If this thing is 300mm, firing a rocket-assisted gliding guided round, its not going to fire at 5 rounds a minute. (one every 20s)
1 round a minute would be pretty good already, possibly even 1 round every 3-5 minutes.
Self Propelled Gun/Rocket Launcher
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1 round a minute would be pretty good already, possibly even 1 round every 3-5 minutes.
Fighters also have the reconnaissance and observation ability.
by78
General
That's a recent academic paper that explores the design and expected performance of a 300mm guided artillery munition. It's exploratory in nature, so I wouldn't necessarily use it as direct evidence for the existence of a 300mm self-propelled howitzer, although the probability of such a system existing or being worked on is not low.
The full paper can be.
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broadsword
Brigadier
With a weight of 500kg, machinery will be needed to do the heavy lifting. I still doubt it can handle more than 1 per minute though.
It looks like the rear fins of the shell are fixed rather than fold out.
Assuming it is representative of the simulated shell, does that mean the actual shell diameter is a bit below 300mm (as 300mm would likely be the wingspan instead), and that the shell itself has a sabot?
Or is it just an image that is not necessarily representative of the actual thing?
Skywatcher
Captain
Honestly, a 227/240mm shell (with possible airbreathing propulsion like a ramjet) and a 50-100kg warhead would probably be sufficient for 400+km tube artillery fire missions (and have a faster autoloader to boot too).
Rockets commonly have folding-fins.
broadsword
Brigadier
But the shell's means of propulsion is not only rocket .
Yes, but the munition in the picture looks like its rear fins are not designed to fold.
Some shells like Excalibur, LRLAP are similar in concept with rocket assisted propulsion and have fold out fins for guidance.
But the one in that graphic looks more like the Leonardo Vulcano, which is also a rocket assisted shell with fin guidance, but the rear fins don't fold and it has a sabot.
broadsword
Brigadier
The folded fins would probably be damaged by the explosion of the charge if not encased.