Showing the details of the shells used(where known)
Weapon Details
5.5in Gun Mk III (Field Gun)
Manufactured
1941 - 1945
Calibre
140mm
Length
L/30
Rate of Fire
2rpm
Shell HE S/L 100lb Mk ID(HE)
140mm 45.4Kg 510M/Sec
≈6.81Kg explosive
Maximum Range 14810 Mtr
Range(Mtr)
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
7000
8000
Flight Time(Secs)
2.11
4.58
7.49
10.98
15.25
20.59
27.45
36.6
Burst radius Infantry in open 99% kill
5 mtr
Burst radius Infantry in open 66% kill
10 mtr
Burst radius Infantry in open 33% kill
25 mtr
Armour Penetration inc roof at 2 mtr
20 mm
An explosion within 5 mtr of infantry in the open will cause 99% casualties - lethal.
An explosion within 10 mtr of infantry in the open will cause > 66% casualties and could damage some AFV's.
An explosion within 25 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 20 mm of the tank armour including the roof.
Shell HE S/L 80lb Mk ID(HE)
140mm 37.1Kg 594M/Sec
≈5.565Kg explosive
Maximum Range 16550 Mtr
Range(Mtr)
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
7000
8000
Flight Time(Secs)
1.81
3.93
6.43
9.43
13.09
17.68
23.57
31.43
Burst radius Infantry in open 99% kill
5 mtr
Burst radius Infantry in open 66% kill
10 mtr
Burst radius Infantry in open 33% kill
25 mtr
Armour Penetration inc roof at 2 mtr
16 mm
An explosion within 5 mtr of infantry in the open will cause 99% casualties - lethal.
An explosion within 10 mtr of infantry in the open will cause > 66% casualties and could damage some AFV's.
An explosion within 25 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 16 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.