Editing G6 howitzer (section)

==Ammunition characteristics==
[[File:G6 shells and charges-001.jpg|thumb|G5/G6 ammunition]]
* Maximum range:
** 30,000 m with standard HE rounds,
** 39,000 m with HE [[base bleed]] rounds, and
** 42,000 m with HE base bleed rounds (BB—fired from G6-52)
** 50,000 m with HE base bleed rounds (BB—fired from G6-52 extended range)
** 52,500 m with a special velocity-enhanced long range projectile (V-LAP—fired from G6).
** 58,000 m with a special velocity-enhanced long range projectile (V-LAP—fired from G6-52).
** 67,450 m M9703A1 V-LAP round (tested successfully to 73,000 m by Denel in G6-52 extended range platform)
** 76,280 m M9703 Practice Inert V-LAP<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.edrmagazine.eu/rheinmetall-sets-three-new-distance-records-for-indirect-fire-in-south-africa|title=Rheinmetall sets three new distance records for indirect fire in South Africa|first=Olga|last=Ruzhelnyk|date=27 November 2019}}</ref>
* Minimum range: 3,000 m.
* [[Rate of fire]]: 4 round/min, 2 round/min sustained.
* [[Ammunition]]: 155&nbsp;mm [[Rifling#Extended range, full bore|ERFB]]. 47 rounds, 50 charges, 64 primers and fuzes
* [[Accuracy]]: 0.1% of range in [[azimuth]], 0.48% of range in range
* In 2012 four [[Cartridge (firearms)|rounds]] of [[M982 Excalibur]] [[precision guided munitions]] were fired to a range of 38&nbsp;km, all landing within 5 m of the target.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-290906341.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160415174707/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-290906341.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2016-04-15 |title=Raytheon Fires Excalibur from G6 Self-Propelled Howitzer |publisher=Defense & Aerospace Week |date=2012-05-23 |access-date=2016-11-06}}</ref>