- TRF1
Infobox Weapon|is_artillery=yes|is_UK=yes
caption=TRF1
name=TRF1
type=towedhowitzer
origin=France
era=Cold war - present
target=land
date=
prod_date=
number=
service=French Army
used_by=
*Cyprus (12)
*France (105)
*Mexico (72)
*Saudi Arabia (28)
wars=Gulf War
caliber=155mm
part_length=18.26m
carriage=wheeled
weight=10.52t
cartridge=
ammo_wt=
velocity=
range=24km (high-explosive shells) to 30km with long-range ammunition
rate=3 shots in 15 s., 6 shots/min. (because it is necessary to let the tube cool down)
crew=
breech=
recoil=
carriage=
elevation=
traverse=|The 155mm towed cannon Tr-F1 is a French towedhowitzer produced byGIAT and used by theFrench army .Performance
*Setting out of battery: 2 min
*Crossing of slopes of 60%, fords of 1.20m.
*Horizontal field of fire: 445mil to the left, 675mil to the right.
*Hydraulic aimingAmmunition
*Capacity of tractor: 56 shots, 32 on pallets and 24 in rack.
*Can fire all 155 mm ammunition (the normal ammunition is the high-explosive shell).
*Casings are combustible, which improves rate of fire: there is nothing to extract before reloading.References
* [http://www.forecastinternational.com/archive/or/vo0400.doc "155 TR F1 155 mm Howitzer" - Archived 5/2004; Forecast International]
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