Singapore was rolling out SLWH almost at the same time as M
777!!
read Christ F Foss from Janes:
http://www.powmadeak47.com/me/idexarty.html
SLWH was debutted in IDEX
2001!!
http://www.army-technology.com/projects/ufh/
The Ultralightweight Field Howitzer (UFH), designated M777 in
the USA, was selected in 1997
by a joint US Army / Marine Corps initiative to replace the
existing inventory of M198 155mm towed howitzers. The first of five
EMD systems was delivered in June
2000. The US Marine Corps is to procure 380 systems and the
US Army 273 systems. A low-rate initial production (LRIP) contract
for 94 systems was awarded in November 2002.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M777_howitzer
in services 2005.
The M777 began as the Ultralight-weight Field Howitzer (UFH),
developed by VSEL's armaments division in
Barrow-in-Furness, United Kingdom. In 1999, VSEL
was merged into the new BAE Systems RO Defence.
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so SG is not a third class country in producing military
hard wares!s from Singapore
unveiled
By Christopher F Foss
Singapore Technologies Kinetics selected IDEX 2001 to unveil no
fewer than three new weapons - a 155mm/39 calibre Light Weight
Self-Propelled Howitzer (LWSPH), an 8 x 8 Armoured Infantry
Fighting Vehicle (AIFV) and a new 40mm Air Bursting Munition (ABM)
system.
The first 155mm LWSPH technology
demonstrator was completed last year and has already fired about
350 rounds of ammunition during trials in South Africa. The system
builds on Singapore Technologies Kinetics' experience in the
design, development and production of the 155mm FH-88 and, more
recently, 155mm FH-2000 towed artillery systems.
A key design feature of the 155mm
LWSPH was that it could be carried internally in not only a C-130
Hercules aircraft, but also a CH-47 or CH-53 helicopter. The
complete system makes extensive use of advanced materials and,
without ammunition, weighs only 7,000kg. It takes one minute to
come into or be taken out of action. Firing a ERFB BB (Extended
Range Full Bore Base Bleed) projectile, a maximum range of 30km can
be achieved with a burst rate of fire of three rounds in 15
seconds.
By Christopher F Foss
Singapore Technologies Kinetics selected IDEX 2001 to unveil no
fewer than three new weapons - a 155mm/39 calibre Light Weight
Self-Propelled Howitzer (LWSPH), an 8 x 8 Armoured Infantry
Fighting Vehicle (AIFV) and a new 40mm Air Bursting Munition (ABM)
system.
The first 155mm LWSPH technology
demonstrator was completed last year and has already fired about
350 rounds of ammunition during trials in South Africa. The system
builds on Singapore Technologies Kinetics' experience in the
design, development and production of the 155mm FH-88 and, more
recently, 155mm FH-2000 towed artillery systems.
A key design feature of the 155mm
LWSPH was that it could be carried internally in not only a C-130
Hercules aircraft, but also a CH-47 or CH-53 helicopter. The
complete system makes extensive use of advanced materials and,
without ammunition, weighs only 7,000kg. It takes one minute to
come into or be taken out of action. Firing a ERFB BB (Extended
Range Full Bore Base Bleed) projectile, a maximum range of 30km can
be achieved with a burst rate of fire of three rounds in 15
seconds.
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