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Straits Times
Singapore gun a world first
David Boey , Defence Correspondent
Lightweight howitzer can be flown or driven into battle
SINGAPORE defence engineers have scored a world first with a
lightweight 155mm howitzer which can be flown into battle by
helicopter and driven to where it's needed using an engine mounted
on the gun.
The Pegasus signals a new, more effective means of supporting the
SAF heli-borne infantry, as the big gun can follow these troops
into combat to blast enemy positions up to 30km away, said the
Singapore Army's Chief of Artillery, Colonel Lim Chin.
The gun has been been in development since 1994 by the Defence
Science and Technology Agency (DSTA), the national authority on
weapons procurements, by Singapore Technologies Kinetics, a weapons
maker, and the SAF.
'We started a worldwide search for a heli-portable 155mm gun in
1994 and explored collaborating with a few partners,' said Mr
Kenneth Quek, the DSTA project manager who helped design Pegasus.
'But nothing in existence or under development met our
requirements.'
He said the joint project team finalised the gun's design last
year, after extensive trials during which about 4,000 rounds were
fired.
Many types of guns can fire shells 155mm in diameter. But fewer
than a dozen are light enough to be transported by heavy-lifting
helicopters, such as the CH-47 Chinook.
Pegasus beats them all as far as mobility is concerned because its
gunners can drive the weapon to where it's needed after it is
dropped by helicopter, rather than wait for a truck to be flown in
to tow the gun around.
Pegasus has the same maximum range as the FH-88 heavy artillery
gun, but at 5.4 tons, it is about 60 per cent lighter than the
Singapore-made FH-88s.
Pegasus has almost twice the range of the older French-made LG1
105mm light gun which it will replace.
The new gun was unveiled yesterday.
The introduction of the Pegasus means all Singapore Artillery guns
will use the same 155mm ammunition, making it easier to resupply
artillery battalions during combat.
Defence Minister Teo Chee Hean unveiled the weapon by
spray-painting the number-plate '5801' on the first Pegasus.
Mr Teo said: 'This weapon... can bring heavy firepower into the
field and support the troops more quickly.
'It's got its own power unit, which gives it self-mobility in the
field - something that other lightweight howitzers of this class do
not have.'
Mr Christopher Foss, editor of the authoritative Jane's Armour
& Artillery yearbook, believes a weapon like Pegasus will
interest other armies, especially those with rapid deployment
forces.
The first Pegasus guns have been added to the arsenal of the 23rd
Battalion Singapore Artillery.
Full-time national service gunners in the battalion are being
trained to operate the weapon. They are due to conduct their first
live-firing using Pegasus during Exercise Thunder Warrior, to be
conducted in New Zealand in January.
