FH-88 | |
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Type | Howitzer |
Place of origin | Singapore |
Service history | |
In service | 1988 - present |
Used by | See Users |
Production history | |
Designer | ST Kinetics |
Designed | 1983 |
Manufacturer | ST Kinetics |
Produced | 1987 |
Variants | FH-2000 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 12,800kg (12.59 tons) |
Barrel length | 6.10m (20ft) |
Crew | 8 |
Shell | 155 mm NATO |
Caliber | 155 mm 39 calibre |
Breech | Semi-automatic Interrupted screw with electronic rammer |
Carriage | 6 wheeled split trail |
Elevation | -3°/+70° |
Traverse | ±20° from centerline |
Muzzle velocity | 765m/sec (2510ft/sec) |
Maximum firing range | 19,000m (20,780yds) |
The FH-88 or Field Howitzer 88[1] was the first locally designed howitzer developed for the Singapore Army. It is a 155 mm/39-calibre towed howitzer gun.
Development
[edit]Ordnance Development and Engineering of Singapore (ODE, now Singapore Technologies Kinetics) began development of the FH-88 in 1983 with five prototypes being produced over a period of four years.[2] These were followed by a preproduction batch of six 155 mm FH-88 gun-howitzers that incorporated a number of improvements as a result of trials with the prototype weapons.
First production FH-88s were completed in 1987, with the weapon becoming operational with the Singapore Army the following year, replacing the Soltam M-71.[2] The howitzer was publicly presented in 1988.[3]
Operators
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/FH-88_operators.png/400px-FH-88_operators.png)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Army Unveils Locally Designed and Built Light Weight Howitzer". Defense aerospace.
- ^ a b c d "Singapore Technologies Kinetics 155 mm FH-88 gun-howitzer (Singapore) - Jane's Armour and Artillery". www.janes.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2008. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ http://bellschool.anu.edu.au/sites/default/files/publications/attachments/2016-03/070_Singapore%E2%80%99s_defence_industries_%28Canberra_papers_on_strategy_and_defence%29_Bilveer_Singh_78p_073151131X.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/27014/WP59.pdf [bare URL PDF]
Bibliography
[edit]- Hogg, Ian. Twentieth-Century Artillery. New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 2000. ISBN 0-7607-1994-2 Pg.70
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