until the spring of 1987. FH-70 and G-5. as well. MEMS INS is being worked on currently. You don`t fire these things without accurate mensurated coordinates. This is rather late, weve been firing Excalibur shells from the new M777 towed howitzers for a few years now; the M109 Paladin is quite old and due for replacement. If you have a self-propelled howitzer like the DITA, then you can outsmart and outflank your opponent in a matter of minutes. no official rejection, no production orders were placed. CH-47 Chinook, a Right in front of it. "The enemy isn't always out in the open, so artillery really had to improve accuracy to stay in the fight to the level the Army wants it to be.". Prime contract management is based in Barrow-in-Furness in the United Kingdom as wel. hardness that makes it notoriously difficult to machine. Excalibur Army has a brilliant record in that regard as they made all the improvements necessary to make the DITA a success. navigation, pointing, and self-location capabilities, which allows Ultimately, despite the Fourth, it was a heavy critter, and outsized, causing problems in logistics handling and storage (critically important) and shortening its range just a bit more than anyone liked. As it stands, I estimate it would take at least 1 minute and probably closer to two minutes for an Excalibur round to hit a target 30 miles away. Those costs dont take into account the overhead. to the ground, with its stabilizers swung forward and its spades If the very first round lands exactly where it is required to land, the target is destroyed before the ability to act occurs. During Vietnam, the average 500 pound Mark 82 bomb cost something like $590 dollars. The BAe (British Aerospace) M777 howitzer is the primary The howitzer is equipped with a . M777ER: Short for "M777 Extended Range", this weapon is an SLWH Pegasus: Developed by ST Kinetics in Singapore, the The When will local SWAT teams be getting them? A consumer version of such a device would cost less than $200. Hence the Marine Corp slogan of 13 cent killers. Private: Why dont we drive over there and offer them $35k to beat it and split the rest? While funding for the artillery rounds was reduced in the FY-22 budget request, the Army's legacy 155 mm howitzer systems escaped the worst of the cuts. The deployment of Canadian M777s continued throughout dumb bombs cost about $1,000. The scale of the effort to supply weapons has raised concerns about the status of US stockpiles. The M777 requires three minutes to emplace, and two to three No blast waves in space. Also this artillery piece is too light for Reducing the munition". Firing one round per gun then moving is preferable to staying in place to fire multiple rounds. When you calculate all the variables in shooting a dumb round at 30km (powder temperature, bore wear, projectile weight, wind speed and direction, rotation of the earth, difference in gun and target elevation, etc. The U.S. Military damn well better not be firing on American Citizens on American soil. These howitzers it has an impressive range of 39 km, equivalent ammunition fired from "The enemy isn't always out in the open, so artillery really had to improve accuracy to stay in the fight to the level the Army wants it to be." Moreover, the unit price is less than $10,000 , according to the company, which compares favorably to self-contained precision rounds that cost $70,000 to . In addition, production will remain above the levels needed to sustain the industrial base. Look at naval railgun. seldom used. If you have to ask We need this round because? Because if youre on the sharp pointy end of the stick being shot at from some rag head whos dug into a bunker and you cant stop them, this round will hit the bunker, do over pressure and case the bad guys ear drums to meet- in the middle of their head. There is A/C, heating and an air filtration system installed. many of the parts in the M777 serve multiple functions, rather than By Harry G. Summers Jr. . Norway's Nammo has unveiled a potentially revolutionary concept for an air-breathing, ramjet-powered, pseudo-missile that any standard 155mm howitzer can fire at targets more than 60 miles away . When you consider the efficiencies Excalibur permits on the supply chain tail, the Army may very well end up saving money by buying Excaliburs even at 70 times the cost of a conventional howitzer round. Keep your membership data current to ensure receipt of Field Artillery Journal and Chapter Benefits. Ho, Ho, SOS, different day. The M198 fires separate-loading (non-fixed) ammunition and can be loaded with a variety of propellants and projectiles. Pay the $70K- and at 30 miles its accurate to within 1 meter? Having the original tooling or not,if the Air Force decides that there is a need or desire (and the Air Force HATES the A-10) to keep an aircraft in service they can make it happen. And B 52 is still a potent, effective munitions delivery system that can loiter well out of enemy range and lay rds precisely on target, all weathers and conditions. The self-propelled feature is a must-have, and Excalibur Army has done everything in their power to provide that option. That comes out to about 24 dumb rounds per 1 smart round. right! How much does a M777 howitzer cost? Oh, and if the Russians did start an all out war where they attacked our satellites, why wouldnt they also bomb mission control on the ground and take out our ability to regain control of wayward satellites? warhead. He said these cuts should not hurt training, as the Army has a sufficient reserve of the artillery rounds used for training. I first saw this on an early nova 35+ years ago. but civilized nations never trade blood for treasure. As an old red leg gun chief I can tell you they sold us a bunch of crap to justify this. Now, for missions like area suppression or firing at an enemy whos precise location is unknown dumb rounds will still be a more cost effective solution. construction of 2 prototypes in September of 1987. Is this suppose to replace drones? The 1968 amendments made it illegal to possess destructive devices, which includes grenades. Compared to the cost of air support this is cheap. Variants . United Stated, Australia and Canada donated 142 M777 howitzers to Despite its low-slung proportions, the M777 still easily achieves Nothing is to good for our friends (read enemies). The strategic location of this political and economic power contributes significantly to ensuring peace and economic stability in the region. Top editors give you the stories you want delivered right to your inbox each weekday. teamed-up with Textron to build this weapon in the US. This is mainly due to its high price tag. you're looking for? Delivery time . The logistics train for a forward deployed air wing or an aircraft carrier are pretty high. I dont need to jam the shell. 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The howitzers heading to Ukraine will have a "significant" impact on Ukrainian firepower, according to a senior U.S. defense official, as the war . Called the "155mm Advanced Gun System-Lite (AGS-L)," this mounting would have limited ammunition compared to the 5"/62 (12.7 cm) Mark 45 Mod 4 or the standard AGS. This version quickly superseded in development have a direct fire capability, and use day and night optical sights I have no idea just how much of an electromagnetic pulse a GPS satellite could survive. A service official said today the decision was driven by budget pressures more than changes in the Army's operational needs, such as the drawdown from Afghanistan. its ammunition, nor the field supply trains required to carry it, 1.07 m. The M109 Self-Propelled Howitzer (SPH) is the primary mobile artillery unit in NATO and Western countries. With the 52-caliber modification the range can surpass 40 kilometers. On top of that, the DITA has a potent Onboard Control System which houses the diagnostics,navigation, automatic gun aiming, autonomous calculation of shooting elements, and ammunition selection subsystems. Yet another techno pipedream that WILL let down troops in combat. WASHINGTON, June 17, 2008 The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Canada of M777 155mm Light-Weight Towed Howitzers as well as associated equipment and services. only two guns. The M777 is, at four tons (for the standard version), the lightest 155mm towed howitzer ever fielded. A crew of 8 is required to operate the M777 normally. . (43.2 kg) Length without Fuze 23.9 in. 39 kilometers is about 24 miles. And never forget that Air Force fought tooth&nail to stop A 10 from ever even being built, going so far as to wage a very nasty political fight to take it away from Army Air Corps and then sit on it. are significantly heavier), and the preliminary design wasn't ready Agree. The M795 is an unguided shell first deployed in 1999. muzzle brake, and has a spike-like shape. Makes a group or even a battalion strength TOT rather expensive. Go to Ft. Benning or Ft. Bragg and ask some infantrymen if we really need such a round. The M777's appearance changes Here's Everything We Know About The New 155mm Wheeled Self-Propelled Howitzer, Here's Where The Tank From Fate Of The Furious Is Today, Humvee Vs Oshkosh JLTV: Here's How The Military Vehicles Compare, A Detailed Look At The Helicopters Used By Navy Seals. Thanks to you both, Greg. Prototype for the M777, built in the late 1990s. The lighter a weapon is that fires a This has been scifi lit for so long its not even funny Which predictably leads one into the realm of ECM, ECCM, artillery point defense, etc against a competent enemy force Which inevitably increases your round count back to dumb round count levels . The Army's Project Manager Combat Ammunition Systems is doing market research "to identify potential sources within the United States and Canada that can Load, Assemble, and Pack (LAP) and deliver the 155mm M795 High Explosive (HE) Projectile," the survey said. If this projectile will allow me to do so with less rounds required to suppress and destroy the enemy which = less time required until end of mission = less time that the infantry is being shot at = saving the lives of my brothers in arms in the process, then Im all for it! devastated, because their artillery was constantly suppressed by There are many ways to take advantage of this system. As of the recent deal to sell 145 M777s to early 2007 that Canadian 155 mm ammunition stocks in that theater But the contractor would need to procure "bulk TNT" on its own, it added. Army's deployed M777s have long-since been withdrawn from Iraq, the In 2017, the efficacy of this upgrade was proven in battle, when a single Marine M777 battery fired more than 35,000 rounds at ISIS targets in Syria over just five months. publish your own articles? improved shrapnel and splintering pattern is claimed by the USMC to never been fully-resolved. Afghanistan were in late 2007, and the first US M777's gun is not traversed 180 degrees for towing. A lot can change in 2 minutes during battle. enemy artillery operated without fear of being bombarded. Space aint a-tall like yall learned from Arageddon. The 155mm artillery shell now costs about $150,000 each to produce because at this point some of the guidance parts are still assembled by hand. This would be used to buy 1,400 XM1113 rounds for 39-caliber artillery, such as the M777 towed howitzer and M109 family of self-propelled howitzers, and 1,046 XM1113 Extended Range, which will be used by the ERCA, which has a longer barrel. Because artillery called in by a forward observer is faster, cheaper, and with this, potentially more accurate than keeping strike eagles/hornets/vipers overhead talking to a JTAC when troops are in contact and seconds count. Any NATO-standard 155 mm shells Sign up for notifications from Insider! world by 155 mm/L52 howitzers. This is mainly due to its high The Fs would fall out of the sky at the A-10s strafing airspeed. I would consider this immoral without visual confirmation of a GPS target. Selected by the U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Army as their next generation Medium Force weapon, designated M777. The Howitzer is an essential piece in the artillery puzzle as it sits right between a mortar and an artillery gun. Mil Spec hand-held laser range finder readings are also slightly affected as prevailing temperature, atmospherics and degree of target reflection. The M777 is manufactured by BAE Systems' Global Combat Systems division. The FY-22 proposal would buy 25 M109 upgrades, down from 31 in FY-21. For example, the hydraulics in the unprecedented for a 155 mm howitzer, but the preceding M198 could Sad to see that big bitch go. It turns out even the A-10 couldnt do the job the A-10 was designed to do going low and slow against enemy tanks with cannon fire might have just about worked against the SA-7 and ZSU-23-4 threats in 1975, but even by 1985 the air defences had got quicker-responding, more accurate and more lethal. And I also would much prefer these rounds on call, rather than relying on Javelins. Maximum range is 25-40 km, depending on is actually a development of a British design. You are trading tax dollars for american soldiers. awarded in 2005. Funding for the XM1113, a rocket-assisted round being developed alongside the Extended Range Cannon Artillery, part of the Army's long-range precision fires modernization priority, would grow to $51.1 million under the FY-22 budget request, from $27.0 million in FY-21. in large numbers and production continues. To a guidance system on a projectile being off five meters at every waypoint means your precision guided weapon is no longer all that precise. complete weapon is towed from the aforementioned spike-like towing position. This has resulted in the recoil-absorption mechanisms in the The azimuth bearing expressed in Mils (6400mils = 360 degrees of a circle); at 1000m range 1 mil equal 1m azimuth width/height. There wouldnt be much to it: just a camera, video transmitter, receiver, and actuators on the flight control surfaces. The primary market for this new weapon was used to transport it in field conditions. The Army's Joint Munitions Command declined to say whether the market survey was intended to expand shell production or to just identify new manufacturers. to most other towed howitzers, making quick recognition fairly easy. You can jam it for omnidirectional antennas on the ground, but NOT for directional antennas pointed up and thousands of feet above your jamming antenna. Spoofing is harder than jamming. original M777 lacked this fire control system, requiring the crew to use are seldom attempted. Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy/Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images, NOW WATCH: We went inside the giant desert base where Marines are trained in artillery warfare. LW155. JDAM Tail kit $25,000 The basic M777 was only the low-rate initial production model, and all except a few Its simple really, just have someone write up a serious proposal to give the A-10s and the close air support mission where it should be, with the Army! https://insidedefense.com/daily-news/army-cut-155-mm-artillery-spending-citing-budget-pressure, From AUSA Magazine: Engaging Targets Precisely, MD Deep Sensing, Analysis, and PED to Target Threat A2AD, Field Artillery: Shield of the Continental Army. transportability by vehicles that couldn't handle the M198, but in Logistics is often a trade off of what can be delivered. only other nation so far committed to acquiring M777s is Columbia. expansive use of lightweight materials in its construction, they Forces also placed an order for several M777s during this timeframe The anomaly of artillery use in the Russian-Ukraine war, Access the Field Artillery Journal issues from 1911-current, Receive member 15% discount on all store items, Only members can create user accounts. support from these weapons was apparently quite substantial, but so Fuzes such as the M739 series can be assembled to the projectile. A swagged gilding metal rotating band encircles the projectile near . War, the Yom Kippur War, and the Vietnam War. The estimated cost is $248 million. In the late penetration (an important consideration when engaging armor and It entered service in 1979 and since then 1,600 units have been produced. fully-emplaced M777 take-on a crucifix shape, which is essential for Your interceptor is probably not traveling at orbital velocity, so your shrapnel cant catch it from behind. Unless those satellites have true omni-directional antennae for command/control (unlikely), I dont see mission control ever even having a chance to regain control. The US Army is looking for companies that can build up to 12,000 155 mm artillery shells a month. You can drive it around everywhere, which is a big win if you want to gain an advantage with the enemy in position. BTW, we had some sharp operators of remotely controlled targets on a couple ranges that learned to pull the same stunt (escaping targets) with the original and improved TOW missiles by rapidly changing speeds or stopping in the last few seconds before the missile closed on target, when the TOW gunner didnt have time left to adjust sighting within the missiles flight parameters. produce a different subassembly of the M777. additional mobility, balance, and handling problems. and a weight of 5 300 kg. (607 mm) Body material Forged . The 155mm guns can also fire GPS-guided artillery shells. B1 cost $283.1 million, Artillery strike $70,000 When the service first created the LRPF CFT to coordinate all advanced artillery developments in 2017, the plan was to increase the range of 155mm howitzers to more than 60 miles. Picture Information. mountainous regions near the border with China. length is dated. M107 HE round, but this munition is gradually being expended in variety of ammunition it uses. They are. as well as other partner offers and accept our. Standard M777s have an optical sight mounted on the both have a shaped charge (i.e., High Explosive Or kia troops; to be blunt, soldiers are not cheap and represent considerable investment. However, despite passing developmental testing with As someone whose advanced age gives away the fact that I was involved with both the development process (during live fire testing at WSMR and Yuma) and actual field use, I can say that Copperhead MET all of its design parameters. Anyway.Raytheon. The 'A1 models were to be When the value of every round is considered against the monetary value of an infantryman, you know shit is WAY out of whack. A careful examination of the DoD's Selected The weight of shells increases by and large with caliber. cost-effective, extended range and high-precision ammo. GPS isnt geosynch; were it, the system would be unable to differentiate twain north and south. As an example of the guns accuracy, at 75% of the maximum range the probable error specification is 0.48% of the range value and 1mil in deflection.. Even without base bleed projectiles, the range is about 25K or 16 miles. Field artillery, we support the line. Those antennae would have to have surge suppressors to prevent the large induced voltage of an electromagnetic pulse from damaging the internal electronics connected to them. No, the round fired cost is not where there is potential savings. Jam Hell, the smart money is on spoofing the signal and degrading the satellite constellation. however isnt the result of such expensive weapons (lets ignore how thrifty our gov is for a moment, and the political issues that cause us to be in armed conflict) that we dont need a draft, that we dont have to have 200000 casualties in Iraq or Afghanistan, as we did in Vietnam? Denying GPS will be high priority. COPYRIGHT 2021, THETRUTHABOUTGUNS.COM. There is also no rammer, so But because such rounds are dumb, Army experts estimate it can take anywhere from 10 to 50 unguided rounds to destroy a target that Excalibur can take out in a single shot. The company has prior experience in making a howitzer, but DITA is their biggest one yet. Fording. The 155mm DITA howitzer is incredibly well built, which means it can handle a shell-firing gun's forces and pressure. It effectively made the M777A1 the definitive system. An interesting weight-saving measure is that . The guided rounds cuts ammo use enormously. Trucks Good plan. The M549A1 RAP-HE is a rocket-boosted HE round, which can Do we need both? much mass as possible. AH-4 is a In the spirit of fairness for testing and training we had to pull those guys in and tell them they werent allowed to watch the TOW close on target as an enemy vehicle driver wouldnt (in theory) see the TOW coming during actual combat operations. At least thats the number available on several sites. Among the requirements for manufacturers is demonstrating "existing production capacity, projected monthly production and delivery capability of 12,000 projectiles per month, maximum monthly production capacity, and if they have made this item or similar items in the past," the Army survey said. It's not clear how many shells the Pentagon is aiming to produce. No blast waves in space. that the ability of the M777 to be fired by only 5 personnel is Super Stallion, or a Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for 155 mm Gun M1 "Long Tom": and 8-inch Howitzer in WWII and Korea 978076 at the best online prices at eBay! What is the most powerful self-propelled artillery? Why not just have drones overhead ready to drop ordnance? Replacing dumb rounds with Excaliburs . Un huh. The total value, if all options are exercised, could be as high as $114 million. Commercial GPS is not encoded, military GPS is. Russ youre correct, I am now retired. "When we looked across the accounts at where we could take a degree of risk to support some of the modernization efforts, this was one area where leadership was comfortable taking some risks," Jack Daniels, deputy assistant secretary of the Army for plans, programs and resources, told reporters. It was designed and prototyped at the Rock Island Arsenal in 1969 with firing tests beginning in 1970 and went into full production there in 1978. The margin for error is exceedingly thin for a successful near miss. Plus this gives an option for airstrike precise munitions at the Brigade level. The US had sent 126 M777 cannons and more than 800,000 rounds of 155 mm ammunition to Ukraine as of early September. This was my first thought. How much does a 105mm HE round cost? B1 cost per flight hour $63,000 The station keeping RCS on any satellite would get it back where it needed to be . The 155mm M107 HE is a conventional, hollow forged steel projectile filled with comp B high-explosive. A Russian lightweight towed howitzer developed in the 1990s, the So, spending thousands for a high end Schmitt and Bender instead of a Tasco is wasteful too? the "M777". . It provides rapid and accurate ballistic computation, Anti-Tank, or "HEAT"), and a secondary fragmentation effect, making the M864 The M777s are typically airlifted by actually makes the Excalibur more expensive than the M777 itself. calculators and dials to compute their firing solutions. It comprises of a high tensile steel body, filled with RDX/TNT and fitted with a user selected fuze (typically L106). weapon crew to set the Excalibur to land on a specific geographic First the 155 has a max range of about 10 miles and has historically been used for mid range fire support ( beyond the range of 81mm mortars). The M777 is a 155 mm towed Howitzer that was jointly developed by the Army and Marine Corps to replace the M198 Howitzer. (http://www.gao.gov/assets/230/224366.pdf and http://www.rjlee.org/air/ds-aaloss for numbers). conflicts, the side whose guns had a shorter reach ended up being With your member login you will be able to: Please note: Only members can create user accounts. guidance capability when GPS is unusable altogether (though it won't Australia currently operates the 100MM Hamel Howitzer and the 155MM M198 Howitzer and will . The Army may save money with the Excalibur rounds.. The M795 has a kill radius of about 55 yards, though fragments can inflict damage beyond that distance. 155 mm howitzers, it lacks the propulsion-capable APUs used in many Also, 110lb of 155mm causes less collateral damage than a 500lb bomb. claimed to be only 5 m), giving it a range of up to 40 km when fired Experimental US truck-mounted howitzer, which combines ordnance of In my opinion, this is a worthy expenditure of our funds rather than all of the other BS they waste tax money on. The Crusader was the replacement and the program was foolishly canceled. There is a concept DoD has already shat all over. Also because: The Army's survey comes as the US supplies Ukraine with arms, including about 800,000 155 mm rounds. 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