Video: M777 Artillery Engaging Taliban Firing Positions

[coltsfan2007]

http://www.apacheclips.com/boards/vbtube/upload/thumb/980_75643.jpg (http://www.apacheclips.com/boards/vbtube_show.php?tubeid=1128) M777 howitzers engage the ridgeline where enemy fire was coming from moments before with 155mm shells. These guns are from Bravo Battery 3-321.http://www.apacheclips.com/boards/vbtube/images/play_thread.png (http://www.apacheclips.com/boards/vbtube_show.php?tubeid=1128)

[mishmish]

Rounds are probably spaced to kill anyone in between. Great rate of fire. Great Job!

[OrdeaL]

Nice vid!

[7217mark]

how fast are these projectiles travelling?

[coltsfan2007]

The M777 matches the firepower of current generation 155mm towed systems at less than half the weight. The Howitzer is equipped with a 39-calibre barrel. The muzzle velocity (at Charge 8 super) is 827m/s.
The maximum firing range is 24.7km with unassisted rounds and 30km with rocket-assisted rounds. The M777A2 will fire the Raytheon / Bofors XM982 Excalibur GPS / Inertial Navigation-guided extended-range 155mm projectiles using the Modular Artillery Charge Systems (MACS). Excalibur has a maximum range of 40km and accuracy of 10m.
First firing trials of the M777A1 with Excalibur took place in August 2003. First production rounds were delivered in September 2006. Excalibur successfully completed limited user test in March 2007. It was first fielded in Iraq in May 2007 and in Afghanistan in February 2008.
The M777 is able to deliver up to five rounds a minute under intense firing conditions and is able to provide a sustained rate of fire of two rounds a minute.

[coltsfan2007]

Hope that was helpful 7217mark.

[7217mark]

Thanks for the informative reply, cheers cobber.

[Manelis66]

Great video, thanks fr the explanatin!

[eerik]

about 25 sec I saw a muzzle flash in the mountain?

[dalbo69]

no.1 from the 'name game' by the sound's of it :D