Indirect Fires Modernization Project - C3/M777 Replacement

[dapaterson]

Pushing a gun to shoot very long distances, when you have HIMAR seems to be a waste.

Cost per volley is a consideration.

 

[Underway]

The first thing to remember is that on a ship, the round usually comes as a complete package

Not in for the 127mm The round is semi fixed where all the components are assembled mechanically on a tray just before loading.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Has mounting the reserves C3/LG1 to a truck(probably a fair amount of engineering required to do so and by no means cheap) ever been considered as an option to create a light self propelled platform? I think there's a few examples of this in Ukraine at the moment and it could be a scrappy way to make the guns potentially more useful.

There is a kit offered by South Korea for the C2 version of the gun

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Cost per volley is a consideration.

In the case of long range fires, seems there is a less shooting and initial cost of the gun and the shorter barrel life are also factors. If you want to get guided munitions to achieve the effect with less rounds, then the cost differential seems to narrow quite a bit?

 

[Kirkhill]

In the case of long range fires, seems there is a less shooting and initial cost of the gun and the shorter barrel life are also factors. If you want to get guided munitions to achieve the effect with less rounds, then the cost differential seems to narrow quite a bit?

Doesn't it depend on the required muzzle velocity?

A traditional ballistic round requires higher pressures to achieve higher muzzle velocities to achieve longer ranges. 827 m/sec with charge 8 super.
A hyper-velocity ballistic round is going to exacerbate that problem I would think.
A ramjet round seems to require a muzzle velocity of 680 m/sec then the ramjet itself kicks in.

Suppose something like the Hero-120 could be fitted into a 155mm breech and launched with a low charge.

But

It may just be easier to do this

Shipping Container Launcher Packing 126 Kamikaze Drones Hits The Market

Packing scores of loitering munitions and one-way attack drones into a container that can go pretty much anywhere will soon be all the rage.

www.twz.com

 

[Kirkhill]

Meanwhile the Brits are putting some money down on the Boxer/RCH-155

Britain buys new mobile artillery in £52m deal

The deal with Germany covers one RCH 155 for UK trials, with two more going to Germany for joint testing.

ukdefencejournal.org.uk

They are apparently buying the first two of the prospective 116.