Pine Barrens Mafia Posted April 20, 2006 Posted April 20, 2006 PzH2000 Saw this last night on Discovery and oh my fuggen God is it a thing of beauty...5 round simultaneous impact. Edit: if you ever want good artillery, talk to the krauts.
ExiledInIllinois Posted April 20, 2006 Posted April 20, 2006 Was Tom in the military? ??? Yes... I am being a dickhead...
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted April 20, 2006 Posted April 20, 2006 PzH2000 Saw this last night on Discovery and oh my fuggen God is it a thing of beauty...5 round simultaneous impact. Edit: if you ever want good artillery, talk to the krauts. 665967[/snapback] M109A6 can do the same thing, supposedly. Germans do build good guns, though. Particularly Rheinmetall. Still, I'll take the South African G5. Freakishly good weapon.
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted April 20, 2006 Author Posted April 20, 2006 M109A6 can do the same thing, supposedly. Germans do build good guns, though. Particularly Rheinmetall. Still, I'll take the South African G5. Freakishly good weapon. 666080[/snapback] Linkie-poo?
VABills Posted April 20, 2006 Posted April 20, 2006 Was Tom in the military? ??? Yes... I am being a dickhead... 665980[/snapback] No, if Tom tried to fire a weapon he would shoot his eye out.
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted April 20, 2006 Posted April 20, 2006 Linkie-poo? 666081[/snapback] Not a good one...and my artillery references are packed for the move already (save one book on Nazi athodyd shells - yeah, I have weird hobbies. I know.) Designed by Gerald Bull for South Africa; 155 mm gun/howitzer/mortar, on a towed but powered chassis, with excellent accuracy over a thoroughly stupid range (33000 yards with standard ammo, closer on 43000 with full-bore base-bleed rounds.) Crew of five...but can be crewed by two at full rate of fire if all the automatic systems are working. Sure, it can't fire a single-gun barrage like a M109A6 or PzH2000...but it'll hit either of those reliably before they ever get within range.
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted April 20, 2006 Author Posted April 20, 2006 Not a good one...and my artillery references are packed for the move already (save one book on Nazi athodyd shells - yeah, I have weird hobbies. I know.) Designed by Gerald Bull for South Africa; 155 mm gun/howitzer/mortar, on a towed but powered chassis, with excellent accuracy over a thoroughly stupid range (33000 yards with standard ammo, closer on 43000 with full-bore base-bleed rounds.) Crew of five...but can be crewed by two at full rate of fire if all the automatic systems are working. Sure, it can't fire a single-gun barrage like a M109A6 or PzH2000...but it'll hit either of those reliably before they ever get within range. 666118[/snapback] hard to imagine South Africa has the resourced to build sucha weapon with their economy in the crapper..
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted April 20, 2006 Posted April 20, 2006 hard to imagine South Africa has the resourced to build sucha weapon with their economy in the crapper.. 666123[/snapback] Maybe not now...but it's a 25-year old system, which makes it all the more amazing, I think. That thing was hitting targets at 30k yards when the 155mm howitzer you played with was struggling to throw a shell 20k yards.
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted April 20, 2006 Author Posted April 20, 2006 Maybe not now...but it's a 25-year old system, which makes it all the more amazing, I think. That thing was hitting targets at 30k yards when the 155mm howitzer you played with was struggling to throw a shell 20k yards. 666129[/snapback] Wow. That is impressive. And it was automated at that time as well?
Crap Throwing Monkey Posted April 20, 2006 Posted April 20, 2006 Wow. That is impressive. And it was automated at that time as well? 666131[/snapback] As far as I know. Like I said, reference book's packed, so I can't look it up for about two weeks. Bull, his choice of employers aside, was a certifiable genius when it came to gun design.
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