Obusier de 155 mm Modèle 50
Obusier de 155 mm Modèle 50 | |
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![]() Obusier de 155 mm Modèle 50 in Beyt ha-Totchan Museum, Zikhron Ya'akov. | |
Type | Field Howitzer |
Place of origin | France |
Service history | |
In service | 1952-1990s |
Used by | See Operators |
Specifications | |
Mass | 8,100 kg (17,857 lbs) |
Length | 7.8 m (25 ft 7 in)[1] |
Barrel length | 4.65 m (15 ft 3 in) L/30 |
Width | 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)[1] |
Height | 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)[1] |
Crew | 11[1] |
Shell | Separate loading charge and projectile[1] |
Caliber | 155 mm (6.1 in) |
Breech | interrupted screw |
Recoil | Hydro-pneumatic[1] |
Carriage | Split trail |
Elevation | -4°/69° |
Traverse | 80° |
Rate of fire | 3-4 rpm[1] |
Muzzle velocity | 650 m/s (2,133 ft/s) |
Effective firing range | 18,000 m (19,685 yd) |
Maximum firing range | 23,300 m (25,481 yd) |
Obusier de 155 mm Modèle 50 was a French 155 mm 30 calibre howitzer introduced in 1952.[2] The first French artillery designed since World War II, it was manufactured in both France - 980 howitzers were produced (French army and export) - and under license in Sweden for the Swedish armed forces. The Model 50 was replaced in French service during the 1980s by the TRF1.[2]Reserve units were produced until the end of the 1990s.[3]
Description[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Canon_de_155mm_du_6e_R.A.Ma_djibouti_1979.jpg/220px-Canon_de_155mm_du_6e_R.A.Ma_djibouti_1979.jpg)
French Obusier de 155 mm Modèle 50 in Djibouti in 1979.
The Model 50 has a split trail, large slotted muzzle-brake, four-wheeled bogie and a retractable firing pedestal beneath the axles.
Operators[]
France: standard howitzer of the French Army, replaced in the late 1980s by the TRF1.[2]
Sweden: 170;[4] possibly more produced under license.[2]
Israel: 170; most of these were later mounted on an M4 Sherman tank chassis as self-propelled howitzers.[4]
Lebanon: 50[4]
Morocco: 18[5]
Senegal: 6[4]
Switzerland: 20[4]
Tunisia: 30[4]
See also[]
- M-50 155 mm - An M4 Sherman chassis based self-propelled artillery piece mounting the Obusier de 155 mm Modèle 50 155 mm L/30 howitzer in large enclosed superstructure.
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g Foss, Christopher (1977). Jane's pocket book of towed artillery. New York: Collier. p. 121. ISBN 0020806000. OCLC 911907988.
- ^ a b c d Kinard, Jeff (28 March 2007). Artillery: An Illustrated History of Its Impact (2007 ed.). ABC-CLIO Publishers. pp. 301–303. ISBN 978-1-85109-561-2.
- ^ L’Obusier de 155 mm, modèle 1950/1963, Base documentaire des Artilleurs
- ^ a b c d e f "Trade Registers". Armstrade.sipri.org. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
- ^ Jane's Armour and Artillery, 2002, Volume 23 p. 727.
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