Incredible video here, and thank you for it. It really shows well the intense work that must happen all throughout the day/night to make everything work. The young lady covering this with the Ukrainian Armed Force's crew here did a very solid job bringing this to us. She was very good at this. Great respect for all. Well done. 🇺🇸🇺🇦 Glory to God, Victory for Ukraine, Rise Free Nations!
Did Italy send VULCANO artillery shells? Born for naval guns, they have now been modified for all 155 mm. Has ITALY sent these pieces with a range of 80 km and more with GPS to UKRAINE?
@@valerianocuomo996, I'm not positive about this Valeriano but it seems like I remember something like that the Italian partners sent. The Vulcano name surely rings a bell though, I'm thinking they may have. The range on those shells though are certainly fantastic. Great question, I'll have to do some research there. Thanks so much for your reply. 🇺🇸🇺🇦 Glory to God, Victory for Ukraine, Rise Free Nations!
Absolut. Ruhm den Helden und Ehre der Ukraine. Bin nicht die Art von Person die sowas normalerweise sagt aber in dieser Situation ist es mehr als angebracht. Hoffentlich schickt Olaf die TAURUS-Raketen bald. 🇺🇦 🇩🇪
Glad to see some of the on-the-ground survey work in this video. The dim-compass appears to very similar (and likely just as old) as the US M-2 aiming circle for integrating multiple artillery guns on a common grid for massed fires.
There are 155mm shells with GPS and IN guidance made by Italy called Vulcano that are compatible with this system. They are equivalent to the American Excalibur shells. Ukraine already has these shells that can be fired also by the FH-70 towed howitzer already given to Ukraine.
The original M109s are american guns made by Cadillac, General Motors and Chrysler...but have been made in several countries now, including South Korea (Samsung and Hanwha), the M109L52 is designed by a dutch firm and the german at Rheinmetall, and the main difference is they added a longer barrel...the same as used on the Panzerhaubitz 2000, thus the 155 mm MTLS ammunition for the Panzerhaubitz 2000 can be used as well (Excalibur rounds!)
This is completely wrong, the M109-L is not dutch nor is it German. The M109-L was designed and made by the Italian company known as OTO Melara. While true the M109-L does get a longer barrel it is not German nor is it the same one in use by the PzH 2000, in fact the 155mm on the M109-L is an entirely new barrel made by OTO Melara. Please check before writing nonsense.
@@nicho3051 maybe you should practice what you preach and update yourself instead of spouting off nonsense. Yes the italians had alonger barrel in the early 1970s,. but by the late 80s was already looking at an upgrade. And the newer versions have all been getting the Panzerhaubitz 2000 barrel "In 1970-71 Otobreda produced a long-barrel version of the 155 mm M109 capable of firing FH-70 projectiles to a maximum range of 24,000 m. At that time there was no Italian Army requirement for this increase in range but early in 1984 the Italian Ministry of Defence ordered three examples of this for extensive trials. The trials were successful and a decision was taken in 1986 to upgrade a total of 280 Italian Army 155 mm M109 series self-propelled weapons to the 155 mm M109L configuration. The first batch of 32 155 mm M109Ls was completed in 1986 and final deliveries were made in 1992. There have been no known export sales of this upgrade package. The 155 mm 39 calibre ordnance used in this upgrade is also used in the Otobreda 155 mm 155/39 TM howitzer upgrade which is no longer being marketed. Details were given in Jane's Armour and Artillery Upgrades 1997-98 pages 99 to 100. In the longer term the Otobreda 155 mm M109Lwill be replaced in some units by the Krauss-Maffei Wegmann 155 mm 52 calibre PzH 2000 self-propelled artillery system."
@@jtf2dan Either you’re actually as dumb as I thought you were or you’re trolling. What you wrote doesn’t disprove anything I said. Your big copied wall of text doesn’t mention once that the M109L was Dutch/German like you erroneously wrote. Italy did replace the M109L with the PzH 2000, but that wasn’t a point I ever argued nor did you mention it in your origins comment, you claimed the M109L was of non Italian design and the barrel for the M109L was non Italian which are both points I replied to, in which you were incorrect. So stop making a fool out of yourself.
M109L52 Jointly developed by the Dutch firm RDM and the German firm Rheinmetall, the M109L52 was first revealed in 2002. The main improvement was replacing the M126 series gun with the longer 52-caliber cannon from the PzH 2000, thus the MTLS ammunition of the PzH 2000 can be used. Improvements to the loading system were also made, resulting in an increased rate of fire from 3 rds/min to 9-10 rds/min, able to be sustained for up to 2 minutes. A total of 35 rounds can be carried.
To me, I'm wondering... if many Western allies can offer only M109-derivatives or licensed-built versions, goes to show the dire situation. The M109 is a 61-year old design, first entering service in _1963_ . At least it's somewhat armored against splinter and near-direct hits but its engine is very underpowered. Ukraine deserves better.
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It's a 155mm gun, compatibile with any 155mm NATO ammo, included the Excalibur and Vulcano guided ammos. However, for western made 155mm unguided shells, the rule is, the first shot within 60m form the target, the second on target.
it can fire GPS guided shells which italy has also given, this model is over 30 years old. GPS on board started appearing on the A6 variants, I don't get why they don't use their phones to calculate exact position and distance from the targets, for regular shells that's what you need to know.
