Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Weapon's order by Saudi Arabia for Belgian Cockerill Maintenance and Ingénierie (CMI) in Liège

Stevy sent me this:  "just a bit of info you might've missed .  Yeterday it got out that they ordered :
 (the link but it's in Dutch)
94 kanon of the type 90mm kaliber : They ordered in on 2  occasions and the last batch (ordered in 2009) of 84 pieces still has to be delivered.  Specs(from another site) : the recoil mechanism is hydroconcentric using two concentric springs, a light but very effective system wich enables the large-caliber gun to be mounted in vehicles weighing as little as 7 tons.
Specifications

CALIBRE : 90 mm
LENGTH :
  • overall 3506 mm
  • barrel 3248 mm
  • rifling 2873 mm
  • chamber 375 mm
  • recoil 300 mm
  • WEIGHT :
  • total 456 kg
  • recoiling mass 270 kg
  • barrel 135.5 kg
  • breech, complete 97.6 kg
  • muzzle brake 12.5 kg
NUMBER OF RIFLING GROOVES : 60
ANGLING OF RIFLING : 20' right pitch
MAX RANGE :
  • HEAT 2400 m (effective 1500 m)
  • HESH 1500 m (effective 1200 m)
  • HEAT-TP 1500 m
  • HE APERS-FRAG 6000 m
  • Canister 250 m
MUZZLE VELOCITY :
  • HEAT-T 900 m/s
  • HEAT, heavy 700 m/s
  • HESH 800 m/s
  • HE 700 m/s
  • Smoke 695 m/s
  • HEAT-TP 890/700 m/s
  • HE APERS-FRAG 320 m/s
  • Canister 200 m/s
  • APFSDS-T 1140 m/s"