AS-90
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The AS-90 ("Artillery System for the 1990s"), known officially as Gun Equipment 155 mm L131, is an armoured self-propelled howitzer formerly used by the British Army and subsequently donated for use by the Ukrainian Army.
Key facts
- Weapon.breech
- Split-block
- Weapon.name
- AS-90
- Weapon.image
- AS90 (52931434897).jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- AS-90 in Hertfordshire
- Weapon.type
- Self-propelled howitzer
- Weapon.origin
- United Kingdom
- Weapon.is_ranged
- y
- Weapon.is_artillery
- y
- Weapon.is_vehicle
- y
- Weapon.is_UK
- y
- Weapon.service
- 1992–present
- Weapon.used_by
- See Operators
- Weapon.wars
- Yugoslav Wars (peacekeeping) Iraq War Russo-Ukrainian War
- Weapon.design_date
- 1982–1987
- Weapon.manufacturer
- Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Limited
- Weapon.production_date
- 1992–1995
- Weapon.number
- 179
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Operator
- Royal Artillery
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Mass
- 45
- Manufacturer
- Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering
- Image
- AS-90 self-propelled artillery.JPG
- Height
- 3000
- Width
- 3400
- Length
- 9
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- total produced
- 179
- vehicle range
- 420
- powered by
- diesel engine
- Commons category
- AS-90
- ride height
- 410
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Design
- Combat history
- Ukraine
- Specifications
- Variants
- Operators
- Current operators
- Former operators
- References
The AS-90 ("Artillery System for the 1990s"), known officially as Gun Equipment 155 mm L131, is an armoured self-propelled howitzer formerly used by the British Army and subsequently donated for use by the Ukrainian Army.
It can fire standard charges up to using 39-calibre long barrel and with 52-calibre long barrel. The maximum rate of fire is 3 rounds in 10 seconds (burst); 6 per minute for 3 minutes (intense); and 2 per minute for 60 minutes (sustained).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “AS-90” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.