(Land) Brutus 155mm MHS

[Quintus Fabius]

Auch so ein System, welches gerade eben für uns besonders viel Sinn machen würde und welches wir unbedingt haben sollten:

https://www.army-technology.com/projects...-howitzer/

Brutus mobile howitzer design and features

Brutus self-propelled howitzer has a length of 7.6m, width of 2.44m and height of 3.5m. The weight of the total system without weapon and stabilisers is 13,435kg (29,620lb).

The hybrid hydro-pneumatic soft recoil technology installed in the howitzer provides increased mobility, survivability, and lethality, while minimising maintenance and manpower requirements. The simplified design of elevation and direction system further enhances reliability.

The howitzer also offers off-road mobility to keep pace with its supported manoeuvre units and enables the firing units to deliver timely and responsive direct and indirect fires. It also ensures firing with full manual back-up capabilities to support continuous operations.

The shoot and scoot capability of the howitzer increases responsiveness and improves crew survivability. The firing batteries and platoons can emplace, fire and displace before being attacked by the enemy firing units.

Five to seven crew members operate the howitzer based on mission needs for performing emplacement, firing and displacement. It also offers greater lethality as it allows fielding of additional howitzers without need of more manpower.

Brutus howitzer is armed with a 155mm M776 cannon with a maximum rate of fire of five rounds per minute, while the sustained rate of firing is two rounds per minute.

The mobile howitzer can hit targets at a range of 24.7km with standard ammunition and attain a firing range of 30km with rocket-assisted projectiles (RAP). It uses all ammunition types which are compatible with the M776 cannon.

The gun can rotate through -5°/72° elevation angle and traverse through 360°. It can be operated in harsh temperatures ranging between -40°C and 52°C.

https://mandusgroup.com/brutus/

The Brutus incorporates a groundbreaking modular design. Due to its lightweight and smaller vehicle footprint it can be deployed by air, sea, truck and rail and is adaptable to multi-mission environments. It has been initially designed to use a 39 cal cannon and will be able to upgrade to a 52-58 cal cannon when available and is adaptable to international 155mm cannons of different caliber length. The hybrid soft recoil system greatly reduces the number of components compared to traditional towed cannon systems (250 vs. 2,500). The simplified design and operation reduces crew size, maintenance, and logistic support requirements. The Brutus truly meets the worldwide need for a light and inexpensive, truck-mounted, large caliber fire support weapon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJXSNSVNQDY

https://www.twz.com/24663/army-tests-low...of-a-truck