|Entered service in||1988| |Dimensions and weight| |Total weight
in combat order||47 t| |Overall length||10 400 mm| |Chassis
length||9 200 mm| |Overall width||3 400 mm| |Overall height||3
300 mm| |Main gun||G-5 155-mm Gun-Howitzer| |Barrel length||45
caliber| |Machine gun||M2HB 12.7-mm| |Traverse range||360
degrees| |Elevation range||- 5 to + 75 degrees| |Maximum rate of
fire||4 rounds/min| |Main gun||47 rounds| |Machine gun||2 000
cartridges| |Projectile's weight||47.6 kg| |Projectile's initial
speed||897 m/s| |Maximum range of fire||39 km| |Engine
power||525 hp.| |Maximum road speed||90 km/h| |Maximum cross-
country speed||35 - 40 km/h| |Autonomy on roads||600 - 700 km|
|Vertical step||0.45 m| The 155-mm artillery gun-howitzer's
development in South Africa Republic began in the late 70-ties.
The artillery gun itself was developed by Canadian Space
Research Corporation, by the requirements of "Armscor". The
first test example was built in 1981. Since then it passed army
trials and participated in military ope