Specifications - Crusader 155mm Self Propelled Howitzer, USA
| Lethality | |
| rate of fire | 10 rounds per minute |
| Gunpointing | fully automated |
| ammunition handling | fully automated |
| ready to fire | 15 to 30 seconds |
| time on target | 4 rounds from 5-30 km |
| minimum range | 5 km |
| maximum range | 40+ km |
| Mobility | |
| road speed | 67 km/hr |
| Cross-country speed | 48 km/hr |
| Deployability | |
| Footprint | same as Paladin/ FAASV |
| air transport | C-5 and C-17 transportable |
| predicted munitions effectiveness | 2x Paladin |
| Survivability | |
| Displace/move profile | 750 meters/ 90 seconds |
| active defence system | Integrated, remote controlled, active defence system |
| Sustainability | |
| maintenance aids | embedded diagnostics/prognostics |
| ammunition upload/transfer | fully automated |
| crew size | 3 |
| Resupply | 60 rounds of ammunition and fuel in 12 minutes |
| power pack | |
| Engine | crusader CV12 1500 engine provided by perkins and Caterpillar |
| Transmission | hmpt 15O0-ec transmission from general Dynamics |
| power Takeoff | full power, constant running |
| service and parking Brakes | mechanically actuated, oil-cooled, multiple disc power |
| dynamic Steering | full engine retarding torque/limited hydrostatic |
| Steering | true pivot steering, continuously variable ratio hydromechanical, fully regenerative without brakes/clutches |
| input disconnect | hydraulically actuated clutch power train disconnect |
| Suspension | external hydropneumatic |
| Track | improved M1A2/tl 5bll track |
| control systems | Drive-by wire/position navigation/movement planning decision aids |
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