A general survey of recent artillery developments; refurbishment is the order of the day.
Armada International › Vol. 13 Nbr. 4, August 1989
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A general survey of recent artillery developments; refurbishment is the order of the day.
A General Survey of Recent Artillery Developments
Throughout history gunners and artillery designers have constantly striven to improve the performance of guns and ammunition. Thus, despite all the many artillery innovations that have been introduced over the last few decades, serving gunners and military planners are still clamouring for something better. It has been the task of the ordnance manufacturers to provide them with that "something better". Combat Enhancement New weapons - it is a well-known fact - cost a lot of money. Artillery is no exception, although it does have the cost-effective advantage that it can continue to deliver its offensive projectiles with a steady degree of accuracy over prolonged periods of time under a wide range of weather and other conditions. Nevertheless, new artillery systems are expensive, and as a result existing in-service equipments usually have to be either completely obsolete or worn out before any consideration is given to their replacement. For many armies this cost factor means that they have to retain artillery equipments that have fallen well behind many of the technical developments achieved by the more well-off nations. Thus, even toda...See the full content of this document
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