Showing the details of the shells used(where known)
Weapon Details
155mm Gun M1
Manufactured
1938 - unknown
Calibre
155mm
Length
L/45
HE M102 Shell(HE)
155mm 43.13Kg 564M/Sec
7.160Kg explosive
Maximum Range 14000 Mtr
Range(Mtr)
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
7000
8000
Flight Time(Secs)
1.9
4.07
6.6
9.56
13.09
17.36
22.63
29.32
Burst radius Infantry in open 99% kill
5 mtr
Burst radius Infantry in open 66% kill
11 mtr
Burst radius Infantry in open 33% kill
27 mtr
Armour Penetration inc roof at 2 mtr
21 mm
An explosion within 5 mtr of infantry in the open will cause 99% casualties - lethal.
An explosion within 11 mtr of infantry in the open will cause > 66% casualties and could damage some AFV's.
An explosion within 27 mtr of infantry in the open will cause 33% casualties.
The blast effect of this shell exploding within 2 mtr of an armoured vehicle will penetrate 21 mm of the tank armour including the roof.
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.
