the pzh2000 is the 155 millimeter self-propelled howitzer developed by cross mafi wegman together
with the main subcontractor raymatal land system for the german army cross mafi wegman received
a contract in 1996 for production of 185 units the first system was delivered in july 1998 and
deliveries for this batch are complete raymatal delivers the complete chassis for all series
vehicles in may 2001 during test firings for the hellenic army the pzh2000 fired 20 rounds
all to ranges exceeding 40 kilometer the ranges were achieved using m2000 bb esega shells from
masking dental of south africa in combination with the raymatal dm72 modular charge system
in november 2002 in live firings in sweden a similar range was achieved with raymutal's
new long-range rh-40bb ammunition also fired with the modular charge system
a pzh-2000 howitzer turret has been mounted on the deck of german navy f-124 frigate as
a demonstration of the feasibility of the system for naval applications
the concept is called monarch and requires a flexible elastic mounting the electrical gun
control system supplied by esw extel systems weddle comprises the automatic elevating and
traversing drives with semi-automatic backup direct laying with electrical instrument control
and manual control the 155 millimeter l52 gun of the pzh2000 was developed by raymetal detect
the barrel length is 52 caliber and chamber volume is 23 liters the gun has a chromium-plated barrel
and semi-automatic lifting breech block with integrated 32-round standard primer magazine
the pzh2000 is equipped with a fully automatic shell loading system with ammunition management
system gun parameters such as chamber temperature are monitored automatically the
pzh2000 is equipped with a fully automatic shell loading system with ammunition management system
the chromium plated barrel is eight meters long and is fitted with a slotted muzzle break
which gives increased muzzle velocity and reduces the level of muzzle flash
the wedgetite breech block is integrated with an exchangeable primer magazine fitted with an
endless conveyor for automatic primer transportation loading and unloading
rainmataldatech has also developed a six zone modular propelling charge system or
mtls the dm72 which provides for faster handling less wear on the gun lower sensitivity to ignition
hazards and improved range in the pzh2000 up to six mtls modules form the propelling charge
the maximum range of the l52 gun using the maximum mtls charges is 30 kilometers with the standard
l15 a two round and up to 40 kilometers with assisted projectiles the gun positioning and
laying system is produced by honeywell maintel and mounted on the gun cradle the system automatically
determines gun direction position and elevation above sea level the integrated global positioning
system receiver and the vehicle's motor sensors form the hybrid navigation system of the pzh-2000
the pzh-2000 automatic shell loading system can handle 60 rounds of 155 millimeter ammunition
the shells are picked up from the back of the vehicle and automatically stowed
in the 60 round magazine in the center of the chassis the shell loading system is driven by
brushless electric servo motors supplied by moog the automatic shell loading system has
pneumatically driven flick rammer and automatic digital control ammunition supply management and
inductive fuse setting this provides rates of fire of three rounds in under 10 seconds and
loading of 60 shells by two operators within 12 minutes including the collation of ammunition data
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