Talk:G5 howitzer

Some Information

There were 10 Gunners from 4th Field Regiment In Poch who were part of the Gun Crew that developed the GV 5

in the late 77 we were sent to Armscore and started the proofing of the Different Barrels and Breaches. Eventully we got what a Very nice looking GV 5 that worked well

Some of the Name

L/Bdr David O'Halloran Gnr Brett Redman Gnr Brandon Impey I can't remember many more name

The gentelman from America was Gerald Bull he was I understand the project Leader for the Gun

Thanks

Maj David Peter O'Halloran mmm jcd

(41.247.215.110 (talk) 06:09, 13 August 2009 (UTC))

Flag Change

The current South African flag needs to be replaced with the old one because it was the flag SA used during the Border War. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Invmog (talk • contribs) 22:31, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

Replaced? No, these guns are still deployed and manufactured under the new flag, but maybe both flags should be shown. Even though the borders have not changed and the county still has the same name, South Africa under the old flag is not quite the same country as South Africa under the new flag. Take the suggestion with the knowledge that my opinion my be bias as I was a gunner under the old flag. --NJR_ZA (talk) 12:29, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

Modern?

"South African Army found themselves at a disadvantage when facing enemies who were supplied with modern Soviet artillery". That "modern" Soviet artillery were M46 guns designed in 1946... 77.253.14.250 (talk) 18:04, 27 December 2012 (UTC)

I think the statement might be in reference to the newer Grad multiple launch rocket systems deployed in theatre, not necessarily to gun howitzers, though I agree that the statement needs a citation. Darren (talk) 15:06, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

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Iran as user of G5

There is no evidence that SAfr supplied G5's to Iran - see here. The citation used in the article to substantiate this, states the the G5 guns supplied to Iraq were used against similar guns in Iran during the Iran-Iraq war - that citation is here. The guns used by Iran in the Iraq-Iran war were GC-45 howitzers built by Gerald Bull; these were the forerunners of what was to become the G5, but they were not G5 guns! South Africa and an Austrian firm called Voest-Alpine sold these CG-45's (the Austrian version was called GHN-45) to Iran. I believe the claim that Iran received 30 x G5 guns is false and needs to be removed (or properly cited). South Africa did however supply Iran with 155mm shells, that is well documented. Farawayman (talk) 16:26, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

Janes Armour and Artillery 1996-7 (pg. 698) says: "...in service with Iran, Iraq, South Africa and Qatar" but then goes on to add "..LIW is not in a position to confirm or deny the in service status.." So I don't think this is a confirmed citation in favour of Iran being a user? Farawayman (talk) 20:44, 13 August 2021 (UTC)

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