The AHS Krab is a 155 mm NATO-compatible self-propelled tracked gun-howitzer designed in Poland by Huta Stalowa Wola, combining a modified South Korean K9 Thunder chassis with a British BAE Systems AS-90M Braveheart turret, a 52-calibre gun produced by HSW, and the Polish WB Electronics Topaz fire control system; its name abbreviates the Polish armatohaubica samobiezna, meaning self-propelled gun-howitzer. It entered service in 2016 and is operated by the Polish Land Forces and the Ukrainian Ground Forces. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Service Status Weapon ClassSelf-propelled howitzer 1 Introduced Year Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category) FAQs
How fast and how far can the AHS Krab fire?
A burst of three rounds per ten seconds and a maximum range of 40 kilometers with NATO projectiles.
The Army Technology project profile of the KRAB gives its 155 mm 52-calibre gun a burst rate of fire of three rounds per ten seconds and a maximum range of 40 kilometers with NATO 155 mm projectiles, with forty rounds stowed in the turret and chassis. Those figures come from a profile dated 2012, so they describe the system as documented then rather than every later production configuration.
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is a 155 mm NATO-compatible self-propelled tracked gun-howitzer designed in Poland by Huta Stalowa Wola (HSW)
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For the production variant, since 2016, Poland decided to base the self-propelled howitzer on a modified K9 chassis with an STX Engine-MTU Friedrichshafen engine and, since 2019, uses barrels made domestically by HSW (earlier, the barrels were delivered by Rheinmetall).
Infobox: primary_armament
155 mm/52-calibre howitzer 40 rounds (29 turret, 11 hull)
Infobox: service
2016 - present
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The AHS Krab (Polish for crab) is a 155 mm NATO-compatible self-propelled tracked gun-howitzer designed in Poland by Huta Stalowa Wola (HSW), by combining a modified South Korean K9 Thunder chassis with a British BAE Systems AS-90M Braveheart turret with a 52-calibre gun produced by HSW and the Polish WB Electronics' Topaz artillery fire control system.
In Group: Self-Propelled Artillery, Infobox: type
Self-propelled artillery
Used In: Russo-Ukrainian War, Infobox: wars
Russian invasion of Ukraine
View the Source2. Wikidata: AHS Krab
Wikidata Q389052, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source AHS Krab (Wikidata)
WikidataWikidata Q389052 (P729 service entry): 2012Quote, Wikidata Q389052 (P729 service entry): 2012
Service entry (Wikidata property P729): 2012.
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