Artillery Turret Interface Stabilisers

The Rheinmetall wheeled howitzer, designed for the HX3 10×10 truck chassis, is a long-range self-propelled artillery system.

The core element of the wheeled howitzer is the fully automatic, electrically driven Artillery Turret with a digitally controlled Ammunition Handling System.

The high degree of automation of the Artillery Turret allows a reduction of the crew to two persons, who receive fire missions and commands which are executed and monitored from the protected truck cabin.

Being a wheeled vehicle, recoil forces are a challenge, so the truck features a hydropneumatic suspension system capable of locking out to minimise recoil effects.

The link between the Artillery Turret and the highly agile Rheinmetall HX3 10×10 tactical truck is the Artillery Turret Platform with outriggers.

Supashock’s Artillery Turret Interface (ATI) provides additional stability for firing of the turret on uneven ground.

The ATI is a system of outrigger stabilisers that incorporates a damping system to reduce oscillations and control the motion of the truck, preventing the standard truck suspension from jockeying when an artillery round is fired.

The stabilisers are automatically stowed aboard the HX3 10×10 truck and are deployed prior to firing of the turret.

The use of stabilisers enhances the range and accuracy for a variety of guns that are available for the Rheinmetall artillery system, and allows for high chamber-pressure guns to be fired at varying elevations and traverse angles.

The overall deployment time of the artillery system is under 20 seconds, including the deployment of the ATI system.

Key features

• Inbuilt damping system
• Retractable / stowable
• Increases potential range and accuracy of artillery system
• Increases vehicle stability and safety in firing event

Contact

Supashock Advanced Technologies

2-6 Ardtornish St

Holden Hill, SA, 5088, Australia

Phone: +61 08 8333 1123