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== Description ==
 
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The '''Obusier de 155 mm Modèle 50''' is a French 155 mm 30 calibre howitzer first introduced in the 1952. It was the first artillery piece designed by the French Army since the World War II, around 980 of them were manufactured by France but also under license by Sweden and its Swedish Armed Forces. They were replaced by the TRF1 in the 1980s, but reserves were being made up until the end of 1990s.
  
 
=== Vehicles equipped with this weapon ===
 
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* {{Specs-Link|fr_lorraine_155}}
 
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== General info ==
 
== General info ==
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The '''Obusier de 155 mm Modèle 50''' is a 155 mm howitzer which was fitted onto the [[Lorraine 155 Mle.50]]. The cannon is devastating at any range, due to only being restricted to using HE shells which do not lose penetration power with increasing range, although using it at long ranges will prove to be an issue due to the relatively slow velocity. The projectile are loaded separately from the charges, which also leads to pretty high reload times, being roughly under half a minute.
  
 
=== Available ammunition ===
 
=== Available ammunition ===
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{| class="wikitable sortable" width="100%" style="text-align:center"
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! colspan="8" |'''Penetration statistics'''
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! rowspan="2" data-sort-type="text" |'''Ammunition'''
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! colspan="6" |'''Penetration at 0° Angle of Attack (mm)'''
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!'''10 m'''!!'''100 m'''!!'''500 m'''!!'''1,000 m'''!!'''1,500''' '''m'''!!'''2,000 m'''
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|M107||HE||54||54||54||54||54||54
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! colspan="10" |'''Shell details'''
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! rowspan="2" data-sort-type="text" |'''Ammunition'''
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! rowspan="2" |'''Shell type'''
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! rowspan="2" |'''Velocity(m/s)'''
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! rowspan="2" |'''ProjectileMass (kg)'''
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! rowspan="2" |'''Fuse delay(m)'''
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! rowspan="2" |'''Fuse sensitivity(mm)'''
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! rowspan="2" |'''Explosive Mass(TNT equivalent) (g)'''
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! colspan="3" |'''Ricochet chance'''
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!'''0%'''!!'''50%'''!!'''100%'''
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|M107||HE||563||43.1||0.0||0.1||6,860||79°||80°||81°
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! colspan="7" |'''Smoke shell characteristics'''
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|M110||563||40.8||25||5||30||50
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! colspan="6" |'''Comparable cannons to the Obusier de 155 mm Modèle 50'''
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!'''Nation'''
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|[[NSJ L/30 (155 mm)]]
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|1975
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|6 RPM
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|M107
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M107 (PF)
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Type 75
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61
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54
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== Usage in battles ==
 
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== History ==
 
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The 155 mm howitzer was manufactured by France and it was the first artillery piece that the French have designed since the second World War. It was carried around on a carriage in the shape of a double-arrow. It was equipped with a muzzle break with gills and a variable recoil that can perform vertical shooting. Its maximum range was approximately 17,700 km with the French Mle 1965 shell.
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Its mass was about 8,500 kg when it was deployed, but it was roughly 8,155 kg when set in a battery position.
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In 1950, Lorraine came up with two prototypes of a self-propelled vehicle, which had the 155 mm howitzer mounted in a fixed casemate. The second one had its howitzer mounted in the front of the vehicle, rather than the middle of the vehicle as was the case with the first prototype. This project was however abandoned in 1955 and only the two prototypes were made.  
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The US was interested in '''Obusier de 155 mm Modèle 50''', so after a collaboration between France and Israel in the 1960s, a gun was made to be used with the M-50 which was an open structured self-propelled artillery piece, mounting a single French Model 50 155 mm howitzer at the back of the hull, which was based on the "long" hull of M4A4 fitted with Continental engine. Probably about 120 of these guns were built.
  
 
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* [[Type 75 SPH]] - A Japanese tank destroyer housing a 155 mm howitzer
  
 
== External links ==
 
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* [[Wikipedia:Obusier_de_155_mm_Modèle_50|[Wikipedia] Obusier de 155 mm Modèle 50]]
 
* [[Wikipedia:Obusier_de_155_mm_Modèle_50|[Wikipedia] Obusier de 155 mm Modèle 50]]
  
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* [https://www.chars-francais.net/2015/index.php/9-archives/de-1945-1990/1306-1950-lorraine-automoteur-155 <nowiki>[Chars-francais.net] Lorraine Automoteur 155 mm</nowiki>]
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* [https://artillerie.asso.fr/basart/article.php3?id_article=1045 <nowiki>[artillerie.asso.fr] L’Obusier de 155 mm, modèle 1950/1963</nowiki>]
 
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[[Category:Tank cannons]]
 
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Revision as of 23:07, 22 February 2021

Description

The Obusier de 155 mm Modèle 50 is a French 155 mm 30 calibre howitzer first introduced in the 1952. It was the first artillery piece designed by the French Army since the World War II, around 980 of them were manufactured by France but also under license by Sweden and its Swedish Armed Forces. They were replaced by the TRF1 in the 1980s, but reserves were being made up until the end of 1990s.

Vehicles equipped with this weapon

General info

The Obusier de 155 mm Modèle 50 is a 155 mm howitzer which was fitted onto the Lorraine 155 Mle.50. The cannon is devastating at any range, due to only being restricted to using HE shells which do not lose penetration power with increasing range, although using it at long ranges will prove to be an issue due to the relatively slow velocity. The projectile are loaded separately from the charges, which also leads to pretty high reload times, being roughly under half a minute.

Available ammunition

Penetration statistics
Ammunition Shell type Penetration at 0° Angle of Attack (mm)
10 m 100 m 500 m 1,000 m 1,500 m 2,000 m
M107 HE 54 54 54 54 54 54
Shell details
Ammunition Shell type Velocity(m/s) ProjectileMass (kg) Fuse delay(m) Fuse sensitivity(mm) Explosive Mass(TNT equivalent) (g) Ricochet chance
0% 50% 100%
M107 HE 563 43.1 0.0 0.1 6,860 79° 80° 81°
Smoke shell characteristics
Ammunition Velocity(m/s) ProjectileMass (kg) Screen radius(m) Screen deploy time(s) Screen hold time(s) Explosive Mass(TNT equivalent) (g)
M110 563 40.8 25 5 30 50

Comparison with analogues

Comparable cannons to the Obusier de 155 mm Modèle 50
Nation Name Year of Production RPM Ammunition Maximum Penetration

(mm)

▅ NSJ L/30 (155 mm) 1975 6 RPM M107

M107 (PF)

Type 75

61

61

54

Usage in battles

Describe the cannon/machine gun in the game - its distinctive features, tactics of usage against notable opponents. Please don't write a "guide" - do not impose a single point of view, but give the reader food for thought.

Pros and cons

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Pros:

Cons:

History

The 155 mm howitzer was manufactured by France and it was the first artillery piece that the French have designed since the second World War. It was carried around on a carriage in the shape of a double-arrow. It was equipped with a muzzle break with gills and a variable recoil that can perform vertical shooting. Its maximum range was approximately 17,700 km with the French Mle 1965 shell.

Its mass was about 8,500 kg when it was deployed, but it was roughly 8,155 kg when set in a battery position.

In 1950, Lorraine came up with two prototypes of a self-propelled vehicle, which had the 155 mm howitzer mounted in a fixed casemate. The second one had its howitzer mounted in the front of the vehicle, rather than the middle of the vehicle as was the case with the first prototype. This project was however abandoned in 1955 and only the two prototypes were made.

The US was interested in Obusier de 155 mm Modèle 50, so after a collaboration between France and Israel in the 1960s, a gun was made to be used with the M-50 which was an open structured self-propelled artillery piece, mounting a single French Model 50 155 mm howitzer at the back of the hull, which was based on the "long" hull of M4A4 fitted with Continental engine. Probably about 120 of these guns were built.

Media

The L'Obusier de 155 Modèle 50 mounted on a Lorraine 155

See also

  • Type 75 SPH - A Japanese tank destroyer housing a 155 mm howitzer

External links

France tank cannons
20 mm  20F2
25 mm  SA35 L/72
37 mm  SA18 L/21 · SA38 L/33
47 mm  SA34 L/30 · SA35 L/32 · SA37
75 mm  APX · APX Canon de 75 mm modèle 1897 · SA35 L/17 · SA44 · SA49 · SA50 L/57
90 mm  D.911 APX · CN90 F2 · CN90 F3 · CN90 F4 · D915 · DEFA F1 · SA45 · SA47
100 mm  SA47 L/58
105 mm  CN-105-F1 · Giat 105 G2 · Modele F2 · PzK M57
120 mm  GIAT CN120-25 G1 · GIAT CN120-26 F1 · SA46
142 mm  ACRA
155 mm  GCT F1 · Schneider 155 C · L'Obusier de 155 Modèle 1950
  Foreign:
15 mm  MG 151 (Germany)
20 mm  MG 151 (Germany)
30 mm  Bushmaster 2 Mk.44 (USA)
37 mm  M6 (USA)
40 mm  Bofors L/60 · QF 2-pounder (Britain)
75 mm  KwK42 (Germany) · M3 (USA) · M6 (USA)
76 mm  M7 (USA)
90 mm  M3 (USA)
105 mm  M4 (USA)

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