Ukraine's New Swedish Howitzer Can Hit The Russians With Three Shells At A Time--

[Uncle Joe]

And Drive Away Before The Salvo Lands

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An Archer crew can squeeze six and a half charges into one shot, allowing it to lob a shell out to a distance of 25 miles. That’s farther than most other tube artillery systems in the Russia-Ukraine war can fire. The main exceptions are guns of greater caliber, including the 203-millimeter 2S7s that are in use on both sides.

By changing the angle of the gun, tweaking the number of charges and firing fast—three rounds in 15 seconds—an Archer can achieve what Ulf Einefors, then Bofors Archer program manager, in 2005 described as “high momentary effect in target through MRSI.”

MRSI is the acronym for “multiple-round simultaneous impact.” That is, a single gun hitting a single target with several shells at the same time. Because it can set up in 30 seconds, shoot a shell every five seconds for 15 seconds then prepare for movement in another 30 seconds, an Archer crew can send a salvo toward an enemy position as far as 25 miles away and be on the move before all three rounds explode at the same instant.

It’s unclear whether any other artillery system can match that combination of speed, range and simultaneous impact. As a bonus, the Archer is thickly armored for a howitzer and includes a remotely-operated machine gun for self-defense.

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/01/20/ukraines-new-swedish-howitzers-can-hit-the-russians-with-three-shells-at-a-time-and-drive-away-before-the-shells-land/?sh=33b3d661e6a1

[grumpyduck]

1. Back when I was in Army Basic Training,

they took us to a demonstration. A helicopter dropped off a 105mm howitzer and crew. They fired one round at a high angle and immediately fired another one at a low angle. Both rounds hit the target at the same time.

Pretty impressive to a bunch of us kids.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

3. Things that go boom and meant only to kill humans also impress adults, sadly.

[niyad]

2. Slava Ukraini! Thank you for the update.