T-155 Fırtına
Turkish 155 mm self-propelled howitzer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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T-155 Fırtına (Turkish for Storm) is a Turkish variant of K9 Thunder 155 mm self-propelled howitzer originally developed by South Korea.[3][4][5][6][7][8] It is manufactured and assembled by Turkish Land Forces at the 1010th Army Equipment Repair Factory using imported subsystems from Korea.[5][9][10][11][12][13][14] It has an ongoing upgrade project dubbed as T-155 Fırtına II, possibly changing its engine to Turkish origin to avoid Germany's restriction on Turkey's defence sales.
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T-155 Fırtına | |
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Type | Self-propelled artillery |
Place of origin | Turkey South Korea |
Service history | |
Wars | Kurdish–Turkish conflict[1] Syrian Civil War |
Production history | |
Designer | Agency for Defense Development Samsung Techwin Turkish Land Forces |
Designed | 1995–2001 |
Manufacturer | Turkish Land Forces (2001–2015) Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation (2015–present) BMC Defence (2019–present) |
Produced | 2001–present |
Variants | Poyraz ARV |
Specifications | |
Mass | Combat weight: 47 t (46 long tons; 52 short tons)[2] |
Length | 12 m (39 ft 4 in)[2] |
Width | 3.4 m (11 ft 2 in)[2] |
Height | 3.43 m (11 ft 3 in)[2] |
Crew | 5 (commander, driver, gunner, 2 loaders)[2] |
Maximum firing range | 18 km (M107, HE) 30 km (M549A1, RAP/HE) 39 km (MOD 274, HE/ER) 41 km (K307, BB/HE)[2] |
Armor | POSCO MIL-12560H armor steel |
Main armament | MKEK 155 mm 52 caliber[1] |
Secondary armament | 12.7 mm machine gun[1] |
Engine | STX Engine STX-MTU MT881Ka-500 8-cylinder water-cooled diesel engine 735 kW (1,000 hp) @ 2,700 rpm[2] |
Power/weight | 21 hp/t (15.44 kW/t)[2] |
Transmission | SNT Dynamics X1100-5A3 4 forward, 2 reverse[2] |
Suspension | hydropneumatic |
Ground clearance | 420 mm (17 in)[2] |
Operational range | 360 km (220 mi)[2] |
Maximum speed | 65 km/h (40 mph)[2] |
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