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To: Spktyr
I remember hearing about his exports to the then-restricted South African military.

Effectively, his factory straddled the US-Canadian border, and he simply moved "product" from one end to the other, before shipping...

His 155 artillery piece had increased range (maybe around 20%) and accuracy. Might have had to use his shell shape design, too.

40 posted on 08/13/2016 3:45:17 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: Calvin Locke

Ummm.. his designs were made in more countries than just Canada and the real world experience with them is that the accuracy was significantly worse than expected against point targets.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GC-45_howitzer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G5_howitzer

There is a previous discussion on the matter here: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3415662/posts


41 posted on 08/13/2016 5:03:33 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Calvin Locke

Erm, even with his shell design, there was a big accuracy loss. From the Wiki (go there for original citations):

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The gun designed to fire it had a 23,000 cm3 (1,400 cu in) chamber, a 45-calibre rifled barrel with 1/20 right hand twist fitted with a conventional muzzle brake.[2] Its breech was a conventional screw with interrupted thread.

Key performance data, from the Firing Table[1][3] are:

ERFB-BB shell, weight 48.0 kg (105.9 lb), M11 Zone 10 muzzle velocity 897 m/s (2,940 ft/s), QE 898 mils, time of flight 112 s, range 39.6 km (24.6 mi; 130,000 ft). Probable error in range 212 m (696 ft), in line 36 m (118 ft).
ERFB shell, weight 45.5 kg (100.4 lb), M11 Zone 10 muzzle velocity 897 m/s (2,940 ft/s), QE 881 mils, time of flight 99 s, range 29.9 km (18.6 mi; 98,000 ft). Probable error in range 189 metres (620 ft), in line 42 metres (138 ft).
HE M107 shell, weight 43 kg (95 lb), M119 Zone 8 muzzle velocity 675 m/s (2,210 ft/s), QE 764 mils, time of flight 65 s, range 17.8 km (11.1 mi; 58,000 ft). Probable error in range 59 m (194 ft), in line 12 m (39 ft).

The dispersion of the EFRB shell is more than three times that of the FH-70 field howitzer at its maximum range of only 5 km less, and is twice as great as FH-70s at 20 km (66,000 ft; 12 mi). Its maximum range with the M107 projectile is the same as any 39 calibre 155-mm gun and its dispersion about the same. (The “dispersion” figure means that 50% of shells will fall up to the stated distance either side of the mean point of impact, but 100% will fall within 4 times the probable error either side.) Dispersion of this magnitude significantly reduces the tactical value of the equipment.
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It had *reduced* accuracy with his shell designs. It means your artillery is only effective against area targets and when used in close support with infantry you are likely to shell your own guys.


43 posted on 08/13/2016 5:09:52 PM PDT by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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