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152mm Gun BR-2 L/45

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Weapon Details
152mm Gun BR-2 L/45
(Field Gun)
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History
This gun featured an unusual tracked carriage
Manufactured1937 - 1940
Calibre152mm
LengthL/45
OF-550/551
(HE High Explosive)
152mm 41Kg 650M/Sec 6.530Kg explosive
Maximum Range 26975 Mtr
Range(Mtr)10002000300040005000600070008000
Flight Time(Secs) 1.65 3.54 5.75 8.35 11.46 15.25 19.96 25.98
Direct Fire
Range(Mtr)1002004008001200160020002400
Flight Time(Secs) 0.15 0.31 0.63 1.3 2 2.75 3.54 4.38
Hit Probability(%) 98 98 98 93 69 39 22 15
Blast/Fragmentation Effects
Burst radius Infantry in open 99% kill5 mtr Burst radius Infantry in open 66% kill10 mtr
Burst radius Infantry in open 33% kill27 mtr  Armour Penetration inc roof at 2 mtr19 mm
An explosion within 5 mtr of infantry in the open will cause 99% casualties - lethal.
An explosion within 10 mtr of infantry in the open will cause > 66% casualties and could damage some AFV's.
An explosion within 27 mtr of infantry in the open will cause 33% casualties.
The blast effect of this shell exploding within 2 mtr of an armoured vehicle will penetrate 19 mm of the tank armour including the roof.

Hit probability is based on a static 2 x 2.4 metre panel at 0 degrees(vertical) at the range specified.

The data that has been used to create these records has come from Wikipedia, The Lone Sentry, The Bundes Archive and numerous books and websites that have provided the detailed information that has not been available anywhere else. The information we use to calculate the penetration tables, flight times and the hit probability comes from the Gun Calibre, the Shell Mass(Kg) and the muzzle velocity, plus range reductions to allow for gravity and wind resistance. This calculation originally came from a pre-war Krupp calculation which has been modified, and seems to fit the actual test results.

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