88mm Gun X5E1 Garrington Woolwich
English Translation
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le Prototype de ce canon construit par Garrington était assez innovant pour sonépoque
De plus il devait tirer des obus plus puissant que le 25 pounde Standard .L'affut du canon présentait un bouclier volumineux en forme de coquille qui protégeait l'equipe de pièce de la mitraille et de blast nucleraire
L'hydraulique était présente partout pour le pointage le mise en batterie et le tir.C'est d'ailleur un defaut dans la conception hydraulique de ce canon qui le fit échouer aux tests en 1958
Peu apres l'Otan choisit comme le 105 mm comme calibre standard pour l'artillerie de campagne scellant la fin de ce programme
This prototype was prduced by Garrington and he was on of the most innovative desings of this time
Thus gun need to fire shells made of higher grade steel and containing more explosive than the standard shell of 25 pounder . The gun's carriage has an upswept trail with a larger overhead shield to protect the detachment from the shell splinters and flas effects of nuclear explosions
To compensate for the wzight, hydrolics were used for traversing the gun in action. For fine traverse , the trail and was slid hydraulically front side to side across a rear plate . For larg switches , the whole gun was tilted foward, lifting the trail end and allowing the gun to be rotated on its plateform
Unfortunately, firing trials in 1958 revealed serious flaws int eh design. later in 1958 NATO adopted the 105mm as standard calibere for close support weapons