AArtillery
Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon
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AArtillery
At a glance
Long-Range Hypersonic Weaponlarger figure on 1 of 1
SPG-9larger figure on 0 of 1
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Configuration
| Specification | Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon | SPG-9 |
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| Speed | Mach ≥5[source] | — |
| Place of origin | United States[source] | Soviet Union[source] |
| In service | 2023–present[source] | 1962–present[source] |
| Used by | United States Army United States Navy (planned)[source] | — |
| Manufacturer | Lockheed Martin |
allowing full traverse
Single source99 cm (3 ft 3 in) allowing full traverse[source]
reportedly
Single source34.5 in (0.88 m) (reportedly)[source]
1 gunner, 1 loader
Single source2 (1 gunner, 1 loader)[source]
smoothbore
Single source73 mm (2.9 in) smoothbore[source]
Rate of fire
Single source5–6 rounds per minute[source]
Muzzle velocity
Single source250–435 m/s (820–1,430 ft/s)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Unit cost | $41 million[source] | — |
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| Launch platform | ground-launched[source]Unspecified by source | — |
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| Type | — | Recoilless gun Anti-tank gun[source] |
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| Wars | — | Vietnam War Iran–Iraq War Salvadoran Civil War Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Gulf War Lebanese Civil War Iraq War Second Sudanese Civil War Third Sudanese Civil War Libyan Civil Wars Northern Mali conflict Syrian Civil War War in Iraq (2013-2017) War in Donbas Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen 2022 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashes Russo-Ukraine War Gaza war[source] |
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| Breech | — | Interrupted screw[source] |
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| Recoil | — | None[source] |
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| Carriage | — | Tripod[source] |
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| Elevation | — | +7°/−3°[source] |
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| Traverse | — | 30° total[source] |
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| Feed system | — | Manually breech-loaded[source] |
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| Sights | — | PGO-9 optical 4× sight or PGN-9 IR and passive night sight[source] |
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| Barrel length | — | Длина ствола , мм 1850[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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