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  • And there were fifteen heavy guns within range of Rice Ridge, all of them old ML-20 152-mm howitzers, all sitting on concrete pads next to massive ammo bunkers.

    The Bear and the Dragon Clancy, Tom, 1947- 2000

  • The 122-mm towed and SP howitzers and the 152-mm SP howitzer, which have a 360-degree traverse, are particularly effective in this role.

    FM 100-61 Chptr 9 Artillery Support United States Army 1998

  • The 122-mm towed and SP howitzers and the 152-mm SP howitzer, which have a 360-degree traverse, are particularly effective in this role.

    FM 100-61 Chptr 9 Artillery Support United States Army 1998

  • A mechanized army (MA) or a tank army (TA) each normally has an artillery brigade with four or five gun battalions (152-mm towed or SP).

    FM 100-61 Chptr 9 Artillery Support United States Army 1998

  • Most OPFOR artillery is capable of delivering chemical munitions, and most systems 152-mm and larger are capable of firing nuclear rounds.

    FM 100-61 Chptr 14 NBC and Smoke Support United States Army 1998

  • To neutralize an SP artillery battery at a range of 15 km, a 152-mm gun battalion would have to fire 405 rounds weighing 17,820 kg.

    FM 100-61 Chptr 9 Artillery Support United States Army 1998

  • Such a division typically has four tube artillery brigades (152-mm guns, gun-howitzers, and 122-mm howitzers) and one brigade of long-range MRLs (220 - or 300-mm).

    FM 100-61 Chptr 9 Artillery Support United States Army 1998

  • For example, a typical allocation for a 152-mm SP gun battalion that receives LGPs could be four equipment sets.

    FM 100-61 Chptr 9 Artillery Support United States Army 1998

  • For example, a unit firing 152-mm laser-guided projectiles (LGPs) can reduce its ammunition expenditure by 40 to 50 times, compared to using 152-mm conventional munitions, and also destroy the target three to five times faster.

    FM 100-61 Chptr 9 Artillery Support United States Army 1998

  • For example, a unit firing 152-mm laser-guided projectiles (LGPs) can reduce its ammunition expenditure by 40 to 50 times, compared to using 152-mm conventional munitions, and also destroy the target three to five times faster.

    FM 100-61 Chptr 9 Artillery Support United States Army 1998

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