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From: mailrus!uflorida!peora.sdc.ccur.com!ucf-cs!joel@uunet.UU.NET (Joel Upchurch)
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Subject: Re: loose threads
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Date: 12 Feb 91 01:41:14 GMT
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From: mailrus!uflorida!peora.sdc.ccur.com!ucf-cs!joel@uunet.UU.NET (Joel Upchurch)

> On another subject, someone posted the "fact" that Iraq has
> base-bleed artillery projectiles and can therefore out-range
> our guns.
> Well........base bleed is basically just a much cheaper way
> of achieving the same results as rocket assist. And since we
> do have HERA, I would say the reach is probably about even.


The stats in front of me say:

South African G5 155mm gun with base bleed projectile    --- 37km
USA M198 155mm gun with rocket assisted projectile       --- 30km
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