
TRF1
Sign in to saveAlso known as Nexter TRF1, 155 mm howitzer TRF1, Tr-F1, 155mm Gun Model TR
The TRF1, originally known as GIAT 155 mm Tracté (TR) is a 155mm French towed howitzer produced by Nexter (ex Giat Industries) and used by the French Army.
Key facts
- Weapon.is_artillery
- yes
- Weapon.is_UK
- yes
- Weapon.image
- 300px|
- Weapon.caption
- French soldiers prepare to fire a TRF1
- Weapon.name
- TRF1 Arsenal de Bourges
- Weapon.type
- Towed howitzer
- Weapon.origin
- France
- Weapon.manufacturer
- Arsenal de Bourges
- Weapon.service
- 1990–present
- Weapon.used_by
- See Users
- Weapon.wars
- Gulf WarRusso-Ukrainian War
- Weapon.caliber
- 155 mm (6.1 in) NATO standard
- Weapon.part_length
- L/40
- Weapon.width
- traveling
- Weapon.height
- traveling
- Weapon.carriage
- wheeled Split-trail
- Weapon.weight
- 10.52 t
- Weapon.range
- withhigh-explosive shells with long-range ammunition
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country of origin
- France
- Mass
- 10750
- Designed by
- KNDS France
- Conflict
- Gulf War
- Image
- F-1-Towed-Gun-howitzer.jpg
- Height
- 1790
- Width
- 3090
- Length
- 6200
- Speed
- 830
Show 6 more facts
- slope
- 66
- Commons category
- Canon 155 TRF1
- caliber
- 155
- field of view
- 65
- effective firing range
- 24000
- inception
- 1979-00-00
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Performance
- Ammunition
- Combat history
- Operators
- Current operators
- Former operators
- See also
- References
- Works cited
The TRF1, originally known as GIAT 155 mm Tracté (TR) is a 155mm French towed howitzer produced by Nexter (ex Giat Industries) and used by the French Army.
The TRF1 was showcased in 1979 at the Eurosatory arms trade show, as a replacement for Armée de Terre's BF-50. Giat produced it from 1984 to 1993.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “TRF1” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.