Britain Ordnance Q.F. 95mm Howitzer

Showing the details of the shells used(where known)   Tweet Weapon Details Ordnance Q.F. 95mm Howitzer (Field Gun) Manufactured unknown - 1945 Calibre 95mm   95mm APHE (APHE Armor Piercing High Explosive) 95mm 6.72Kg 502M/Sec Range(Mtr) 100 200 400 800 1200 1600 2000 2400 Flight Time(Secs) 0.2 0.41 0.83 1.74 2.74 3.83 5.05 6.4 Penetration(mm@30°) 64 60 56 51 45 41 37 32 Penetration(mm@0°) 75 70 65 59 53 48 43 38 Hit Probability(%) 98 98 98 77 39 22 6 3 95mm HE (HE High Explosive) 95mm 11.34Kg 320M/Sec ≈1.701Kg explosive Range(Mtr) 100 200 400 800 1200 1600 2000 2400 Flight Time(Secs) 0.32 0.64 1.3 2.73 4.29 6.01 7.92 10.04 Direct Fire Range(Mtr) 100 200 400 800 1200 1600 2000 2400 Flight Time(Secs) 0.32 0.64 1.3 2.73 4.29 6.01 7.92 10.04 Hit Probability(%) 98 98 93 39 15 3 2 0 Blast/Fragmentation Effects Burst radius Infantry in open 99% kill 4 mtr Burst radius Infantry in open 66% kill 8 mtr Burst radius Infantry in open 33% kill 22 mtr  Armour Penetration inc roof at 1 mtr 5 mm An explosion within 4 mtr of infantry in the open will cause 99% casualties - lethal. An explosion within 8 mtr of infantry in the open will cause > 66% casualties and could damage some AFV's. An explosion within 22 mtr of infantry in the open will cause 33% casualties. The blast effect of this shell exploding within 1 mtr of an armoured vehicle will penetrate 5 mm of the tank armour including the roof. Vehicles in our database using this gun Vehicle Name Common Name   Cruiser Mk VIII Centaur IV         Cruiser Mk VIII (Cromwell V) Cromwell V     Cruiser Mk VIII (Cromwell VI) Cromwell VI     Inf Tank Mk IV Churchill 5 - V     Cruiser Mk VIII Cromwell VI

Hit probability is based on a static 2 x 2.4 metre panel at 0 degrees(vertical) at the range specified.

The data that has been used to create these records has come from Wikipedia, The Lone Sentry, The Bundes Archive and numerous books and websites that have provided the detailed information that has not been available anywhere else. The information we use to calculate the penetration tables, flight times and the hit probability comes from the Gun Calibre, the Shell Mass(Kg) and the muzzle velocity, plus range reductions to allow for gravity and wind resistance. This calculation originally came from a pre-war Krupp calculation which has been modified, and seems to fit the actual test results.

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