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detonations during trials. The G6 was conceived as a wheeled rather than a tracked vehicle for this purpose, as well as to allow it to deploy long distances by road without consuming excessive quantities of fuel or requiring a
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At the time of its introduction, the G6 was considered one of the most mobile self-propelled howitzers in service. Its chassis was engineered to be mine-resistant and blastproof, allowing it to survive multiple
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The heightened artillery threat to the Cuito Cuanavale airfield eventually forced the Angolan pilots to relocate their operations to another airstrip at
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by the mid-1980s. In October 1987, the South African government ordered all the G6s deployed to Angola for combat trials as part of
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acting as forward artillery observers near the airfield; on one occasion the G6s were able to destroy four Angolan
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South Africa: 43 systems; two are constantly used for training, the rest are in storage Also known as the
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67,450 m M9703A1 V-LAP round (tested successfully to 73,000 m by Denel in G6-52 extended range platform)
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The G6 is not known to have seen combat again until 2015, when a single battery was deployed with the
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Surviving the Ride: A pictorial history of South African Manufactured Mine-Protected vehicles
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58,000 m with a special velocity-enhanced long range projectile (V-LAP—fired from G6-52).
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militant positions in support of Emirati and allied Yemeni offensives carried out near
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52,500 m with a special velocity-enhanced long range projectile (V-LAP—fired from G6).
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can fire projectile up to 67 km at a rate of fire of eight rounds/minute;
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was subsequently attached to the battery for the remainder of the campaign.
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were fired to a range of 38 km, all landing within 5 m of the target.
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50,000 m with HE base bleed rounds (BB—fired from G6-52 extended range)
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The first G6 prototype appeared in 1981, during the height of the
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version, combining the G6's base vehicle with the Marksman turret.
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being retired from service with the artillery regiments of the
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also manufactured its own domestic variant of the G6 as the
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with technical assistance from Canadian artillery engineer
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42,000 m with HE base bleed rounds (BB—fired from G6-52)
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Camp, Steve; Helmoed-Römer, Heitman (November 2014).
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G6s entered service during the last two years of the
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Archived from 736:United Arab Emirates Defence Force 706:4 South African Infantry Battalion 374:, mating the gun to a six-wheeled 231:3.20 m (10 ft 6 in) 223:3.40 m (11 ft 2 in) 14: 2361: 1666: 1326:My Life with the SA Defence Force 1301:Angola: A Modern Military History 1137:"Weapon systems: Artillery - GV6" 687: 476:30,000 m with standard HE rounds, 316:0.45 m (1 ft 6 in) 2325:Wheeled self-propelled howitzers 2061: 1612:Binnie, Jeremy (7 August 2015). 1560:. defenceWeb. 10 February 2011. 1356:from the original on 13 May 2011 1171:"South Africa's Modern Long Tom" 1147:from the original on 1 June 2010 800: 791: 782: 773: 764: 674: 661: 643: 31: 2131:Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected 1576: 1550: 1464: 1449: 93:Yemeni Civil War (2015–present) 164: 77: 1: 1683:Denel G6-52 official web page 901: 180: 1999:Integrated Systems Solutions 915:Christopher F. Foss (2001). 714:South African special forces 628: 308:with hydraulic shock dampers 7: 1856:Denel 35mm Dual Purpose Gun 1822:Armoured fighting vehicles 1812:Precision-guided munitions 1497:"Denel in UK gun link-up". 1375:Cordesman, Anthony (1997). 1105:Chant, Christopher (1997). 1072:Chant, Christopher (1987). 917:Jane's Armour and Artillery 809: 698:South African Defence Force 637:Map of G6 operators in blue 550: 428:GEC-Marconi Marksman turret 356:, sometimes denoted as the 108:Lyttelton Engineering Works 10: 2366: 2104:Infantry Fighting Vehicles 2067:Armoured fighting vehicles 1169:Greeff, I.B. (June 1992). 757: 544:precision guided munitions 460:Ammunition characteristics 2291: 2243: 2129: 2103: 2077: 2020:Denel Overberg Test Range 2012: 1984:Denel Personnel Solutions 1961: 1757:Unmanned Aerial Vehicles 1725: 1717: 1299:Weigert, Stephen (2011). 1215:. 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Index

G6 howitzer
Air Force Base Ysterplaat
Self-propelled artillery
South Africa
Operators
South African Border War
Yemeni Civil War (2015–present)
Lyttelton Engineering Works
Denel Land Systems
Land Systems OMC
USD
Variants
short tons
long tons
G5 howitzer
M2 Browning
Magirus Deutz
Torsion bar
self-propelled
howitzer
G5 howitzer series
mine
Sexton
South African Army
TM-46
tank transporter
South African Border War
People's Armed Forces for the Liberation of Angola
Battle of Cuito Cuanavale
counter-battery fire

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