M115A1 Lightweight Field Howitzer

160mm caliber

Before I go into the description, it has been a while since I last had an account on this website. January 4th was when I deleted my old account after feeling shunned away from the community. But now I've got an overflow of new builds, and I'm coming back with this account until I can get my old one back, if that's still possible.

General Description

The M115A1 is a larger caliber variant of the M115 155mm Lightweight Field Howitzer (Not uploaded at this time), designed as part of a competition for a standardized 160mm artillery requirement. The design is based on the BAE Systems M777 155mm Lightweight Field Howitzer, featuring similarities in the recoil absorption system, which employs four legs in an X pattern, and the ability to be towed via a towing hitch on the end of the barrel, enabling for a more compact and secure towing option. Barrel life on this gun is 2100 rounds before requiring replacing thanks to the design of the fluted barrel and has a maximum muzzle velocity of 1140 meters per second when fired on Charge 8 ("Super 8", or 8 propellant bags). Another unique feature not seen on many field artillery guns is the triple baffle muzzle brake. This reduces recoil of the massive load o 8 charges by up to 54%.

Controls

Activation Groups

Activation Group 1: Activate the howitzer's traverse and elevation
Activation Group 2: Transport Mode, raises rear recoil spades, folds front legs, and lowers towing wheels
Activation Groups 3-8: No set controls

Controls

Yaw: Horizontal traverse, +/- 25 degrees
Throttle: Elevation, +54/0 degrees
FireWeapons: Fire the howitzer

Since this is a new account, I'm presently umable to add pictures, so that will be all for now. I do hope you enjoy this howitzer, I had the most difficulty trying to replicate the direct fire gun sight and coordinating the rotators to work properly. Thank, and that's all for now.