RB-Model 35B51 Lufa 155 mm L/39. Lufa do AS-90

The AS90 L / 39 is a British 155 mm cannon howitzer from modern times. This gun is the basic armament of the AS-90 self-propelled howitzer, which entered service with the British Army in 1993. Royal Ordonance was responsible for the development and production of the AS90 L / 39. The gun howitzer has a barrel of 39 calibers, i.e. 604.5 centimeters. It is also equipped with a classic muzzle brake. The barrel of the gun in the AS90 can be raised vertically in the range from -5 degrees to +70 degrees. The presented gun is a far-reaching modernization of the FH-70 towed gun of the same caliber. The AS90 L / 39 howitzer has an automatic loader that allows you to fire 3 missiles at a time in 10 seconds and allows a maximum rate of fire of 6 shots per minute, with the rate of fire being the most common of 2 shots per minute. The AS90 L / 39 gun can fire NATO standard 155 mm ammunition. When firing a HE-FRAG missile, the range reaches 24.7 km, and when firing a missile-assisted missile - up to 32 km. It is worth adding that the fire unit carried in the AS-90 is 48 missiles.