Rate of fire for a 105 & 155 howitzer

[korgano]

Hello,

Just a quick question, does anyone here know the rate of fire (rounds per minute) for a 105mm (towed) and a 155mm (tracked) howitzers?

There doesnt seem to be any kind of reference with this fact in it. Thanks.

 

[L/MCpl_Argyll_ Kurrgan]

Depends on how fast you can load the shells.

 

[Ex-Dragoon]

According to Janes the M101 has a max rate of 10 rnd/min and a sustained rate of 3 rnds/min...the LG-1 is 12 rnds/min.

Sorry there was not ROF for the M109.

 

[muskrat89]

Olive - you didn‘t learn the rate of fire, on your Gun Numbers course (or whatever they call it these days)????

 

[korgano]

Thanks for the input, It seems to vary across the board what the real answer is. Somewhere between 3 to 10 rounds a minute. The Max though, seems to be 10 rpm.

 

[elscotto937]

M109 A4(+) I think has a rate around, 3 for the first minute, 2 for the next and 1 a minute after that. Think about it this way if your at the sharp end... 2 rds FB X Rds FFE 60 Sec

 

[Gunner109]

The M109 has a max rate of 4 rpm and like Scott said, it is reduced after a few min of firing. Not to mention that it would be impossible to fire 10 rpm due to the fact that it is manually loaded. The LG1 can fire about 1 rd every 4 seconds if the Detachment is on the ball. But again it must be slowed to about rate 4 after the first few min. and even as low as rate 2