FV433, 105mm, Field Artillery, Self-Propelled "Abbot" is the self-propelled artillery, or more specifically self-propelled gun (SPG), variant of the British Army FV430 series of armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs), using much of the chassis of the FV430 but with a fully rotating turret at the rear housing the 105 mm gun and given the vehicle ...

The M108 howitzer is an American self-propelled 105 mm howitzer, first introduced in the early 1960s as a replacement for the M52 self-propelled howitzer. [1] The M108 was powered by a Detroit Diesel turbocharged 8V-71T 8-cylinders 405 hp engine.

The lower power and shorter range of 105 mm (4.1 in) ammunition has led to its obsolescence in full-sized self-propelled guns, such as the American M108 howitzer and British FV433 Abbot SPG. China, North Korea, Russia, and other former Soviet bloc countries use 122 mm (4.8 in) and 130 mm (5.1 in) calibre weapons in similar roles.

2019年8月31日 · The 105 mm (4.1-inch) caliber was chosen after detailed examination showed it had an effective blend of weight, lethality and range. The gun was 37 calibers (3.8 meters) long with a double-baffle muzzle break at the end and a fume extractor halfway down the length.

2025年2月1日 · The 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage M7 (M7 HMC), sometimes known as the Priest, was the most used US tracked SPG during World War Two.

2022年5月3日 · From this was born the lightweight M108 SPG with its 105mm main gun armament and its better known cousin, the M109 "Paladin" SPG with its 155mm main gun. The M108 was a fully-armored, full track-laying vehicle that provided a self-propelled carriage for its M103 series 105mm caliber howitzer gun system.

The Abbot uses a 105mm gun of a design derived from naval ordnance. It uses a new range of 105mm shells, although 105mm NATO shells can be fired. The 105mm gun provides a maximum effective range of 17.4 km. With NATO standard ammunition this range is reduced to 15.0 km. The maximum rate of fire is 6 to 8 rpm.

2020年12月7日 · The Spartan was a design study meant to investigate what features an SPG should have for a potential nuclear war.

2016年7月22日 · The 105mm SPG variant was generically noted as the "AMX-105" and appeared in a few notable forms under the more precise "AMX Mk" designation. This included the AMX Mk 61 (also known as the "AMX-105A") and the AMX Mk 62 of the Dutch Army.

OFB 105mm SPG is an Indian self-propelled tracked artillery. It has been developed & manufactured by Ordnance Development Centre, Ordnance Factory Medak. This is developed from Light Field Gun mounted on BMP 2 Sarath (licensed manufactured by India) [3]