Howitzer, Tank No.1, Mk.I (95 mm)

Description

Howitzer, Tank No.1, Mk.I was 95 mm gun developed in 1942 to be mounted on light airportable vehichle in order to support infantry.

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

• Alecto I

General info

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Available ammunition

Penetration statistics
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
		10 m	100 m	500 m	1,000 m	1,500 m	2,000 m
Shell H.E./A.T.	HEAT	110	110	110	110	110	110
Shell Mk.Ia	HE	10	10	10	10	10	10

Shell details
Ammunition	Type of warhead	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile Mass (kg)	Fuse delay (m)	Fuse sensitivity (mm)	Explosive Mass (TNT equivalent) (g)	Ricochet
							0%	50%	100%
Shell H.E./A.T.	HEAT	502	6.72	0	0.3	781.66	62°	69°	73°
Shell Mk.Ia	HE	320	11.34	0	0.1	666	79°	80°	81

Smoke shell characteristics
Ammunition	Velocity (m/s)	Projectile Mass (kg)	Screen radius (m)	Screen deploy time (s)	Screen hold time (s)	Explosive Mass (TNT equivalent) (g)
Shell SE Mk,I	320	11.34	13	5	20	50

Comparison with analogues

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Usage in battles

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Pros and cons

Pros:

• High penetration HEAT round
• HEAT round features decent explosive filler, something uncommon for british vehichle
• HEAT round can overpressure vehichles with thin armour
• Capable of shooting over some obstacles

Cons:

• HEAT round has tendency to somethimes dissaper without doing much damage, simmular to HEAT round from PT-76
• Low muzzle velocity make shooting at long range hard
• Long reload

History

In 1942 a project for a 3.75 inch (95 mm) howitzer was started. Two guns were made, and one of these was chosen for test mounting on a Light Tank Mk VIII "Harry Hopkins" chassis, leading to creation of Harry "Hopkins Mk I CS", later renamed Alecto I.

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See also

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• Cannone da 100/17 Mod.1914 (100 mm)

External links

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• Ordnance QF 95-mm howitzer - very simular gun of same calibre used on close support variants of WW2 british tanks

Britain tank cannons
30 mm	L21A1
40 mm	QF 2-pounder
47 mm	Ordnance QF 3-pounder
57 mm	6pdr OQF Mk.III · 6pdr OQF Mk.V
75 mm	OQF Mk.V
76 mm	OQF 3-inch Howitzer Mk I · OQF 3in 20cwt · QF 17-pounder
77 mm	OQF Mk.II
84 mm	20pdr OQF Mk.I
94 mm	28pdr OQF · 32pdr OQF · OQF Mk.II
95 mm	Howitzer, Tank No.1, Mk.I
105 mm	LRF · Royal Ordnance L7A1
120 mm	Ordnance QF Tk. L1A2 · Ordnance BL Tk. L11 · L11A5 · L30A1
165 mm	ORD BL 6.5in L9A1
183 mm	QF L4A1
	Foreign:
25 mm	M242 (USA)
37 mm	M5 (USA) · M6 (USA)
75 mm	M2 (USA) · M3 (USA)
84 mm	kan Strv 81 (Sweden)
105 mm	Sharir (Israel)
120 mm	Rh120 L/55 A1 (Germany)
125 mm	2A46M-5 (Russia)
155 mm	M185 (USA)
	South Africa
20 mm	GI-2
76 mm	GT-4
90 mm	GT-2
105 mm	GT-3 · GT-7 · GT-8
155 mm	G6 L/45