The fist of God! South African Arty G6 155mm

[DarthBrawl]

The South African G6 can fire accurately to a range of 53.6 km, making it the first 155mm fully qualified and in-service gun and ammunition system breaching the 40 km range barrier, and it does so by a fair margin. The V-LAP projectile, combining base bleed and rocket motor technology. (Tech Spec below all the pics)

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And finally, someone made their own! below




G6-52 Rhino 155mm SELF-PROPELLED GUN-HOWITZER

(http://globalsecurity.org)
Minister of Defence, Mr Mosiuoa Lekota, on 16 March 2003 unveiled South

Africa's latest and most advanced artillery system, the Denel G6-52, at

the IDEX 2003 defence exhibition in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

"Already recognised as a world leader in artillery, we've made a

quantum leap with the G6-52," explains Mr Max Sisulu, acting chief

executive of Denel. "With this system we are confirming South Africa's

prime role in modern artillery technology, which goes beyond a

howitzer. Such a capability includes state-of-the-art ammunition and

numerous related subsystems - all important elements on the third

millenium battlefield."

Although outwardly resembling South Africa's renowned 155mm G6 wheeled

Self-Propelled (SP) artillery system, the G6-52 is substantially

different - to such a degree that it is justifiably promoted as an

entirely new system. Firing a Denel developed V-LAP rocket assisted

projectile, the G6-52 has a range of almost 70 kilometres -

outperforming any other or competing artillery system by a significant

margin.

Addressing the media at IDEX 2003, Minister Lekota said that South

Africa's defence industries operated in the international arena with a

strong commitment to responsibility and maturity, under transparent,

civilian-controlled export of defence equipment, and complying with

international armaments conventions and agreements. "Against this

background, South Africa stands proud of its achievements in the

development of sophisticated defence systems, to be employed in defence

of the nation's sovereignty and in peacekeeping and humanitarian

operations, within the context of our geopolitical obligations," said

Minister Lekota. "The wider international community is increasingly

taking note of defence-related technologies offered by South Africa.

Under the heading: 'See the Future', South Africa's G6-52 was making

its debut inside a specially constructed marqee at IDEX 2003, displayed

alongside related systems like the observation drone, the Seeker II,

from Denel's Kentron division. Automated ammunition handling (any

combination of projectiles and charges), with automated fuze setting,

increases the rate of fire to at least eight rounds per minute. This is

done by means of computer programmed ammunition carousels inside the

turret, one of the features allowing for a reduced crew on the G6-52.

Crew workload is further reduced with an automated ammunition

inventory, which records and updates the status of the inventory as

each shot is fired.

Multiple rounds (up to six) can be fired to impact simultaneously on

the same target by means of the G6-52's advanced AS2000 artillery

target engagement system. Automatic laying and navigation provides the

G6-52 with outstanding accuracy during firing missions. Thanks to its

numerous on-board computerized systems, it can come into operation

(ready to fire its first round) within 45 seconds of stopping.

Likewise, it can move away from a firing position within 30 seconds of

completing a firing mission - critical to avoid enemy counter-fire.

Although artillery is usually deployed in batteries as described in

military doctrine, the G6-52's capability is demonstrated by the fact

that a single G6-52 howitzer is able to cover an area of approximately

1 720 square kilometers from a deployment position.

South Africa has always looked towards artillery to provide extended

range and high mobility, the philosophy being "to establish fire

superiority over the entire battle area." According to Col. D J de

Villiers of the South African Army Artillery Formation, "firepower is

used decisively as a primary means of combat to bring about favourable

conditions for ending the conflict" and to deny the enemy sufficient

opportunity to successfully interfere with own tactics.

In order to have real-time battlefield surveillance - during day or

night in any weather - the new artillery system relies on the Seeker II

observation drone developed by Denel's Kentron division. The Seeker II

can range 250 kilometres from its base station and has a10-hour flight

endurance.

The G6-52's superior range, coupled with accuracy and firing rate, sets

a new standard, whilst its high mobility provides great flexibility on

the battlefield.

Other than the G6, most Self-Propelled (SP) artillery systems consist

of the gun turret mounted on a tracked vehicle. The G6-52 is a

permanent 6x6 wheeled SP system providing much higher mobility than

tracked vehicles. This feature allows it to keep pace with mounted

infantry and armour units during high mobility operations over extended

distances.

Off road speed is almost 70 km/h and on surfaced roads it can travel at

speeds of up to 80 km/h, with a fuel range of 700 kilometres. The G6-52

has an automatic tyre inflation system and is equipped with run-flat

inserts. It can withstand the detonation of a landmine under any wheel.

Alongside range and mobility, the artillery system relies on another

crucial element, namely "target effect", which essentially relates to

ammunition and firing rate.

The G6-52 is designed to utilise standard 155mm ammunition, but derives

much of its unparalleled capability from Denel developed artillery

ammunition. SA Army Col. D J de Villiers believes "South African

artillery ammunition is undeniably the best in the world" - hence the

serious attention from several NATO countries.

Denel manufacturing divisions, Somchem, Swartklip, Naschem and La Forge

provide the artillery projectiles, base-bleed motors and modular

combustible case propelling charges for the G6-52 system. The

velocity-enhanced long-range artillery projectile, designated V-LAP,

gives the system its vastly improved range of some 67 kilometres.

Apart from the effectiveness of the ammunition, Denel has managed to

develop a "ballistic similitude" in the projectile family. This

characteristic speeds up the computation of firing data and also

ensures the effective engagement of targets with different payloads or

combinations of payloads (essentially projectiles filled with different

contents, like screening smoke or explosives).

Importantly, the G6-52 system has NBC (Nuclear, Biological, Chemical)

protection, as well as standard armour protection against small and

medium caliber weapons.

"Whilst immensely proud of Denel's G6-52, we are really launching a

tangible example of our cutting edge artillery capability on the

international market," explains Max Sisulu. "This represents technology

for the future, hence the tag line: 'See the Future' - and I'm

convinced this reaffirms our leading artillery position in the minds of

defence clients worldwide." G6-52 / T6-52 SPECIFICATIONS

BALISTIC SYSTEMS:
JBMOU EXTENDED RANGE
Barrel Length 52 calibre 52 calibre
Chamber volume 23 litre 25 litre
Charge system M90 M64
Range ERFB 33km 38,4km
Range ERFB Base Bleed 42km 50km
Range V-LAP 58km 67km
Ammunition compatibility All 155mm All 155mm
MRSI: Multiple Rounds Simultaneous Impact 5rds at 25km 6rds at 25km

AMMUNITION HANDLING:
Intense rate of fire 8 rds/min for 40 rounds with all charges
Ammunition loading Fully automatic with manual back-up mode
Crew required 3 - 5 men
On-board ammunition G6-52: 40 in turret. 8 in vehicle. T6-52: 40 in

turret. Up to 6 depending on vehicle
Ammunition re-loading Semi-automatic from ground pile or
Ammunition Re-supply Vehicle
Ammunition re-loading time 10 minutes for 40 complete rounds

LAYING AND NAVIGATION:
Laying and navigation system Ring Laser Gyro inertial with GPS as

secondary
Navigation aid
Fully automatic laying with accuracy better than
1 mil RMS
In-action time (stop to round 1) G6-52: 45sec T6-52: 30sec
Out-of-action time G6-52: 30sec T6-52: 30sec

GUN CONTROL :
Traverse G6: 80° T6 : 360°
Elevation G6: -5° to 75°

[Berkut]

Hehe looks very much like NOD artillery from C&C Renegade

[HardThunder]

Nice pics, love the sandals, she is a little old for me
Want some candy little girl

[Doom]

That looks a lot like a GI Joe cobra missle truck i once had...

cool pics

[Wodan]

I really like it, but are those windows really able to withstand fire of machine cannons, to protect the driver?


And how good is the roof armour against the main dangers: other 155mm artillery and MLRS bomblets

[byrneing]

**** that thing is massive.

I knew it was big, but.. that tire, its as big as that woman... Try sticking them on your civic.

[DarthBrawl]

Hull is built from the steel armor plates protecting crew from firearm fire and projectiles and mines splinters. Moreover the frontal hull and turret armor protects crew from 20-mm rounds. Hull bottom features improved armored protection against anti-tank mines. It stands up to 3 mine hits (against TM46 Anti-Tank Mines). The driver also has bullet-resistant windscreen that can be further protected by armored shutters. Vehicle commander has limited steering and braking capability if the driver becomes a casualty.

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[DarthBrawl]

I knew it was big, but.. that tire, its as big as that woman... Try sticking them on your civic.

if I remember correctly, I think each tyre weighs approx 800kg's

[HardThunder]

I am a little confused. All the Canadians should be on here talking about how the great Bull designed the gun, and ammo. 10 years ago they would have

[DarthBrawl]

Gerald Bull was a brilliant Canadian scientist and artillery designer whose dream was to fire satellites into orbit using cannons. When the United States, for whom he was working, decided to use rockets to loft its satellites, Bull began shopping his dream of a super-cannon around the world.

While he pursued his dream he designed the G-5 howitzer, a potent 155-mm cannon with about a 20-mile range and impressive lethality. He sold the design to South Africa in the 1970s - illegally according to U.S. prosecutors, with the knowledge and encouragement of the CIA, according to Bull. Despite his claims of innocence in 1980, he did six months in jail and emerged from prison a very bitter, disgraced, bankrupt man - but determined, nevertheless, to launch satellites by cannon.

The South Africans developed Bull's G-5 design into a potent towed howitzer. They also made it into the G-6, a self-propelled howitzer that could tear across rough terrain at 40 miles an hour, earning it the nickname "Kalahari Ferrari."

The South Africans used the guns to devastating effect in their war with the Angolans and Cubans in the late 1980s and began selling the Bull guns around the world for extra cash - not least of all to Iraq. Iraqis used South African G-5s and G-6s to rain shells and poison gas on Iranians.

But Bull also sold Saddam Hussein on the concept of launching satellites by cannon. The story is told that Bull sat on Saddam's living room floor and made his pitch in person to Saddam, who downed a bottle of Johnny Walker Red and called up his cronies in the middle of the night, insisting that they rush right over to hear Bull.

Saddam gave him the go-ahead.

As time went on, Bull also perfected the nose cones on Saddam's SCUD missiles.


The people made most unhappy about the Bull-Iraqi connection were the Israelis who repeatedly appealed to Bull not to have dealings with Saddam. The Israelis knew Bull well, had bought his designs and expertise and liked him. But they were less enthusiastic about his giving Saddam the capability of landing a nuclear artillery shell - or a perfected SCUD warhead - in the heart of Tel Aviv.

On March 22, 1990, Gerald Bull was assassinated with five silenced 7.65-mm shots to the back of his head as he entered his apartment in Brussels, Belgium. No money was stolen and his apartment was undisturbed. The designer of the world's largest ballistics was killed with some of the smallest.

In the following weeks, British authorities cracked down and seized huge sections of ostensible pipeline that, when fitted together, would have made an enormous cannon capable of launching satellites.

On Aug. 2, 1990, Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait and American soldiers were rushed to Saudi Arabia to guard against an Iraqi attack there. They faced Gerald Bull's G-5s and G-6s as well as Soviet 205-mm howitzers, tubed artillery that had more range, lethality and mobility than anything they possessed. When it came to one-on-one gun duels, American forces were outmatched by Bull's designs.

American and allied forces made up the difference with air power and a weapon called the Multiple Launch Rocket System. Ultimately, as we know, it was maneuver and combined arms, especially airpower, that pulverized Saddam's troops. And when inspectors got into Iraq, they dismantled the remains of Bull's space guns.

The irony of the Crusader is that it was designed in large part to defeat the threat of Bull's artillery in Iraqi hands. Had the United States simply purchased G-5s and G-6s from South Africa after it abolished apartheid, it would now have those weapons in inventory and could at least match Iraqi firepower.

However, 12 years after the need was recognized and on the eve of another war with Iraq when heavy artillery might be useful, American forces still don't have a home-grown solution in their inventory.

Congress and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld are engaged in their own war over the Crusader. But as they fight it out, they should be aware that they're replaying the perennial conflict between the tubies and the rocketeers that has dogged military technologists for decades.

source: jewishworldreview.com

[HardThunder]

Hay I did not mean you had to .

Good find, I just looked it over , and what I saw looked right.

[Name Taken]

That's awesome? Can the gun be used as an anti-tank weapon, too?

[HardThunder]

That's awesome? Can the gun be used as an anti-tank weapon, too?

That would all have to do with the size of the tank. But most people feel that a hit anyplace on a tank from one would bother the crew a great deal, and could in fact break something on the tank , let alone something on the people.

BUT we have not had a chance to check it out.

[Lokos]

LOL.

Lokos

[DarthBrawl]

That's awesome? Can the gun be used as an anti-tank weapon, too?

Not its role, but if you get a half asleep tank, stationary for a few mins, why not, 45 secs is all thats needed, I dont think there would even be DNA left from the crew of the 'victim' tank!

Multiple rounds (up to six) can be fired to impact simultaneously on the same target by means of the G6-52's advanced AS2000 artillery target engagement system. Automatic laying and navigation provides the G6-52 with outstanding accuracy during firing missions. Thanks to its numerous on-board computerized systems, it can come into operation (ready to fire its first round) within 45 seconds of stopping. Likewise, it can move away from a firing position within 30 seconds of completing a firing mission - critical to avoid enemy counter-fire.