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Type | Self-propelled artillery |
Place of origin | United Kingdom |
Specifications | |
Mass | 45.0 tons (100,800 lb) |
Length | 9.07 m (29 ft 9 in) |
Width | 3.5 m (11 ft 6 in) |
Height | 2.49 m (8 ft 2 in) |
Armour | max. 17 mm (0.66 in) steel |
Engine | 660 hp (493 kW) |
Power/weight | 14.66 hp/t |
Operational range | 420 km (261 mi) on road |
Maximum speed | 53 km/h (33 mph) |
The AS-90 (Artillery System for the 1990s) is a lightly armoured self-propelled artillery gun. It is used by the British Army. It was first delivered in 1993.[1] Its official name is Gun Equipment 155 mm L131.
AS-90 is used by six[2] regiments of the Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Artillery. These are: 1 RHA, 3 RHA, 4 Regt RA, 19 Regt RA and 26 Regt RA. The AS-90 replaces the 105 mm FV433 Abbot SPG, the M109 155 mm SPG or the FH-70 155 mm gun.
AS-90 was designed and built by the Armaments division of Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering. They built 179 vehicles from 1992 to 1995. This cost £300 million.
The turret of the gun is controlled by a special computer called the turret control computer, or TCC.[2]
Features
References
- ↑ Additional deployment information Deagel.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "British Army equipment". British Army. Retrieved February 17, 2012.
Other websites
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