000 m.
The T5-52 system essentially comprises the DLS 155 mm/52-calibre gun mounted on an 8x8 Tatra truck, with a gross system weight of around 38 tonnes.
Its 300 kW turbo-charged diesel gives it a speed of 85 km/h, while the road and cross-country ranges are 600 km and 300 km, respectively. The vehicle with the gun mounted is 10.1 m long, 2.9 m wide, and 3.48 m high. It has a ground clearance of 41 cm and can ford to a depth of 1.4 m. The 40% gradient and approach and departure angles of 32° and 39° give adequate mobility off-road for an artillery system.
The system carries complete rounds in a container behind the cab so they are adjacent to the breech of the rearward-firing gun. The vehicle is stabilised by hydraulic jacks, with the hydraulic power for them and the other systems being taken from the truck or another vehicle if necessary.
The crew comprises four on-mount and two ammunition handlers off-mount when additional ammunition is used. The time into and out of action is 60 seconds, and loading is assisted by a semi-automatic rammer, automatic primer loading, and an optional three-round magazine and three-round crane.
The system is offered with a completely integrated command and fire-control and communications system, and can be supplied with the related observation, meteorological, and other equipment. It fires the full range of ballistically matched ammunition using base-bleed units that can be fitted in the field and a modular charge system with combustible cases.
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System seems to have promising prospects .... @Xeric Sir your opinion plz .....
Denel Land Systems (DLS) took the opportunity to demonstrate its truck-mounted 155 mm T5-52 artillery system during an event held at South Africa's Overberg Test Range in April.
The company wanted to highlight the system's superior range when firing rocket-assisted projectiles (54.8 km at sea level), rate of fire (six rounds in the first minute, with a sustained rate of fire of 2 per minute), and its ability to fire six rounds that land simultaneously on the same target.
The gun can also be elevated from 3° to +72°, allowing it to be used in the direct fire role: a capability that was demonstrated when it put two rounds into the same impact point at 1,000 m.
The T5-52 system essentially comprises the DLS 155 mm/52-calibre gun mounted on an 8x8 Tatra truck, with a gross system weight of around 38 tonnes.
Its 300 kW turbo-charged diesel gives it a speed of 85 km/h, while the road and cross-country ranges are 600 km and 300 km, respectively. The vehicle with the gun mounted is 10.1 m long, 2.9 m wide, and 3.48 m high. It has a ground clearance of 41 cm and can ford to a depth of 1.4 m. The 40% gradient and approach and departure angles of 32° and 39° give adequate mobility off-road for an artillery system.
The system carries complete rounds in a container behind the cab so they are adjacent to the breech of the rearward-firing gun. The vehicle is stabilised by hydraulic jacks, with the hydraulic power for them and the other systems being taken from the truck or another vehicle if necessary.
The crew comprises four on-mount and two ammunition handlers off-mount when additional ammunition is used. The time into and out of action is 60 seconds, and loading is assisted by a semi-automatic rammer, automatic primer loading, and an optional three-round magazine and three-round crane.
The system is offered with a completely integrated command and fire-control and communications system, and can be supplied with the related observation, meteorological, and other equipment. It fires the full range of ballistically matched ammunition using base-bleed units that can be fitted in the field and a modular charge system with combustible cases.
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System seems to have promising prospects .... @Xeric Sir your opinion plz .....
