Friday, November 21, 2008

SPA

Origin
Sweden

Contractor/s
NEXTER
United Defense

Description: The SPA (Self-Propelled Artillery) advanced artillery system is being developed by Sweden's Bofors Defence and France's GIAT Industries. It is the FH 77B follow-on and eventually its replacement. The SPA artillery system will be capable of provide both close fire support and long range precision strike. The new artillery system will be highly mobile and stealth for improved survivability. In addition the use of advanced shells and modular charges will be the key for outstanding and unprecedented firepower.

According to Bofors Defence sources, the SPA will achieve rates of fire of 16 to 20 rounds per minute, while retaining and increasing FH 77B's multiple round simultaneous impact capability to 10 in just one second. Modular charges will mean a variable muzzle velocity from 450 m/s to more than 1,000 m/s.

Firing standard 155mm ammunition the SPA artillery system will be able to destroy targets at 50 km, while employing special ammunition the maximum range would be up to 100 km.

Specifications
Guns: Main Gun Caliber 155 mm

Performance: Main Gun Max Range 100,000 m (328,084 ft), Max Range 50,000 m (164,042 ft)

Other: Max Rate of Fire 20 rounds per minute, Sustained Rate of Fire 16 rounds per minute, Wheels 6

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Notes
(*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
Meters (m) Kilometers (km) Nautic Miles (nm) Inch (in) Yard (yd) Foot (ft) Millimeter (mm)
Pound (lb) Kilogram (kg) kN (KiloNewton) Ton (t)
Meters per Second (mps) Kilometers per Hour (kph) Knot (kt) Miles per Hour (mph)
Liter (l) Galon (gl)
Year (yr) Minutes (min) Second (sec)
Shaft-Horse-Power (shp)

Last Updated: Saturday, October 25, 2008

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