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Title: Cypriot Tr-F1 155mm towed howitzer


KORNET-E - August 15, 2007 05:48 PM (GMT)
Cypriot Tr-F1 155mm towed howitzer :tank:

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Scanned from Elliniki Amintiki Anaskopisi 2007-2008


The 155mm towed cannon Tr-F1 is a French towed howitzer produced by GIAT and used by the French army.

numerical Information

Weight: 10.52t
Length: 18.26m


Performance

Range: 24km (high-explosive shells) to 30km with long-range ammunition
3 shots in 15 s.
6 shots/min. (because it is necessary to let the tube cool)
Setting out of battery: 2 min
Crossing of slopes of 60%, fords of 1.20m.
Horizontal field of fire: 445mil to the left, 675mil to the right.
Hydraulic aiming


Ammunition

Capacity of tractor: 56 shots, 32 on pallets and 24 in rack.
Can fire all 155 mm ammunition (the normal ammunition is the high-explosive shell).
Casings are combustible, which improves rate of fire: there is nothing to extract before reloading.


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angelo - August 16, 2007 03:34 AM (GMT)
Excellent pic Kornet. According to some info i gathered the 74 PZL 45 deal

with China has been cancelled :angry:



http://strategy-geopolitics.blogspot.com/

wolfmanturk - December 3, 2007 12:46 PM (GMT)
I was just wondering where they are planing on firing that? :D




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