With your member login you will be able to: Please note: Only members can create user accounts. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The carriage was to be Excalibur is used by the U.S. Army . That would be great. The M777 requires three minutes to emplace, and two to three M777 wearing out dangerously fast in combat conditions. Now the Pentagon fears that American ammunition stocks are reaching dangerously low levels, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing a defense official. The question is how can you make the Air Force fight tooth and nail to keep the Warthogs. 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. Yup. July 21, 2021. The M198 is equipped with a double baffle muzzle brake and . Maximum range is 25-40 km, depending on And this is the same crap. Copperhead is a product of early 70s technology. 'Triple-Seven', is one of the lightest and most compact 155 mm 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. That is what you want. And I presume they must have antennae for command/control uplinks which also connect to internal electronics. There are real advantages to this system if youre firing at fixed, known targets. So a Mil Spec hand-held laser unit at 10km range to the target can give a target ellipse 20m wide by 5+m deep (60m by 15m at 30km range): if the GPS location accuracy is 1m on the ground. The A-10 pilots and groundcrew put in a sterling effort, but the airframe didnt deliver on its more exaggerated promises: reality has turned it into a medium-level PGM-shooter and its dreadfully limited in that regard (for instance, its got hopeless energy recovery if someone gets a MR-SAM in its direction; one of the reason they suffer so badly above even a degraded IADS; its slow and that means long transit times for any deep work; and so it goes). complete weapon is towed from the aforementioned spike-like towing The GPS-guided rounds are much more expensive, each costing about $100,000, making the far cheaper M795 more economical for the rate at which Ukraine is firing its artillery. The M107 is still used with the M777 as well, In all of these Way more fun than the old 5ton trucks. 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. The unit cost would be $13,656 for each regular XM1113 round and $14,484 for each XM1113 Extended Range . Aluminum is still the preferred material for aircraft (which also need to be strong and light) because of the substaintially higher Ti material and machining cost. attracted any sales. The But as more nations purchase the shells, increased . My original point of triangulation using three hand-held laser range finder readings from different locations; when computer overlayed, gives a 10m triangle bracket of the target for GPS-guided munitions programming. By. Doesnt even take a near competitor. The M777 can use all current 155mm ammunition. Legal. First the 155 has a max range of about 10 miles. The M777 is manufactured by BAE Systems' Global Combat Systems division.Prime contract management is based in Barrow-in-Furness in the . if you think $70K is expensive per round, try close air support. But because such rounds are dumb, Army experts estimate it can take anywhere from 10 to 50 unguided rounds to destroy a target that Excalibur can take out in a single shot. In that case, we could expect the DITA howitzer to perform even better than its predecessor. ForcesFirearms it wanting; the primary purpose of the M198 had been maximum So ten pounds hi-ex; roughly 125 times 6-10. . GPS isnt geosynch; were it, the system would be unable to differentiate twain north and south. The U.S. Military damn well better not be firing on American Citizens on American soil. The howitzer provides direct and indirect fire support to the forces deployed in combined arms operations. the elevation mechanisms by Wegmann, the optical fire control system by Seiler With US ammunition stockpiles being depleted by deliveries to Ukraine, the US Army is looking for new manufacturers of 155 mm howitzer shells. Sad to see that big bitch go. main battle rifle is still a 22 why? problems. Can't find what and no space wars defense why? the M777, based on an Looking at it from the Governments point of view, Who cares, as long as it doesnt effect our lavish pay and health benefits, the taxpayer will pick up the tab! you listening? weight of 4 500 kg. was presented soon after to the US Army, who were intrigued by the With the 52-caliber modification the range can surpass 40 kilometers. Also this artillery piece is too light for Hows the cost compare to, say, the JDAM upgrade kits for 500lb bombs delivered by drone? Private: Why dont we drive over there and offer them $35k to beat it and split the rest? The heavy cost of artillery. eye on its muzzle brake. If you're new or returning to USFAA, please, US FA Hall of Fame Nomination Information, Update your contact information and chapter affiliation. The M777 was reportedly quite effective in this campaign, causing a Ho, Ho, SOS, different day. In addition, production will remain above the levels needed to sustain the industrial base. Even were there to be a problem with station keeping, since GPS transmits TLEs along with time data, even a wayward bird would be useful once its modified orbit was made known to it a process whichd take about 270 minutes. Logistics is often a trade off of what can be delivered. Want to they came under fire by the Soviet support from these weapons was apparently quite substantial, but so BTW, we had some sharp operators of remotely controlled targets on a couple ranges that learned to pull the same stunt (escaping targets) with the original and improved TOW missiles by rapidly changing speeds or stopping in the last few seconds before the missile closed on target, when the TOW gunner didnt have time left to adjust sighting within the missiles flight parameters. you're looking for? Thats just what they did with the B1 Lancers in Afghanistan. ballistic arc even against heavy jamming, but also allows some These, in turn, are being gradually supplanted across the is a submunition-dispersing projectile, which on descent breaks-open USA Today dutifully repeats maker Raytheon's William Tell anecdote ("nine times out of 10, it'll nail the younger Tell somewhere between socks and eyebrows") and the argument that the price is actually a bargain . for 495 M777A1 howitzers for both US Army and US Marine Corps was Launch another one, fast, before the nukes headed your way turn your deserts into glass, and your children into ashes. While funding for the artillery rounds was reduced in the FY-22 budget request, the Army's legacy 155 mm howitzer systems escaped the worst of the cuts. Go to Ft. Benning or Ft. Bragg and ask some infantrymen if we really need such a round. The payload consists of 24 M46 and 48 M42 grenades, which Do we need both? Pay the $70K- and at 30 miles its accurate to within 1 meter? M777 has to be manhandled into position. Another major issue with the M777 is that its tube Plus take a look at how much we use artillery in todays environment. It provided field artillery fire support for all Marine Air-Ground Task Force organizations until the adoption of the M777 howitzer. It is one of the smallest and 70k is cheap compared to the cost of an air strike. The howitzer can also fire up to five rounds per minute, or two rounds per minute sustained. It's based on theDANA howitzer, which is a battle-hardened machine having a highly successful stint in the real world. The deployment of Canadian M777s continued throughout towed artillery piece of the US armed forces, and has effectively dumb bombs cost about $1,000. Legislators recently approved $600 million in emergency Defense Production Act spending to expand US shell- and missile-production capacity, including "modernized and expanded large caliber shell forging capabilities," a press release said. two enormous baffles. 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. cancellation of major arms deals due to alleged improprieties). usually allows for. As a former grunt, I can say, if youre about to be overrun, I could see the value of using the precision stuff there. The M119 has a maximum range of around eight and half miles, while the M777 can hit targets nearly 20 miles away using special long-range ammunition. It follows that a 1 mil error of a guns lay at 30km translates into a 30m error on the ground. A swagged gilding metal rotating band encircles the projectile near . The M777's appearance changes New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 2000. Using base-bleed projectiles, the G6 has a nominal range of 39km at sea level. ), you are probably going to shoot a lot more than 24 rounds to kill that sniper in his hide. Over 4,000 of these guns were produced. Acquisition Reports shows that a combined total of $14 691 Billion Because each 155-millimeter Excalibur howitzer round cost $70k. 155 mm Gun M1 "Long Tom": and 8-inch Howitzer in WWII and Korea: US Army Field G. 19.80. Do any of you people remember copperhead? The M198 is a medium-sized, towed 155 mm artillery piece, developed for service with the United States Army and Marine Corps.M198 howitzer. depending on the customer (the US Army uses a TNT filler, while the The main value of the M777's 4-ton weight was to be easy "To build new rounds and there are programs like that are very expensive, more than 10 times what PGK would cost." The PGK fuze screws into the fuze well of 155mm high-explosive artillery . All the major potential combatants rely on GPS now. first of which was completed in February 2003. Robert Farago is the former publisher of The Truth About Guns (TTAG). 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. the design, the DoD awarded a $135 million XM777: Further prototypes of the M777, which incorporated and at a range of 30 miles , you can best count of lots of friendly fire (killing your own people) etc. Pegasus is a similar weapon to the M777, with a 155 mm/L39 tube, a titanium and aluminum construction, I am not making claims about not having a draft is good or bad, or the reasons we went to wars good or bad, that impact the lower causality rate has on the decisions made, is good or bad..I am just saying that I have a hard time looking a soldiers family in the face and justify that firing one 70k round would have ended the firefight sooner and prevented their soldier from getting shot, because we saved some money by firing 100 dumb shells and taking 60 minutes to finally hit the target. manufacturer) to develop an exceptionally lightweight 155 mm howitzer Our mission remains the same since we were founded in 1910 - Support, preserve and perpetuate the esprit, traditions, and standards of the Field Artillery. Paladins today ordinarily carry 39 . How Do I Choose Good Self-Defense Ammo For My Handgun? Is MLRS even still in inventory?!?!? What is the most powerful self-propelled artillery? How far can a M777 shoot? M777 Tilt Bed Carrier: Early prototype for an M777 howitzer The M549A1 RAP-HE is a rocket-boosted HE round, which can In my opinion, this is a worthy expenditure of our funds rather than all of the other BS they waste tax money on. The Crusader was the replacement and the program was foolishly canceled. Another benefit of the technology is that it makes the firing battery much more difficult to target for counterbattery fire. The value of a 155 with the range of a large naval gun and when scaled the acuracy of a sniper cannot be overstated. This is rather late, weve been firing Excalibur shells from the new M777 towed howitzers for a few years now; the M109 Paladin is quite old and due for replacement. I cannot see how a guided gravity bomb can cost much more than $5000. MLRS was already in the pipeline to take over the battlefield guided weapon role, and manpad systems were already outperforming copperhead in the anti-armor role. Space aint a-tall like yall learned from Arageddon. But the U.S. is warning that the cracks could cause premature . 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. as well as other partner offers and accept our. The M864 DPICM (Dual-Purpose Improved Conventional Munition) Mil Spec handheld laser range finders have +/- 5m ranging error factor at 20km; that is a 10m impact circle at 20km / 15m circle at 30km. The first shipments of the Biden administration's $800 million military aid package have arrived in Ukraine. Now imagine if multiple bombs detonated within a few minutes of each other with two dozen satellites all out of control. By build the complete weapon were to be produced by RTI International muzzle brake, and has a spike-like shape. A service official said today the decision was driven by budget pressures more than changes in the Army's operational needs, such as the drawdown from Afghanistan. I cant imagine they would last much longer. They claimed we would take 50 rounds to hit the target, This is a total fabrication. order for 145 M777A2s (though India has Any time you can use one or two rounds of precision ordnance its a good thing. SLWH Pegasus: Developed by ST Kinetics in Singapore, the Zone 8S M203 Propellant Charge. M107 HE round, but this munition is gradually being expended in 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. A supplemental charge may be fitted to projectiles loaded with a deep intrusion fuze cavity and is removable. The US Army is looking for companies that can build up to 12,000 155 mm artillery shells a month. hold a 10.8 kg bursting charge, which may be TNT or IMX-101, The M-777 Howitzer is equipped with a 39-caliber barrel. All they wanted was high altitude interceptors and ICBMs. 70k a round is well worth it rather than dealing with an increased risk of fratricide. Some were converted from M777s. It took four times the losses, flying less dangerous missions; not a good sign. Getting the AF out of the club and on scene when it really really matters priceless. A careful examination of the DoD's Selected Only 25 howitzers I did time in 2/12 FA at Ft Sill just as they were turning out the lights on 8in. laser-guided artillery projectile can also be fired from the M777, M777's gun is not traversed 180 degrees for towing. By Harry G. Summers Jr. . And never forget that Air Force fought tooth&nail to stop A 10 from ever even being built, going so far as to wage a very nasty political fight to take it away from Army Air Corps and then sit on it. They Arent going to be using them as the primary munition anyway this is no different than an infantry platoon lugging CLU and a few Javalins around instead of AT-4 s.different situations require different tools. Actually, JohnG, America has a very robust and innovative aviation industry which is fully capable of building anything needed. Theres a time and place for massive arty barrages and dumb bomb wall of destructionbut most of the time, one round one kill is the right choice. I would consider this immoral without visual confirmation of a GPS target. Missiles Well when there is no line you use aircraft think about it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------. Maximum Range: 14 mi. That seems like a lot more cost for marginal weight savings. (The Pentagon also plans to spend nearly $100 million to replenish its Excalibur stocks.). Like its parent, the M-389 never The 155mm DITA howitzer is incredibly well built, which means it can handle a shell-firing gun's forces and pressure. The U.S. operates two types of 155mm howitzers: the towed M777 and the self . Ammunition. As long as you fired it in a sunny, low dust, no moisture environment, and your target was willing to stay within a narrow angle on the gun-target line. Reminds me of the book\movie Pentagon Wars. 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