AS-90 self-propelled howitzer

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artillery system self-propelled howitzer

The AS-90 is a British 155 mm self-propelled howitzer system introduced in the early 1990s, designed to provide highly mobile, long-range artillery support for the British Army.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
AS-90 self-propelled howitzer canonical	5
AS-90 artillery system	2
AS90 self-propelled howitzer	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	artillery system ⓘ self-propelled howitzer ⓘ
alternativeName	Gun Equipment 155 mm L131 ⓘ
armorType	steel armor ⓘ
caliber	155 mm ⓘ
chassisConfiguration	tracked armored chassis ⓘ
combatWeight	about 45 tonnes ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
crew	5 ⓘ
designedFor	long-range indirect fire ⓘ mobile artillery support ⓘ
developmentStart	1980s ⓘ
enginePower	660 hp ⓘ
engineType	Cummins VTA-903T-660 diesel engine ⓘ
enteredService	1992 ⓘ
fireControl	automatic gun laying system ⓘ inertial navigation system ⓘ
height	about 2.9 m ⓘ
introducedInService	early 1990s ⓘ
length	about 9.1 m ⓘ
loadingSystem	semi-automatic ⓘ
mainArmament	155 mm L31 howitzer ⓘ
manufacturer	Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ surface form: Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Limited
maximumFiringRange	about 24 km with standard HE shell ⓘ about 30 km with base bleed shell ⓘ
maximumRoadSpeed	about 55 km/h ⓘ
mobility	high tactical mobility ⓘ
operationalRange	about 370 km ⓘ
operator	Poland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
protectionLevel	artillery shell splinters ⓘ small arms fire ⓘ
role	self-propelled field artillery ⓘ
secondaryArmament	7.62 mm machine gun ⓘ
serviceWith	British Army ⓘ
shellTypeSupported	NATO standard 155 mm ammunition ⓘ base bleed projectiles ⓘ high-explosive shells ⓘ illumination shells ⓘ smoke shells ⓘ
standardization	NATO 155 mm ammunition family ⓘ surface form: NATO artillery system
suspension	torsion bar ⓘ
turretTraverse	360 degrees ⓘ
type	tracked self-propelled gun ⓘ
usedAs	basis for AHS Krab turret system in Poland ⓘ
usedIn	Iraq War ⓘ operations in Afghanistan ⓘ
width	about 3.5 m ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British AS-90M Braveheart turret design → developedFor → AS-90 self-propelled howitzer ⓘ

1st Armoured Division (United Kingdom) → equipment → AS-90 self-propelled howitzer ⓘ

British I (UK) Armoured Division → equipment → AS-90 self-propelled howitzer ⓘ

this entity surface form: AS90 self-propelled howitzer

AS-90 turret → partOf → AS-90 self-propelled howitzer ⓘ

AS-90M Braveheart upgrade program → appliesToWeaponSystem → AS-90 self-propelled howitzer ⓘ

AS-90M Braveheart upgrade program → relatedTo → AS-90 self-propelled howitzer ⓘ

this entity surface form: AS-90 artillery system

AS-90 tracked chassis → usedFor → AS-90 self-propelled howitzer ⓘ

AS-90 tracked chassis → partOf → AS-90 self-propelled howitzer ⓘ

this entity surface form: AS-90 artillery system