Pocket Gun (EADS CH90220C Self-Propelled Howitzer)

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Primary SupplierEADS
DesignationCH90220C Pocket Gun
RoleSelf-propelled howitzer

Built on the Leopard 4’s hull; turning, the turret’s underside clears the cab roof’s rear edge by 26 mm. Resupplied by a dedicated APC variant (planned), which slides the ammunition box in at the rear.
Length7.33 m (hull); 12.62 m with the gun
Width3.70 m over the skirts’ ERA
Height3.17 m to the roof; 3.19 m over the breech
Mass emptyclassified
Mass combat64.6 tonnes in composite armour
Crew2, in the front row
Operation
DriveAs the Leopard 4: tracks with a hub motor in every road wheel, 8 stations a side, and four hardpoints for dEM pods, with the tracks always down
EnergyBatteries, fuel cells, LH2
Road speed65 km/h (18 m/s) cruising, 108 km/h (30 m/s) flat out, and as fast in reverse
Acceleration3 m/s²
Armament220 mm L42 binary-propellant howitzer (tube 9.24 m) in a fixed turret, elevation −9.6° to +70°. Layered tube (steel liner, titanium jacket, coolant, carbon-fibre casing) at 550 MPa peak (est.). Gun with cradle, recoil system and the breech’s ready box 10.9 tonnes (est.). 27 shells of 120 kg (est.) in the ammunition box, with 700 kg of propellant (est.). Muzzle velocity about 1,060 m/s (est.).

Drones: two recon drone boxes a side in the turret, under sliding doors.
RangeGun about 46 km, 55–65 km rocket-assisted
Point defenceTwo 12 mm tri-barrel gatlings, on the glacis and on the rear deck
ProtectionComposite armour, the turret armoured as the IFV’s with 179 ERA blocks; active defence with 2 launchers in the turret’s sides and 4 radar panels; NBC protection, mines and IEDs

Technical drawings

Perspective drawing of the self-propelled howitzer, seen from ahead and off its left side.
Self-propelled howitzer: three-quarter front view, perspective, not to scale.