hello everyone and welcome back again with us at us military news channel
today we'll show you about the us army's most deadly super gun
a super gun being trialed by the us military has successfully fired an artillery shell
to hit a precise target at a distance of more than 43 miles or 70 kilometers away
breaking the record for the longest precision guided cannon shot in history
the extended range cannon artillery system was tested at a firing range in arizona
the weapon has now achieved its designated range following a successful shot over a distance of 40
miles 65 kilometers back in march of this year
the super gun was developed with the aim of being able to shell enemy positions from a safe distance
while beyond the range of any potential retaliatory strikes
the range of the weapon is equivalent to the distance from the statue of liberty in new
york to the city of brunswick in new jersey the u.s army has said the new piece of heavy
artillery will be readied for deployment onto the battlefield by the year 2023
i don't think our adversaries have the ability to hit a target on the nose at 43 miles brigadier
general john rafferty who's in command of the long range artillery development project told the times
the successful shot made at arizona's yuma proving ground
followed two undertaken on the same day which failed
strong winds meant that the first attempt fell short of its target
while the second failed due to an unspecified malfunction
the experimental supergun is also testing a new design of guided artillery shell
the excalibur s which is also being trialled by the us navy developed by raytheon a us-based
defense contractor the excalibur s is equipped with a gps system that allows it to accurately
course correct and laser seeker technology that enables it to even hit moving targets
according to the us military a key challenge in the development of
the extended range cannon artillery system has been ensuring that the shells it fires
can survive the intense pressure of their launch without damaging the guidance system
the extended range cannon artillery system now joins a pantheon
of historical super guns that date back as far as world war one
the longest range gun ever built was the german paris jishuts or paris gun so named
for its use in shelling the city of lights from march to august 1918 which could propel
a 234 pound or 106 kilogram shell a distance of 81 miles or 130 kilometers in three minutes
while the paris guns range exceed that of the new us artillery weapon its accuracy was relatively
poor meaning that it required a target the size of a city in order to be considered effective
nevertheless the german forces viewed the weapon as a success at least in how it met
its goal to attack the morale of the parisians who were initially unclear where the shells were
coming from and suspected attack from a high altitude zeppelin world war ii saw the allied
militaries make use of the m1240 mm hautzer which was capable of firing a 353 pound or 160 kilogram
shell around 14 miles or 22.5 kilometers its spiritual successor meanwhile m110 self-propelled
hautzer was used by the us army in the iraq war of 2003. it had a similar range during world war
ii nazi scientists attempted to construct a cannon known as the virgo tongue's waffy 3 v3
or retribution weapon 4 in the wake of the success of the v1 flying bomb and the v-2 rocket
the v-3 which would have used multi-propellant charges to accelerate its projectile
as it passed along its 415 feet long barrel was built in the patkalai region of france
with a goal of being able to strike london 125 miles away however its size and static design
made it vulnerable and the site was destroyed by allied forces before it could be completed
the biggest supergun ever conceived however dubbed
big babylon was commissioned by the iraqi president saddam hussein in 1998.
it was based on the research of the canadian artillery expert
gerald bull who had hoped to build a gun capable of economically launching satellites into orbit
work on the project was abandoned in 1990 after mr bull was assassinated outside of
his home in brussels belgium on march 22nd it has been speculated that his assailants
were operatives from assad the israeli national intelligence agency the remains of big babylon
and its smaller precursor baby babylon were seized and largely destroyed in the
following year by the united nations one piece remains in the imperial war museum in duxford
had it been completed it is said that baby babylon would have had a 512 ft
meter long barrel and have been capable of hitting targets some 600 miles away or 965 kilometers away
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