Navy Seeks Rail Guns, Lasers, Cruise Missiles To Improve Pacific Firepower

[TomS]

The projectile is capable of working in a 127mm weapon, but this contract specifically is for USMC 155mm systems. Navy will probably test some in their Mk45 test mounts before long, but we'll have to wait and see if they find the money for a bigger buy.

Spoiler: They won't. Seriously, I'm quite sure the Navy will find a way to sabotage yet another guided gun round program. They've only had 50 years of practice.

 

[TomS]

It's likely a saboted sub-calibre projectile, so all you have to change is the sabot size. Mentions 127mm in the video at 4:00 mark anyway.

Going back to watch the Naval News video, around 2:30, the GA rep says the 127mm version would be different (smaller and shorter) than the current 155mm version. So not like HVP, which is the same projectile with different sabots.

I'm intrigued that they feel the need for such a pronounced gripping feature (the shark gills) to make a mid-body sabot work.

 

[jsport]

Since jsport and others have shown interest in the topic:

https://www.army.mil/article/205046/new_technology_testing_may_achieve_the_goals_of_harp_space_gun

Light gas gun (for space launch). Images from https://greenlaunch.org/march-2018/

Greece to Become Big Source of Replacement Shells in $1.9 Billion Czech Ammo Plan for Ukraine

Europe and the US have huge plans for future production, but the critical bit is that it will be at least a month before emergency buys like this Greek ammo reach Kyiv’s gunners in quantity.

www.kyivpost.com

The iEidiseis reports that Greek ammo dumps contain 175mm shells in “huge quantities” and that the munition would become part of the ammunition delivery to Ukraine, the report says.

According to the Netherlands-based tracking site Oryx, Ukraine has never received artillery systems capable of firing the American 1960s-era 175mm heavy shell. The iEidiseis report said that “a small number of 175mm cannon remain in service” in the Greek military, but “many systems require maintenance.”

 

[Forest Green]

Greece to Become Big Source of Replacement Shells in $1.9 Billion Czech Ammo Plan for Ukraine

Europe and the US have huge plans for future production, but the critical bit is that it will be at least a month before emergency buys like this Greek ammo reach Kyiv’s gunners in quantity.

www.kyivpost.com

The iEidiseis reports that Greek ammo dumps contain 175mm shells in “huge quantities” and that the munition would become part of the ammunition delivery to Ukraine, the report says.

According to the Netherlands-based tracking site Oryx, Ukraine has never received artillery systems capable of firing the American 1960s-era 175mm heavy shell. The iEidiseis report said that “a small number of 175mm cannon remain in service” in the Greek military, but “many systems require maintenance.”

Oooo, it's an L/60.

M107 self-propelled gun - Wikipedia

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