155 mm Howitzer Model 50
Obusier de 155 mm Modèle 50 was a French 155 mm 30 calibre howitzer introduced in 1952. The first French artillery designed since World War II, it was manufactured in both France - 980 howitzers were produced (French army and export) - and under license in Sweden for the Swedish armed forces. The Model 50 was replaced in French service during the 1980s by the TRF1.
Also recorded as 155 mm howitzer Model 50 · 155mm Howitzer Mle 1950
155 mm Howitzer Model 50
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- Obusier de 155 mm Modèle 50
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- 155 mm howitzer · field howitzer
- Region
- France
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Obusier de 155 mm Modèle 50 was a French 155 mm 30 calibre howitzer introduced in 1952. The first French artillery designed since World War II, it was manufactured in both France - 980 howitzers were produced (French army and export) - and under license in Sweden for the Swedish armed forces. The Model 50 was replaced in French service during the 1980s by the TRF1.
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Reserve units were produced until the end of the 1990s.
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• Is Artillery — yes • Name — Obusier de 155 mm Modèle 50 • Origin — France • Type — Field howitzer • Service — 1952-1990s • Used By — See Operators • Weight — 8,100 kg • Length — 7.8 m • Part Length — 4.65 m L/30 • Width — 2.7 m • Height — 2.5 m • Crew — 11 • Cartridge — Separate loading charge and projectile • Caliber — 155 mm • Rate — 3-4 rpm • Velocity — 650 m/s • Range — 18,000 m • Max Range — 23,300 m • Breech — interrupted screw • Recoil — Hydro-pneumatic • Carriage — Split trail • Elevation — -4°/69° • Traverse — 80°
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Operators
• Illustration — IDF M50 155 mm self-propelled howitzer • France: standard howitzer of the French Army, replaced in the late 1980s by the TRF1. • Sweden: 170; possibly more produced under license. • Israel: 170; most of these were later mounted on an M4 Sherman tank chassis as self-propelled howitzers. • Lebanon: 50 • Morocco: 18 • Senegal: 6 • Switzerland: 20 • Tunisia: 30
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• Illustration — French Obusier de 155 mm Modèle 50 in Djibouti in 1979. The Model 50 has a split trail, large slotted muzzle-brake, four-wheeled bogie and a retractable firing pedestal beneath the axles.
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- 1.Foss, Christopher. Jane's pocket book of towed artillery. Collier. 121. 1977. 0-02-080600-0.
- 2.Kinard, Jeff. Artillery: An Illustrated History of Its Impact. ABC-CLIO Publishers. 301–303. 28 March 2007. 978-1-85109-561-2.
- 3.L’Obusier de 155 mm, modèle 1950/1963, Base documentaire des Artilleurs
- 4.Armstrade.sipri.org. Trade Registers.
- 5.Jane's Armour and Artillery, 2002, Volume 23 p. 727.
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