Re: SG2/DS2 artillery

On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, Oerjan Ohlson wrote:

> 6 guns firing 1 round each before they scoot is not a good arty
support
> fire with *today's* ammunition, no. 6 guns firing 3 rounds each (ie, a
> 10-15 second burst) is currently becoming UK Army doctrine - after the
> third shell lands, the target is considered likely to have taken cover
> anyway :-/

Which is why things like Panzer Haubitz 2000 is geared to fire 10 rounds

in 60 seconds. Their trajectory is progressively altered during the 
firemission to splash them all at the same time. ie Higher slow 
trajectory down to fast low trajectory. 60 second mission, then scoot. 

The gun is laid automatically using GPS/Navigation. The Travel locks 
release autmatically. The powdercharges and projectiles are rammed 
automatically. The only thing the crew has to do is drive to the fire 
point, tell the system to execute and then drive off. 

see www.pzh2000.com for more info...

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