TRF1

The Tr-F1 is a 155mm French towed howitzer produced by Nexter (ex Giat Industries) and used by the French Army.

TRF1
French soldiers prepare to fire a TRF1
Typetowed howitzer
Place of originFrance
Service history
In serviceFrench Army
Used bySee Users
WarsGulf War[1]
Specifications
Mass10.52t
Length10.0 m (32 ft 10 in)
Barrel length6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) L/40
Width3.09 m (10 ft 2 in) traveling
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) traveling
Crew8
Calibre155 mm (6.1 in) NATO
Carriagewheeled Split-trail
Elevation-6° to +66°
Traverse27° left / 38° right[2]
Rate of fire3 shots in 15 s., 6 shots/min. (because it is necessary to let the tube cool down)
Effective firing range24 km (15 mi) with
high-explosive shells
30 km (19 mi) with
long-range ammunition

Performance
  • Setting out of battery: 2 min
  • Crossing of slopes of 60%, fords of 1.20m.
  • Horizontal field of fire: 445mil to the left, 675mil to the right.
  • Hydraulic aiming

Ammunition
  • Capacity of tractor: 56 shots, 32 on pallets and 24 in rack.
  • Can fire all 155 mm ammunition (the normal ammunition is the high-explosive shell).
  • Casings are combustible, which improves rate of fire: there is nothing to extract before reloading.

Operators
Map of TRF1 operators in blue

Current operators

See also

Media related to Canon 155 TRF1 at Wikimedia Commons

References
  1. Merchet, Jean-Dominique (22 July 2008). "Quand tire l'artillerie" [When artillery fires]. secretdefense.blogs.liberation.fr (in French).
  2. 155 TR F1 155 mm Howitzer. Ordnance & Munitions Forecast. Forecast International. May 2003.
  3. International Institute for Strategic Studies (February 2016). The Military Balance 2016. 116. Routlegde. p. 96. ISBN 9781857438352.
  4. "Trade Registers". Armstrade.sipri.org. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  5. The Military Balance 2016, p. 85.
  6. The Military Balance 2016, p. 464.


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