This is real long range shooting

Started by gcode, January 24, 2021, 08:34 AM

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QuoteAt the end of 2020 the U.S. Army ERCA (Extended Range Cannon Artillery) finally achieved a decade old goal of using a longer barrel cannon firing an extended range Excalibur GPS guided shell to accurately hit a target 70 kilometers distant. Over a decade ago it was realized that this required three new technologies. The primary need was a version of a reliable GPS guided artillery shell, like Excalibur, that could handle the more difficult task of keeping the shell on course over such a long range. The first version of Excalibur only worked at ranged between 20 and 25 kilometers. Second, there had to be a longer barrel 155mm artillery system that could fire the longer-range Excalibur shell. Finally, there had to be a new propellent that could provide the power to push the ERCA Excalibur out to 70 kilometers.


For the math challenged, that's 43 miles
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Matthew Hajicek

#1
Impressive.  From what I understand, one of the most difficult challenges is making electronics that can survive the g forces of acceleration on firing.

gcode

#2
I wonder what the time in flight is for a shot like that

Incogneeto

#3
Quote from: gcode post_id=4579 time=1611516640 user_id=60I wonder what the time in flight is for a shot like that


I wonder what it sounds like coming in??

Incogneeto

#4
Maybe by the time you hear it , It's too late. :shock:

Rstewart

#5
I may be currently building parts for that system....

Matthew Hajicek

#6
I believe they're hypersonic.  You'd probably hear an interesting sound after the impact, if you aren't at ground zero.