Extended-range precision artillery hits targets from 36 kilometers

Also WE know how mutch explosive the BER Version for 127 (13kg) and 155mm (7,5kg) have. If we have a diagram about how mutch the guidance takes of Volume we could guess how mutch there is.
 

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kqcke for you said:
Also WE know how mutch explosive the BER Version for 127 (13kg) and 155mm (7,5kg) have. If we have a diagram about how mutch the guidance takes of Volume we could guess how mutch there is.
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So the 127mm contains more explosive than the 155mm? Must be a longer projectile I guess.

Ah yes, 1.5m long for 127mm vs 0.95m for 155mm, and also 40kg vs 36kg all up respectively.


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Yeah. But thats only for BER but i think thats whats needed. Maybe a Future Variant of the 155mm Version If longer (probaly a limitation because of PzH 2k autoloader)
 
The whole point of adding electronics to a shell is to cut down the number of rounds necessary to perform a mission. When the Ukraine conflict began the Russian goal was quantity over accuracy. Russia was trying to deny movement and soften up targets for ground troops, requiring many rounds over time. Dumb shells were the shells of choice. The defender on the other hand could not match quantity and needed to make the most of each shot, therefore precision rounds were preferable. Shoot and move. Attrition favors the side with a non-existent to sustainable attrition rate. The results have been high on both sides initially, but have largely been mitigated with technology on the Ukraine side. Russia just keeps pouring resources in and it has taken a predictable toll.
 
MadRat said:
The whole point of adding electronics to a shell is to cut down the number of rounds necessary to perform a mission. When the Ukraine conflict began the Russian goal was quantity over accuracy. Russia was trying to deny movement and soften up targets for ground troops, requiring many rounds over time. Dumb shells were the shells of choice. The defender on the other hand could not match quantity and needed to make the most of each shot, therefore precision rounds were preferable. Shoot and move. Attrition favors the side with a non-existent to sustainable attrition rate. The results have been high on both sides initially, but have largely been mitigated with technology on the Ukraine side. Russia just keeps pouring resources in and it has taken a predictable toll.
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There's reasons you want both lots of cheap dumb shells and some super precise shells. Which is what made the US Precision Guidance Kit so valuable, as it could turn any deep fuzed 155mm shell into a precision round. Not quite as accurate as an Excalibur, but good enough most of the time.
 
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Agree, there's nothing on range or much else. Can only really assume longer range than existing PGK and better immunity to jamming.
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That's because PGK is just a screw-in fuze, so its range is highly dependent on the range of the shell it is attached to. This version can work at longer ranges than the old one, but it isn't adding range to the shell by itself.
 

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