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| Haubits FH77/A | |
|---|---|
 The Haubits FH77/A | |
| Type | Howitzer |
| Place of origin | Sweden |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1978 – present |
| Used by | Operators |
| Wars | Kargil War |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Bofors |
| Designed | 1978 |
| Manufacturer | Bofors |
| Unit cost | $695,000 (1986)[1] |
| Produced | 1978–1984 |
| No. built | 720[2] |
| Variants | See Variants |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 11,500 kg (25,400 lb) |
| Length | Combat: 11.60 m (38 ft 1 in) |
| Barrel length | 5.89 m (19 ft 4 in) L/38 |
| Width | Combat: 9.73 m (31 ft 11 in) |
| Crew | 9 to 14 |
| Shell | 155 mm NATO |
| Caliber | 155 mm |
| Action | semi-fixed ammunition, propellant charge is contained in a plastic cartridge case with a steel head |
| Breech | Vertically sliding breech block, hydraulic ramming |
| Carriage | split trail with castor wheels |
| Elevation | -5°/+70° |
| Traverse | 30° left or right from centreline |
| Rate of fire | 4 rounds in 9 seconds, 6 rounds in 25 seconds, sustained 3 revolutions per minute for 20 minutes |
| Muzzle velocity | 300 to 770 m/s (980 to 2,530 ft/s) |
| Effective firing range | 21 km (13 mi) |
| Maximum firing range | 24 km (15 mi) (with base bleed-round) 60 km+ (using Ramjet Propelled Artillery Shell, under development)[3] |
| Feed system | hydraulically powered flick rammer assisted loading |
| Engine | Volvo B20 APU |
| Maximum speed | 6 km/h |
Fälthaubits 77 (transl. Field Howitzer 77) or FH77 is a Swedish 155 mm howitzer, developed and manufactured by Bofors.[4] It is also colloquially known as the Bofors gun in India.[5] There were several versions, the original (sometimes referred to as Haubits 77 A) with a 38 calibre barrel and sliding block mechanism, the export version FH77 B version with a 39 calibre barrel and an interrupted ogival screw breech. For the demonstrator of the Archer Artillery System, some FH77A were modified into FH 77 AD L/45, while the series production were FH77Bs rebuilt into FH77 BW L/52. The carriage was also used for the KARIN, used in the Swedish coastal artillery.
- ^ "25 years of India's 'Watergate': The Bofors scandal". Archived from the original on 5 January 2016.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ "Fälthaubits 77 - FH77". Archived from the original on 7 April 2018.
- ^ Dutta, Prabhash K. (26 July 2019). "Kargil: How Bofors guns made Pakistan eat humble pie". India Today. Retrieved 9 April 2022.