the thing that gets me is RARDEN was only rated for 3,750 shots [1] so practically speaking it’s about the same, i.e. you swap it during regular maintenance cycles if required, rather than during total overhaul.
They’ve repeatedly posted what I can only describe as ragebait. And just runs away… “Fun”. I spent ages typing out a researched and sourced response in the CR3 thread and they never responded:/
Which can’t fire the DU round I remember? They’re designing a new round for the CR3 gun because they don’t like the NATO tungsten ones, but I don’t know if the new rounds will be DU or not.
afaik the UK signed an agreement to jointly develop a round that Germany had already started work on? 2020Neo / EKE /DM83 im pretty sure. we just slapped “CR3” on the end of the gun’s name, I’m not sure if there are actually any differences
The game uses the SPEAR launcher which is almost identical to the L3Harris twin rack in appearance. You won’t find many photos as it’s a prototype launcher iirc not a full production system.
for all sense and purposes, that was politcal promotion.
In all honestly it was completly rheinmetall developed. they were already in the last steps when it all happend
I mean yeah, like i said we slapped “CR3” in the gun’s name, when Rhm had a better LEP proposal BAe basically withdrew Black Night and then the RBSL joint venture was formed
It should be noted that this data most likely dates back from CTC40’s debuts
One guy got the info from CTAI at Eurosatory and it is apparently 900-10000 shots depending on the ammo you fire. 900 if you fire only APFSDS, 10000 if you fire only HE (and its derivatives) or normal AP
For comparison, the bofors mk4 naval gun (and therefore mainly using HE and derivative shells), is rated for 5000 rounds, so CTC40 does not seem out of place in this regard compared to other guns of the same caliber
